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Other reason, because they are so easily planted in hot 

 weather. 



The chief advantage of summer planting lies in the fact 

 that we obtain a good crop the following season, while plants 

 set out in spring should not be permitted to bear at all the 

 same year. If we discover in May or June that our supply 

 is insufficient, or that some new varieties offer us paradisai- 

 cal flavors, we can set out the plants in the summer or au- 

 tumn of the same year, and within eight or ten months 

 gather the fruits of our labors. If the season is somewhat 

 showery, or if one is willing to take the trouble to water and 



A Potted Plant. 



shade the young plants, ordinary layers — that is, plants 

 that have grown naturally in the open ground — will answer 

 almost as well as those that have been rooted in pots. The 

 fact that they do not cost half as much is also in their favor. 

 The disposition to plant in summer or autumn is steadily 

 increasing, and the following reasons are good and substan- 

 tial ones for the practice. In our gardens and fields there 

 are many crops that mature in July, August, and September. 

 The cultivation of these crops has probably left the ground 

 mellow, and in good condition for strawberries. Instead of 

 leaving this land idle, or a place for weeds to grow and seed, 

 it can be deebly forked or plowed, and enriched, as has 

 been explained. Even in July, potted plants may be 

 bought, and unless the ground is full of the larvae of the 



