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April: SECOND WEEK 88 



Making New Perennial Gardens and Borders; New Straw- 

 berry and Asparagus Beds. 



" THIRD WEEK 93 



Putting the Home Grounds into Shape; Making Walks, 

 Roads, Curves, and Grades; First Work with the Lawn; 

 Propagating Cane and Bush Fruits. 



" FOURTH WEEK 102 



Keeping up with Garden Schedule; Hardening off Plants; 

 Tender Plants in Paper Pots. 



" FIFTH WEEK 108 



Spring and Summer Spraying for Fruit; Starting the Vine 

 Crops Right. 



May: FIRST WEEK 116 



Care of Asparagus, Rhubarb, Sea Kale; the Cane Fruits; 

 Grapes; the New Strawberry Bed; Fall Fruiting Straw- 

 berries. 



" SECOND WEEK 123 



Flowers for this Summer's Bloom; Planting Roses; Baby 

 Ramblers; Dahlias; Asters. 



" THIRD WEEK 130 



Fertilizing, Weeding and Thinning in the Vegetable Gar- 

 den; Points on Picking. 



" FOURTH WEEK 135 



Controlling Insects and Diseases in Flower and Vegetable 

 Garden; Sprays and Sprayers and their Use. 



June: FIRST WEEK 141 



Vegetables for Fall and Winter; Succession Crops. 



" SECOND WEEK 148 



Fighting Dry Weather; Mulching; Watering; Modern 

 Irrigation. 



" THIRD WEEK 153 



Summer Work in the Rose Garden; Insects; Diseases; 

 Summer Pruning; Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh. 



" FOURTH WEEK iS9 



Celery for Fall and Winter; Buying Plants; Transplanting; 

 Culture; Early Blanching. 



