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106 VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDEN. 



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transplanted the last part of this month, the surface 

 of the ground must be kept light, and no weeds 

 suffered to remain. The Peoney is now in its 

 glory ; many superb varieties of this flower have 

 been introduced from China ; the common species 

 was introduced into Antwerp a little more than two 

 hundred years ago, and then sold for an enormous 

 price. It is now common in every garden. It is 

 said that there are as many as fifty different spe- 

 cies and varieties, some a pure white, blush, and 

 shades of red and purple. As soon as the foliage 

 of the Tulips begins to turn purple, the roots should 

 be taken up and laid in a shady place to dry, as 

 also the Crocuses. The Crown Imperial should 

 also be removed the last of the month. The Hya- 

 cinths are longer in coming to maturity ; in about 

 two months from the time of blowing, when the 

 leaves begin to turn yellow, which is about the 

 middle of July, they may be taken up and treated 

 in the same manner as the tulips. 



JULY. Garden seeds must be gathered as they 

 ripen, and arranged, when dried, in paper bags, 

 with the name written upon them, ready for the 

 next year's planting. Garden seeds for the late 

 and winter crops may be sowed. Those cauli- 

 flower plants wich were sown in May, may be 

 now planted out in rows ; they will ripen in Octo- 

 ber and November. Turnip beds may be thinned 

 out, but in doing this, care must be taken to pull 

 away those only which are the most feeble look- 

 ing, and where they are growing too closely to- 

 gether. Choose the healthiest plants to remain, 

 and let them stand about six inches from each 

 other. People who are fond of having crops of 

 garden vegetables succeed each other until late in 



