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wards they were shaded during the heat of the 

 day till they became well rooted and could take 

 care of themselves. This shade can be provided 

 by leaning a board over a row supporting it by 

 a couple of stakes or small stones. If appear- 

 ances are not regarded, old raspberry bushes, 

 pea-vines, anything that will shade the young 

 plants without smothering them, will answer. 

 The relief given by a little shade is wonderful, 

 and plants will grow in the hottest weather when 

 so protected. Where the variety is valuable 

 and scarce, they should always be so treated 

 when set out in a warm, dry time. 



Of course, if I could have made my bed just 

 before a good shower or a night's rain, no such 

 precautions would have been needed, and the 

 plants would have grown without further care. 



" Why not wait then till the shower comes ? " 

 some may ask. 



When will it come ? Yet many days perhaps. 



