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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



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We do not consider that it is essential every month 

 to repeat the necessity of tying up plants, saving seeds 

 when ripe, cutting down weeds, raking, &c. with many 

 other similar observations. We have already been full 

 on these subjects, and expect these to be remembered 

 through the season. Particular care, however, is re- 

 quired to carnations, pinks, or any plants that have heavy 

 heads and slender stems. If carnations are desired to 

 flower strongly, cut off all the buds except three, leav- 

 ing the uppermost and any other two of the largest. 

 All climbing plants should have timely support, and 

 tied securely every week while they are growing. 





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All the plants will be able to withstand exposure, in 

 the general state of the seasons, about the JOth of the 

 month. Begin about the first to take out the hardiest, 

 such as Laurestinus, Hydrangeas, Roses, Primroses, Poly- 

 anthus, &c. and thus allow the others to stand more 

 free, and become hardened to exposure. The reason 

 that plants are so often seen brown, stunted, and almost 



