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any garden soil if they have full sunlight. Sow where 

 they are to grow, letting the plants stand 6-12 in. apart for 

 mass effects. 



Corn Salad. This is one of the earliest spring 

 salad vegetables, coming into condition to use with spinach, 

 and needing the same culture. Sown in the fall, and cov- 

 ered with straw or hay when cold weather sets in, it will 

 start into rapid growth when the covering is removed in 

 March or April. Or the seed may be sown in early spring, 

 and plants will be fit to use in six or eight weeks. One 

 packet of seed will suffice for a small family. 



Corn, Sweet, is not so generally used as it 

 should be. Usually when planted at all, only one planting 

 of one kind is made. The ears come to edible maturity 

 almost simultaneously, and a short season of Sweet Corn is 

 the result. The first planting should be made from May 1 

 to 10, planting early, intermediate and late varieties at the 

 same time, then at intervals of two weeks until the middle 

 of July, when the late varieties should be planted, thus 

 having a succession from the first crop until October. 

 The soil for Corn should be rich in plant-food, and the 

 coarser manure left from the preparation of the ground for 

 small crops may be used to good advantage. Corn for the 

 garden is better planted in drills, the drills 3 feet apart, 

 dropping the seed from 10 to 12 inches apart in the drills. 

 One quart of seed will plant 200 hills. 



For extra early, Marblehead, Adams, Vermont, Minne- 

 sota and Early Cory are favorites. For later crop, Crosby, 

 Hickox, Shoe Peg and Stowell Evergreen are now popular. 



Cosmos. The Cosmos grown in a locality free 

 from early fall frosts is certainly a beautiful thing, but 

 there are probably few flowers that have caused so much dis- 

 appointment to the flower lover in the North. The seed 

 germinates very freely. The plants grow with great vigor, 

 and if the season permits, an abundance of bloom may be 



