The Home Garden 



plants. It pays to buy your plants from the 

 dealer, rather than to pick them up all over 

 the neighborhood. You have to buy them, if 

 you want to be sure of what you are planting. 



Seedlings can be transplanted from hot-bed 

 to cold-frame. Remove the sashes daily from 

 the latter, to harden off the plants in them. 



Plow the garden, or spade it, as soon as the 

 ground is rid of surplus moisture. 



MAY 



The cultivator will have to be used exten- 

 sively this month, for weeds start early in the 

 season, and we must get (and keep) ahead. 



Sow dandelion for future use, as soon as its 

 seed ripens. 



Insects must be watched carefully now. It 

 is a good plan to sift dry wood-ashes over such 

 plants as cabbage, radish, potato, cucumber 

 and squash, to prevent the flea-beetle from 

 establishing himself there. The Colorado beetle 

 is often found on potato plants as soon as they 

 appear above the ground. 



Never loose sight of the fact that a little 

 work done now will save a good deal of hard 

 work later on. 



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