PRACTICAL GARDENING 



part lime sulphur to eight parts of water is 

 effective in controlling the San Jose scale. 



APRIL 



THE VEGETABLES 



Greens and Rhubarb. Remove the straw 

 from the spinach or dandelion beds. If a 

 severe frost threatens, cover the plants over 

 night. Rhubarb roots may be planted two to 

 three feet apart in rows five feet wide. The 

 soil should be very rich and the roots planted 

 five inches deep. Dig in cow manure and bone 

 meal around the old plants. 



Asparagus. This is the month to set out 

 asparagus plants. The roots should be placed 

 a foot apart, the rows three and a half feet 

 apart; plant four inches deep in rich soil. Do 

 not cut asparagus from the new bed for three 

 years. The old bed should have a liberal ap- 

 plication of decayed horse manure and coarse 

 bone meal dug in early in the month. Culti- 

 vate between the rows and apply coarse salt to 

 the rows. 



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