WHAT TO DO MONTH BY MONTH 



shade the plants with cheesecloth. This prac- 

 tice also tends to keep the plant from running 

 to seed. Keep the roots moist but the tops 

 dry. 



Onions. If the root maggot appears, re- 

 move the infected plants and destroy them. 

 Dig a little lime and tobacco dust into the soil. 

 Shift the onion-bed next year. There is no 

 successful remedy for this pest. 



Pests. Protect cabbage, cauliflower and 

 other plants from the greatest of garden ene- 

 mies, the cut-worm. Mix bran mash and Paris 

 green and place a little close to each plant. 

 Destroy the currant worm with arsenate of 

 lead (one-half pound to six gallons of water) 

 and spray when the foliage is dry. Protect 

 the cucumber plants from the striped beetle 

 by dusting the plants with air-slaked lime, 

 tobacco dust and arsenicals in flour form; it 

 will be safer to cover each hill with a box cov- 

 ered with muslin or screened with mosquito 

 netting. 



Cultivate. Keep the garden well culti- 

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