THE GARDEN PRIMER 



For early vegetables start beets, cauliflower, string 

 beans, kohlrabi, etc., in greenhouse or window for later 

 transference to hotbeds and cold frames. 



Inspect your house-plants, especially palms and 

 ferns, and if you find their roots greatly grown and 

 spread, shift them to larger pots. 



MARCH 



TAKE a look around the lawn and see what repairs 

 it will be needing, and get out your lawn tools 

 for a thorough overhauling, so you may plan for others 

 you may wish to order. 



If you have mulched your lawn the autumn before, 

 remove this mulch the first day the frost leaves the 

 ground otherwise the roots under it will take an unnat- 

 ural start, which will receive a severe setback by later 

 frosts. 



Examine your porch vines and tie them up with new 

 fastenings where needed. 



Look over your garden paths and walks and plan 

 their betterment. Flagstone and flat stepping-stones 

 can be employed usefully for these. 



Nitrate of soda as well as common salt will help 

 the growth of your rhubarb and asparagus if put on the 

 beds in March. 



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