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warm. If you have weeds in some place such as a 

 nursery bed, that can he hoed up, this should be 

 done in hot dry weather, so that they may die 

 quickly. 



Planting should be done in damp weather if 

 possible, nothing hurts the delicate fibres of roots 

 so much as letting them get dried up. 



Cuttings should, in almost every case, be taken 

 while the plant is still in flower, or just beginning 

 to go off. 



Watering should be done in the evening in very 

 hot weather ; but precious seedlings, etc., in pots 

 or pans, which are kept in the shade, should be 

 watered in the morning, as it involves less risk of 

 damage from slugs at night. 



If my experience in all these matters of garden- 

 ing, which I have tried to give, should prove useful, 

 I shall be truly glad, and I only hope it may enable 

 even one fellow-gardener to reap the pleasure which 

 I have derived from my garden. 



