Herbaceous and Bedding Plants 



apart. About the first of June top-dress the surface of the 

 ground with old manure and give abundance of water during the 

 growing season. If mulching is objected to, keep the soil hoed 

 after each watering, to prevent it from baking and cracking. The 

 Zinnias, from the time the young plants germinate, should be 

 kept growing freely; at no time should they be allowed a check 

 either from poor soil or for want of water, as the least check to 

 their growth causes them to throw poor small flowers, and they 

 never seem to do well afterwards. 



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