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pests and diseases done before it gets too hot. Watch 

 rose bushes for green aphis and if troubled use to- 

 bacco dust freely. 



In this warm weather pansy roots must be kept 

 cool and moist or the blossoming will be checked; 

 loosen the soil about the plants without disturbing 

 the roots, and then give a good mulch of fine stable 

 manure. Perform the same office for the amaryllis 

 and hippeastrum bulbs, but stir the soil more deeply. 

 Thin out plants sown from seeds, if in their proper 

 place, or transplant at once. Do not try to save 

 sickly ones ; they never recuperate satisfactorily. 



SEED SOWING 



Sow in seed boxes perennials like campanula, col- 

 umbine, foxglove, daisy, hollyhock, larkspur, pent- 

 stemon, gaillardia, coreopsis, also snapdragon. 



Sow in the garden all annuals, especially agera- 

 tum, balsam, centaurea, cockscomb, marigold, cos- 

 mos, nasturtium, phlox, poppy, portulaca, scabiosa, 

 salpiglossis, zinnia; also vines such as Australian 

 pea vine, morning glory, cypress vine. 



DIVISION OF PERENNIALS 



If you have not yet divided clumps of goldenrod, 

 golden glow, or rudbeckia, etc., by all means do so at 

 once before the new growth gets too large. All per- 

 ennials should be divided or replanted as quickly as 

 possible, for the best growing weather is now with 

 us. 



During the present month all canna, caladium, 

 cyclamen, banana and dahlia plants still out of the 

 soil should be placed in the garden, and as they are 

 what is known as tropical bedders, they will be most 

 effective if massed, with the tallest at the back; 



