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HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



Chrysanthemum plants should now be well estab- 

 lished in pots and may be put in the garden at once. 

 Also set out in the garden plants of antirrhinum, 

 aster, balsam, centaurea, dianthus, marigold and 

 zinnia. 



Young plants of carnation are now growing vigor- 

 ously and are usually too slender. They should have 

 the leaders cut or pinched off to induce stocky plants. 

 If they are allowed their natural growth they will 

 run up in tall, spindly flower stalks, bloom too early 

 and produce flowers inferior to those of headed 

 plants. 



JUNE 



Little new work or planting should be done at this 

 late period, and work during June will consist mainly 

 in keeping the garden watered and taking care of it 

 in a general way. 



Garden owners of limited experience are too apt 

 to neglect their gardens during the early part of 

 summer. Having planted, cultivated and watched 

 the unfolding of leaf and blossom of spring growth, 

 they rest from their labors in the belief that the sea- 

 son's gardening operations are practically over. 



Weeds grow under the stimulus of water and sun- 

 shine just as luxuriantly now as in the springtime, 

 and the ripening seeds of summer are just as potent 

 and productive as those of early harvest days. The 

 summer's sun is just now stronger and shines longer 

 upon the garden than at any other time of the year ; 

 the evaporation and drain upon the soil moisture are 

 therefore correspondingly greater. 



Frequent and copious irrigations, followed by thor- 

 ough cultivations, must be rigidly practiced, and the 

 morning spraying, just before the heat of the sun 



