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or Persian insect powder will dislodge most of them. It is best 

 to use it as a preventive; for if they once get a foothold, the 

 crop may be ruined. 



VEGETABLE GARDEN. Thin out all crops sown last month, 

 that are now large enough, and hoe deeply all planted crops, 

 euch as Cabbage, Cauliflower, Lettuce, etc. Plant out all tender 

 vegetables, via. : Tomatoes, Egg and Pepper Plants, Sweet 

 Potatoes, etc. Plant seeds of Lima Beans, Corn, Melons, Okra, 

 Cucumbers, etc., and successional crops of Peas, Spinach, Let- 

 tuce, Beans, etc. 



JUNE. 



GREENHOUSE AND FLOWER GARDEN. The greenhouse may 

 now be used for hot-house or tropical plants, if such are desired 

 during the summer months. It should be well shaded, and fine 

 specimens of fancy Caladiums, Dracaenas, Palms, Ferns, and such 

 plants as are grown for the beauty of their foliage, will make 

 it very attractive. Hyacinths, Tulips, and other spring bulbs 

 may now be dug up, dried, and placed away for next fall's 

 planting, and their places filled with such plants as Geraniums, 

 Coleus, Achyranthes, and the various "white-leaved plants" 

 that are suited for late bedding. Lawns will now require to be 

 mowed weekly in all well-kept places. It is as much an indi- 

 cation of slovenliness to see a door-yard that has any preten- 

 sions to be called a lawn with the grass uncut, as it would 

 be to seo a dust-begrimed carpet in the parlor. 



FRUIT GARDEN. If Strawberries have not been mulched 

 with hay or straw in winter, the cut grass from the lawn is 

 a convenient thing to place between the rows to keep the 

 fruit from getting sanded by dashing rains. Nearly all the 

 small fruits, such as Gooseberries, Raspberries, etc., are much 

 improved by having a mulching of some sort placed around 

 the roots, which should be done this month. For such fruits 

 as require to be thinned, see instructions for next month. 



VEGETABLE GARDEN. This is usually the busiest month in 

 the garden. Crops mature and have to be gathered, and while 

 doing so weeds are apt to steal a march on you, and may de- 

 stroy entirely some of your hard work of former months, unless 

 you attack "them in their embryo stage, that is, just when 

 breaking through the soil. A man will hoe and rake over six 

 times the surface of soil when the weeds are in this stage that 



