I2 NATURE STUDY 
AND AGRICULTURE 
who publish instructive illustrated catalogues, and it will help 
you to have a few of these and to study them. In making a 
selection we must bear in min 
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tables. The different kinds 
d that plants do not grow equally 
well in all climates, and those 
that are highly recommended for 
one locality may not thrive at all 
in yours. Therefore, generally 
speaking, the catalogues pub- 
lished by dealers nearest to your 
home give more reliable informa- 
tion than those published at a 
great distance. 
VEGETABLES 
This topic may be treated very 
briefly, because a good part of 
what has just been said about 
flower culture is equally appli- 
cable to the growing of vege- 
are planted as here suggested : 
1. Start the following in the house in March: tomatoes, 
celery, cauliflower, cabbage. 
Set them out in the garden 
when the ground is 
warm. Bear in mind 
that tomatoes are easily 
frozen, but they need as 
long a season as possible. 
2. Plant the following 
as early as the ground can 
PARSNIPS 
be worked : radishes, onions, lettuce, peas, spinach, beets, car- 
rots, turnips, rutabagas, parsnips, salsify. For a succession of 
crops plant more of these later : radishes, peas, lettuce, spinach. 
