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ing at the proper time. Don't forget that borage and the 

 mustards seem comparatively indiiferent to wet weather. Be 

 sure that all waste places are stocked with motherwort, catnip, 

 asterSj etc. (See Appendix, page 289). 



The above dates are only true for the most part in Michi- 

 gan and Northern Ohio, and for more Southern latitudes must 

 be varied, which by comparison of a few, as the fruit trees, 

 becomes no difficult matter. 



