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a plant disease which causes the affected limbs 

 and branches to swell. Such should be cut oflF 

 and burned. The garden monitor likewise will 

 suggest Rex Begonias and Heliotropes for 

 starting from seed in shallow boxes indoors. 

 Celery grown from seed may also be started 

 indoors late this month, but these require 

 loamy starting soil and a moderately warm 

 place and frequent watering, though the soil 

 must not be soaked or drenched. 



MARCH 



The mere mention of the month of March 

 brings to one the vision of Springtime. Alas, 

 that we have to confess that the poets who sing 

 so pleasantly of the awakening season carry us 

 by their enthusiasm beyond the realm of facts 

 which we encounter in our climate! We who 

 are patiently awaiting the coming of Spring 

 and the bursting forth of Earth into buds of 

 the Plum, the Peach, the Quince, the Cherry 

 and the Apple Blossoms ; we who long to dis- 

 cover the first Snowdrop or the first Crocus, 

 and who look forward to the first purple Hya- 

 cinth or the first gorgeous Tulip that shall her- 

 ald the coming of the glorious garden-time in 



