WHAT TO DO MONTH BY MONTH 



Preparedness. Have on hand arsenate of 

 lead (poison) for chewing insects, hellebore as 

 a dust poison, flowers of sulphur to dust on 

 roses and sweet peas infected with mildew, 

 whale-oil soap to spray roses. Keep a watch- 

 ful eye on the hotbeds, especially where the 

 flower annuals are located. Have a bag of 

 bone meal and sheep manure available for later 

 use. (For sale by seed stores.) 



Frames and Equipment. Prepare the cold 

 frames so that they may be used the last of the 

 month to harden plants before shifting thrm 

 to the field. Look over your tools. Repair 

 and test the seeder and repair bef ry crates and 

 baskets. Labels, stakes and the general gar- 

 den equipment should be placed in order now. 



Vegetable Seeds. After all danger of hard 

 frosts has passed, plant onions, carrots, beets, 

 endive, kohl-rabi, leek, peas (smooth seed), 

 radish and turnips. Protect early cabbage 

 from the cutworm by placing wood ashes 

 around the stem or by wrapping a small piece 

 of paper about it. Celery, eggplant, peppers, 



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