PLANTING LIST 



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eight inches, and cultivate well. Transplant in September to the 

 final positions, eighteen inches or more apart, in strong soil. Or 

 sow in seed bed freshly ripe seed, when once well dried, in mid- 

 summer, and set out in September. The plants will bloom hand- 

 somely the second year. 



Thyme : In various varieties, this is used in seasoning. A half- 

 hardy perennial, 

 grown from seeds or 

 root-divisions or from 

 layers. Set a foot 

 apart. 



Tomato : A vege- 

 table much improved 

 in recent years, and 

 worth growing -in 

 every vegetable gar- 

 den, where a very 

 few plants will yield 

 many fruits. The 

 plants are tender, and, 

 as when once bearing 

 they will continue 

 until frost, it is wise 

 to start them very 

 early. There are 

 dwarf and standard 

 kinds, the fruits rang- 

 ing from small to very 

 large ; there are 

 some whose plum-like fruits grow in 

 red there are pink and yellow kinds. 



Fig. 210. — Sweet William makes fine clumps. 



bunches; and besides the 

 Tomato has few enemies 

 except an occasional rot that is hard to control, but which is best 

 prevented by keeping the fruit off the ground, either by training, 

 or by a mulch of straw. 



Tomato plants are sold in great quantities cheaply in spring, but 

 from a five-cent seed-packet one can raise many plants at home. 



