or ANNUALS 



water them if the season is a dry one. Shade 

 them next day, and continue to do so imtil they 

 show that they have made new feeding roots by 

 beginning to grow. I make use of a " shader " 

 that I have " evolved from my inner conscious- 

 ness " that gives better satisfaction than anything 

 else I have ever tried. I cut thick brown paper 

 into circular shape, eight inches across. Then I 

 cut out a quarter of it, and bring the edges of 

 this cut together, and run a stick or wire through 

 them to hold them together. This stick or wire 

 should be about ten inches long, as the lower end 

 of it must go into the soil. When my " shader " 

 is ready for use it has some resemblance to a 

 paper umbrella with a handle at one side instead 

 of in the middle. This handle is inserted in the 

 soil close to the plant, and the " umbrella " shades 

 it most effectively, and does this without inter- 

 fering with a free circulation of air, which is a 

 matter of great importance. 



If thorough work in the way of weeding is done 

 at the beginning of the season, it will be an easy 

 matter to keep the upper hand of the enemy 

 later on. But if you allow the weeds to get the 

 start of you, you will have to do some hard fight- 

 ing to gain the supremacy which ought never to 

 have been relinquished. After a little, the hoe 



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