GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
riety runs up a pole or trellis, is free from blight, 
and produces especially fine, big cucumbers. 
Endive. See Chicory 
Lettuce 
Can be started in boxes indoors, in March. 
Make sowing in the open ground from April to 
November, if you protect the first and last. Put in 
nice, rich soil, in warm spot, and transplant when 
big enough to handle, into rows, setting 5 in. apart. 
Don’t forget to weed! 
Melons. 
Muskmelons are most easily grown, but both the 
weather and the ground must be warm. Give them 
a light, rich soil,—which, if you haven’t, you must 
make by mixing the heavy soil with old manure. 
Make hills 6 ft. apart, putting a few shovelfuls of 
fertilizer in each, and planting about a dozen seeds 
toa hill. After well started, and when most of the 
pests have had their fill and disappeared, thin out 
so as to leave only four or five of the strongest 
vines to each hill. Spray repeatedly with some 
good mixture. 
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