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^ We can learn not only from the mistakes we have made in 

 our gardens, but may profit as well by the mistakes we have 

 observed in other gardens, often learning, not what to do, but 

 what not to do. * ^ * ^ 



^ Do not permit any faded flowers to remain on your plants, 

 nor fallen leaves about the beds. Burn them, for they often 

 contain the germs of insecfls and plant diseases. 



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^ If the lawn needs re-seeding, if it is possible, sow the seed 

 early in the Autumn, and it would be better if it could be 

 sown before a fall of rain, which will very much hasten 

 its growth. * * ^ * 



^ Have you ever tried mixing several varieties of ^andard 

 grass seeds? Try this in some " out-of-the-way place " in the 

 garden and make a record of the varieties used and the result. 

 It frequently produces a better lawn than where ju^t one 

 variety is used. ^ ^ ^ 



^ Remember to immerse the roots of plants in a tub of water, 

 that arrive from the nursery with the soil hardened or perhaps 

 altogether fallen away. 



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