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Turn geraniums, fuchsias, verbenas, hydrangeas, and 

 other similar plants, out into the borders about the end of 

 the month, v^'here they will grow much finer than in the 

 pots. Weed and thin annuals and other seedlings; and 

 prick out or transplant others that may rec^uire it. Suc- 

 cessive sowings may also still be made ; and at the begin- 

 ning of the month tender sorts may be removed to the 

 open air, though it will be much better to wait till the 

 end of the month. Destroy insects on rose-trees. 



This is the driest though not the warmest month in the 

 year, for towards the beginning there is usually some cold 

 vreather, particularly at night ; but towards the end of the 

 month the heat of the weather does not vary so much. 



Watering must now be attended to in dry weather in the 

 evenings, or very early in the mornings, or both, for too 

 much water at this season can seldom be given to freshly- 

 planted crops. Weeding and thinning out are also of the 

 first importance, as well as hoeing, particularly with pota- 

 toes, cabbages, and peas. Celery, endive, leeks, Savoys, 

 broccoli, and Xew Zealand spinach, ought to be planted 

 out, and fine plants of curled parsley, and curled cress, for 

 seed. The chief sowings for full crops are endive, Swedish 

 or Aberdeen yellow turnips, repeating the sowing, if 

 destroyed by the insects called jumpers ; also scarlet-run- 

 ners, after watering the ground ; sow some early York 

 and sugar-loaf cabbages in the first and again in the third 

 week. Where the early potatoes come ofi", plant Vanack 

 cabbages for collards or lettuce. Stake scarlet-runners 

 and peas. Clear the beans and spinach of the black 

 dolphin, and cabbages of the grey aphis, by picking off 

 the parts affected. 



I Place netting over the currants and cherries to keep off 

 the birds. When the weather is dry, water the trees 

 planted in autumn or spring, as all their roots are not yet 

 accommodated to their new situation. Strawberries, more 



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