A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEJT. 



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Bouvardia, Eupatorium. 



These must be cut quite down to the roots and then 

 planted in the garden. 



Fuchsia. 



This may be* allowed to stay in the house longer than 

 any other plant. In June, or even later, the plant still in 

 its pot may be plunged in the soil in some shady place in 

 the garden. 



THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTES, 



The year having been carried around, and those operations 

 necessary to the care of house and garden culture briefly 

 sketched, it is not important to repeat the directions for 

 the approaching season. The reader can easily refer to the 

 chapter on April, and learn therefrom what steps to take. 

 In gardening, one year is, in the main, precisely like all 

 others. Each operation, when once learned, need but be 

 repeated, with such improvements as suggest themselves 

 to the intelligent cultivator. 



THE EXPENSE 



of all the various materials and processes set forth in these 

 notes can be easily estimated from the prices scattered 

 through the work. To know the cost of any one thing, 

 refer to that chapter where it is first used. The whole 

 cost the reader can easily add up without assistance. The 



