GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



instead. Pests must be watched for on all the crops, 

 and treated according to the special needs of each 

 variety when whale-oil, soapsuds, tobacco dust or 

 insect powder seem ineffective. Then with weed- 

 ing, and reasonable care, you can safely expect to 

 keep your table supplied with that greatest of all 

 luxuries, — your own green vegetables, fresh from 

 the soil. 



VEGETABLE GUIDE 



Beans. Bush 



Plant from early May on, every two weeks, for 

 succession of crops. Drop beans 3 in. apart, in 

 2-in. deep drills, allowing 2 ft. between rows. Hoe 

 often, drawing the earth up towards the roots. Be 

 sure that the ground is warm and dry before plant- 

 ing, however, or the beans will rot. 



Beans. Pole 



Set stakes 5 to 8 feet high, in rows 3 ft. apart 

 each way; or plant in drills to grow on a trellis. 

 Put four or five beans around each stake, and when 

 well started, thin out the poorest, leaving but three 

 at each pole. A cheap trellis is made by stretching 

 two wires (one near the ground and the other six 

 feet above), and connecting them with stout twine 

 for the vines to run on. 



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