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 

 to a 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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