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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GLIDE. 
plants should be put out just before a shower instead of just after a 
period of wet weather. 
Weeds are now growing apace, and the hoe must be plied 
vigorously to keep them down. If, at this season of the year, 
they are allowed to grow unchecked and to flower, the ground will 
be tilled with seed, and in the autumn an immense amount of work 
will be provided. Bright weather must be taken advantage of for 
destroying weeds, as they are then dried up before they have a 
chance of making new roots and becoming established again. It is 
almost impossible to stir the ground between growing crops too 
freely at this time of the year where the ground is in proper con- 
dition for working. Independent of the roots being exposed more 
fully to the advantages to be derived from atmospheric influences, 
the moisture is not dried up so quickly, and a loose surface may 
be considered as almost equivalent to a mulch of litter or other loose 
material. Earthing up the Peas and Beans will be of great 
advantage in affording material support, and it should be done 
before they are too far advanced. 
In sowing Dwarf and other Kidney Beans allow plenty of 
space between the rows, and also sow the seed thinly, for it is 
surprising the crops that will be produced from a given space when 
the plants have ample space for extending on all sides. It is more 
or less hurtful to all kinds of kitchen-garden crops to overcrowd 
them. Eor this reason the beds of carrots, onions, parsnips, turnips, 
and other root crops, should have careful attention and be thinned 
out as may appear necessary. It is not desirable to thin the 
carrots and onions to the fullest extent at first, because of the use 
to which the thinnings may be put in the kitchen. Spinach is 
also benefited by thinning, and this should be done by drawing out 
the surplus plants, a few at a time, and sending them to the kitchen. 
This is a much bet ter way of securing the first few dishes from each 
crop tlian by simply nipping ofi’ the leaves from all the plants indis- 
criminately. 
Snails and other pests will now be active, and great vigilance 
will be necessary to keep them in subjection. One of the best ways 
of destroying snails is to lay a few lettuce or cabbage leaves down 
near any bed of seedlings which they are likely to attack : they 
will take shelter under these during the day, and may then be 
caught and destroyed. Kevvly-slaked lime in a powdery state 
sprinkled about the plants to which they are partial will keep them 
somewhat in check ; but there is nothing like destroying them in 
the manner indicated above. 
The turnip-fly, which in dry weather does so much injury to 
turnips, and to cabbage, broccolis, and other members of the same 
family, just as they are pushing through the ground, may be held in 
check by dusting soot over the beds ; this should be done before 
even the plants can be seen, for not unfrequently the fly eats the 
plants just as they are pushing through the soil, and therefore before 
much can be seen of them ; the dustings must be repeated until the 
plants are in their rough leaf, and the morning is the best time for 
applying the soot. 
