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Always mow this short grass when wet either by dew or rain, 
otherwise it will be impossible to cut it close or even. For the 
general care of grass-walks and lawns see page 76. 
The edges of all your lawns and grass-walks should now be 
neatly cut with an edging iron, if omitted in last month; but this 
should be particularly done to those edgings next to gravel -walks 
always before the gravel is turned or newly laid on, and afterwards 
occasionally. 
Sticking and trimming Flower Plants. 
Examine all the beds and borders, and place convenient sticks to 
such advancing plants as require support; tying them neatly 
thereto, which should be repeated occasionally as they progress in 
growth. Let them be made or cut in proportion to the usual height 
of each respective kind, for it is awkward to see a tall stick set for 
the support of a plant of humble growth. 
Weeds. 
Weeds of every kind, both from roots and seeds, will now make 
rapid progress; particular care must be taken to keep the beds and 
borders free from them, as on this, in a great measure, depends 
much of your success and the beauty of your improvements. 
THE GREEN-HOUSE. 
Giving Air to the Plants. 
Many of the green-house plants will now begin to shoot freely, 
therefore it will be necessary to give as much air as possible, con- 
sistent with their safety. Open the windows every morning when 
the weather is mild and calm, and let them continue so till the cold 
of the afternoon begins to increase, provided that the air continues 
moderately warm all the time. Too much confinement at this 
season, especially towards the end of the month, when the heat of 
the weather increases, would do infinite injury to the plants in 
general, but especially to the early shooting kinds; for if drawn up 
weakly in the house, they would not be in so good a condition to 
bear a removal into the open air in the early part of next month, 
as if their vegetation had been retarded by the admission of a due 
and salutary circulation of air in the house at all favourable oppor- 
tunities. 
fVatering. 
The plants will now require frequent waterings, giving only a 
little at a time; but especially the oranges, lemons, myrtles, olean- 
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