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to allow some for the bugs. Put out plants that have 
been started ou sod under glass as soon as it is safe. 
Have some kind of a shelter to put over at night. 
Egg Plants are among the most sensitive of gar- 
den plants, and must not go out until cold nights 
are over. Pot the plants if it is not already done. 
Serbs. — Sow in seed-bed. Sage, Thyme, Sweet- 
Marjoram, and Summer Savory arc most in use; 
Basil, Tarragon, and some others, are fancied by few. 
Lettuce. — Transplant as 60on as large enough ; 
set a foot apart each way. Sow seed for succession. 
Martynia. — The green and tender pods are used 
for pickles. Set the plants two feet apart each way. 
Melons. -Plant the same as directed for cucumbers. 
Onions. — In some localities sowing may still be 
done. Weed early. See article ou page 127, April. 
Parsley. — Sow in seed-beds early ; it is very slow. 
Parsnips. — Weed and thin to ten or twelve inch- 
es apart as soon as the plants are large enough. 
Potatoes. — Use the cultivator or hoe as soon as 
they break ground. In most soils, a dressing of 
ashes and plaster will be found of great service. 
Peas. — Brush the varieties that need it before 
they arc large enough to fall down. In hoeing 
draw the earth towards them. Plant for a late crop. 
Peppers are treated much the same as Egg Plants. 
Raubarb. — Do not pull from the plants set this 
spring. In removing leaves from established 
plai .ts, never cut them. They readily come off if 
giv ;n a slight sidewise jerk, which is soon learned. 
Lpinach. — Sow ; thin and weed that already up. 
Sweet Potatoes.— Prepare the ridges, and have 
them ready for the plants, which must not be set 
until cold nights are over. Make the ridges thirty 
inches apart at the top, and well manured ; set the 
plants every fifteen inches. Insert the plants down 
to the first leaf, press the soil firmly; if the earth 
is not moist, pour water into the holes in planting. 
Squashes.— Observe the same precautions as with 
cucumbers. Put the bush sorts three to four feet 
apart each way. The Summer Oookneck is the 
best, but the scalloped varieties the most salable. 
For late varieties, the Boston Marrow and Hubbard 
are best. Gregory advises more room for the vines 
than is usually given, and we think he is right. 
Eight feet each way for the Marrow, and nine or 
ten feet for the Hubbard, is better than less. Make 
the soil rich all over, as the vines root at the joints. 
Tomatoes. — Put out the plants when safe to do 
so, three or four feet apart, according to the variety. 
In gardens, some kind of a trellis or support for 
the vines adds to ucatuess, and improves the fruit. 
Winter Cherry (Pltysalis). — The fruit of this is 
prized by many for sweetmeats, as well as to eat 
raw. Sow and cultivate the same as tomatoes. 
Green-house and Window Plants. 
There is no set time for bringing out plants ; it 
must be governed by the season, and the nature 
and condition of the plant. So many plants have 
been injured by injudicious sudden change, in re- 
moval to the open ground, that 6ome of our best cul- 
tivators prefer to leave them in-doors altogether. 
Plunging plants means bedding the pot in the 
soil of the border without removing the plant. 
When this is done, a flat stone, coal ashes, or 
other matter, should be put at the bottom of the ex- 
cavation, to prevent worms from fiudiug their way 
through the hole in the pot into the ball of earth. 
Turning out means that the ball of earth is to be 
removed from the pot, and planted in the border. 
Many things that are turned out to fill up the bor- 
ders are not taken up again, but a new and much 
more vigorous stock is propagated from cuttings. 
Camellias, and other broad-leaved evergreens, 
should be placed under a lattice work where they 
will be shaded during the heat of the day. 
Window Plants which are neither plunged nor 
turned out in the border need shelter from the 
sun, plenty of water, aud care in respect to insects. 
Ivy that has been kept in-doors may be set in a 
shady place, or the plants may be turned out. Do 
not allow the branches to lie upon the ground. 
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