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three or four years

11 How fortify grape vines? Bury dead
animals near them. Bone dust and
wood ashes especially good.

12 How raise a weeping-willow - Tree
Cuttings three or four feet long,
half an inch or an inch in diameter
wille soon make roots. Trees are
sometimes raised by driving large
stakes in the ground. Stakes three
or four inches in diameter.

13 What plants are suitable for a very
hot situation? Geraniums, petunias,
portulacca and Sun-flowers.

Dr. Magruder sent formula
for making conveniently small quantities
of Bordeaux mixture

We found the lawn and gardens
in good order. A small garden
protected by high board fences
for starting plants early, and the
large garden with long rows of
vegetables and numerous hills for Lima
beans were admired. Rose bushes
looked well and plants in Conservatory
made a fine show. Meet next at
Longwood. Readers Mrs. Davis [?] Anna Nesbitt