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Show -Jmm The Beginner's Garden In June . PREPARTORY work Is not yet over in tho garden and thero Is much still to be dono beforo ono may Idlo along tho paths culling blossoms for tho house vases That pleasant time will begin in July If ono is not too busy, then, weeding and cultivating at 'the base of plants. In Juno sow the salvia seeds and transplant later to permanent beds. Salvia should burst forth in a splendor of scarlet Just as summer Is ending but nobody cares to seo it any more than Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas Christ-mas holly, beforo its proper season. So tho salvia should bo raised in a special bed, somowhat removed from tho garden beds where riot tho Juno and July flowers, and transplanted in August when well up, to tho beds whero It will mako a lato summor glory. You will bo busy In June providing stakes for tho taller plants golden glow, dahlias and the like. How they do shoot up once they get a startl Tho golden glow especially, must bo well staked and tied up or a fierce summer shower may break It down. And when tying up a plant bo careful not to got tho string too tight for stalks grow larger and you may choko out the life of your plant. By June, . tho sweet peas which you planted back in April, will require somo support. "Scrag" or strong twigs may bo stuck In tho ground for the vines to mass over, but a four or flvo foot high trellis made of chicken wiro will be better. Tho wire should bo attached to stout sticks driven deeply Into the ground at either end of tho bed and should bo reinforced with other sticks If tho sweet pea bed Is a long one. V Pinch off tho tops of dahlias to mako tho plants grow bushy and keep tho soil about dahlia roots -well loosened loos-ened with a hoe. Vatch for destructive insects and C' diseases that may spoil your plants and do not delay a moment if troublo is discovered. Even If you hope and believe everything Is all right, it will bo well to spray with Bordeaux mixture; mix-ture; and dig In 3omo wood ashes around the astors. If beetles attack ' the astors knock them off early In tho morning when they are sluggish, into , a pan of wator containing a llttlo ltmL kerosene Trm |