Spray everything again. If weather is warm enough, sow seeds out of doors. * * * * * In _May_, sow seeds of some annuals and vegetables out-of-doors. Look out for weeds: kill them while young. * * * * * In _June_, plant seeds and seedlings in open ground. * * * * * In _July_, plant late seeds; carrots, turnips, etc. * * * * * In _August_, start perennials for next year. Weed! * * * * * In _September_, order bulbs needed. Move flowering plants which are not in right place. * * * * * In _October_, save seeds of annual flowers, labeling each envelope carefully. Set out bulbs, unless you live below or near the Mason and Dixon line; _November_ is a better time in that case. In _November_, rake up leaves and make into compost heap. Throw a little lime among them. Never burn them. They make humus. Take up summer bulbs and store them carefully. Spread manure over the ground to be spaded in the Spring. Hill earth about six inches high over rose bush roots. Spread litter and leaves over bulbs and perennials to protect them during winter. * * * * * In _December_, trim dead wood from rose bushes. Destroy nests of cocoons, burning them, and read the MARY FRANCES GARDEN BOOK. CHAPTER LXIV BUDDING AND GRAFTING TO most boys and girls, the marvelous method of getting new varieties of fruit is a matter of great interest. In budding, as you know, a bud is set under the bark of a growing plant. In grafting, the top of the plant is cut off and a branch of another plant is inserted. These branches are usually cut in the Autumn and kept in sand all winter. In the Spring, the tree to be grafted is cut and the branch (or, scion) is inserted, as shown in the accompanying drawing, and held in place by raffia and grafting wax. [Illustration: GRAFTING] It was not until the boys’ second winter at the garden school that they experimented with grafting peach trees and budding rose bushes, and it was a year later before they knew the result of their work. If you are particularly interested in the subject, send to the United States Department of Agriculture for Bulletin No. 157, on “The Propagation of Plants.” CHAPTER LXV PRIZES AT THE COUNTY FAIR “REMEMBER in all gardening, that experience is your best teacher. Do not become discouraged if you fail. Do not undertake too much. Remember that most people fail to get good plants because they do not prepare deep good beds, and do not ‘cultivate,’ or stir the ground. Watering is nothing like so necessary.” This is what Mary Frances was telling a number of children in the garden one day as Billy came upon her unawares.