Don't expect good flowers of any kind unless you are willing to give them the care and attention they require. If you are not willing to do this, or if, for any reason, you cannot do it, don't attempt gardening. Have enough regard for the flowers to not undertake their culture unless you can do them justice.
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Don't throw away plants of any kind. Somebody will always be glad to get those you have no use for.
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Don't neglect a plant to-day and think you can make up for that neglect by being very good to it to-morrow. Plants must receive care when it is needed, and this care should be given regularly, instead of spasmodically, to be effective.
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Don't begin to water your plants in your garden in a dry season unless you can keep on doing so as long as the dry spell lasts.
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Don't fail to keep close watch of your asters. Of late years many failures have resulted from the attack of a black beetle, which comes from no one knows where—comes so suddenly and does such deadly work in so short a time that the plants are often ruined before the presence of the pest is suspected. There is but one way of getting rid of this pest, and that is to make use of nicoticide, the standard remedy for all plant troubles of this kind. A small quantity of this extract of tobacco, diluted with water and sprayed over all portions of each plant, will effectually rout the enemy if applied promptly and thoroughly. Unless something is done as soon as the beetle is discovered, it will destroy every plant. Be on the lookout for it constantly, acting on the supposition that it will be sure to put in an appearance some time during the summer. Get ready in advance for prompt action against it by laying in a supply of the insecticide at the beginning of the summer.
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