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Chapter 6 WHAT THE GIRLS MADE WINTER EVENINGS

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Contents

The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
Chapter 1 THE GARDEN CLUB
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Chapter 2 THE BOYS' GARDEN DIFFICULTIES
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Chapter 3 THE GIRLS' SECRET
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Chapter 4 GARDEN EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED INDOORS
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Chapter 5 THE WORKSHOP END OF THE GARDEN
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Chapter 6 WHAT THE GIRLS MADE WINTER EVENINGS
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Chapter 7 Constructing a wall to form an embankment.
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Chapter 8 Cleaning the grounds and making a lawn.
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Chapter 9 Planting of trees.
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Chapter 10 Preparation and planting of the flower garden.
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Chapter 11 Cleaning and mending the road.
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Chapter 12 MYRON'S STRAWBERRY BED
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Chapter 13 JACK'S ALL-ROUND GARDEN
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Chapter 14 ALBERT AND JAY'S DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
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Chapter 15 GEORGE'S CABBAGE TROUBLES
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Chapter 16 PETER, POTATOES, AND PROFIT
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Chapter 17 PHILIP'S BACKYARD
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Chapter 18 THE CORN CONTEST
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Chapter 19 Depth
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Chapter 20 THE GIRLS' SECRET WORK
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Chapter 21 MORE ABOUT THE GIRLS' WORK.
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Chapter 22 THE GIRLS' WINTER WORK.
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Chapter 23 THE SOIL
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Chapter 24 PLANT FOOD
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Chapter 25 SEEDS
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Chapter 26 THE PLANT ITSELF
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Chapter 27 INCREASING PLANTS
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Chapter 28 GARDEN OPERATIONS
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Chapter 29 COMMON WEEDS
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Chapter 30 Copper sulphate (blue vitriol) 1 lb.
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Chapter 31 Slaked lime 1 lb.
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Chapter 32 VEGETABLE CULTURE
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Chapter 33 FLOWER CULTURE
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Chapter 34 THE WILD-FLOWER GARDEN
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Chapter 35 LANDSCAPE GARDENING
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Chapter 36 HOW BOYS AND GIRLS CAN MAKE MONEY FROM THEIR GARDENS
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