In south Florida, a vegetable plot can be prepared and planted any month in the year, and by successive plantings, the table can be continually supplied with healthful and toothsome food without missing a day. Usually however, the garden is prepared here in Octobor, the work being about the same as that done in April and May in the northern states. The kinds of vegetables planted are the same, with few exceptions, and some additions that thrive in these semi-tropical latitudes, but could not be grown at the north outside of a hot-house. Gardens, however, are begun here every month from September to April, the chances of success for the latter month with vegetables generally being about the same as or less than June planting at the north. The bulk of a few field crops, such as cow-peas and sweet potatoes, are not planted until June or July, while rice is planted in May. In fact, nearly every month is considered more especially favorable for the planting of some particular product, the time depending to a great degree upon the time of the season's rains, though many will yield a fair amount at whatever season they may be planted if the soil is sufficiently moist for prompt germination.

This gives the maker of a south Florida garden a great advantage as regards variety of crops at all seasons of the year. It also enables him to plant again, should he fail to secure a good stand at the first planting. - Sherman Adams, Orange County, Florida.