The whole family party and any chance visitors will not be too many for the work, and, if each labourer is provided with a cast-iron back with a hinge in it, so much the better.

A writer in the _Garden_ seems to have been very successful with salt, used early in the season and with great care.

He says: "After the first cutting in the spring put as much salt on each weed, through the palm of the hand, as will distinctly cover it.

In two or three days, depending on the weather, they will turn brown.

Those weeds that have escaped can be distinctly seen, and the operation should be repeated.