August 12, 1911 



H ORT1CULTURE 



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organization unfixed ae to locality and somewhat no- 

 madic in its nature e with t he S. A. F. The 

 enthusiasm born of rivalries in the selection of t>fl 

 in a Society bo constituted is always a powerful factor 

 in 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 « • i 1 1 ir attendance at conventions ami a.-suring 

 presenci a< the sessions wl i re such matters are decided. 

 Of course, human nature is noi infallible and grave 

 mistakes arc possible, but n is our honest belief thai 

 the rank and file of the S. A. P. members will compare 

 favorably with those of anj organization in the country 

 in the matter of judgment and common souse in the 

 management of their affairs and can be trusted. 



I l"i; i ii i i 1 1 re has been doing what it could, 

 Blamed as our readers are aware, to induce the flor- 

 anyway isl who deals direct with the public to help 



push along into greater popularity the win- 

 dow-box idea and to ei tin- iiimv general use 

 of this and similar decorative features in connection 

 with city buildings- public and private. Properly fos- 

 tered by the tradi — who surely have the besl of reasons 

 neli industrious exploitation — this department of 

 the florists' busim quickly be multiplied to 

 many times its presi ui volume. Thai there an 

 way- in which improvement ran and should be made 

 will be plain to an ot o will devote a little time 



to an iuspectii f the examples seen here and then in 



the h indows, pi n bes at aies of hotels and resi- 

 dences. Thi re is room exercis stter me- 

 chanical ability in the construction of the boxes I 



■ as i" design, material and color, and above all 

 as to practical fitness for the besl i growing 



plain-. If tli i kill off the plants as 



quickly as thi -—called jardin 



could not be better adapted to thai end. We have 

 known plantings of excellent material, well arranged 

 am! adequately ie mined by the us 



painl or othei on the inside of the receptacle. 



Watertight tin i oxes are 8 rolific cansi of disappoinl 

 menl and unlined metal cases thai get almost red hoi 

 in the summer sun are another. Pli ould inter- 



well as in i he furnish- 

 ing of good plain- of - ads as in the case of 

 failun ame and discredit to be laid at 

 the florist's door no mal well his own particular 

 part has !• . 



Vegetables Under Glass 



CUCUM BEES 



Plants started now and until the first of September 

 should be in crop by early November and in full bear- 

 ing by Tic ng. The soil for cucumbers should be 

 a good turfy loam, but not too finely broken up, for 

 when it i- rougher it insures the freer passage of water 

 better. A 3 to three parts soil, 

 use one part of some well eed manure. When 

 d benches are used (and I think these are the best 

 where the pipes run a< ■ rneath, thereby giving them 

 bottom heat which ial to their growth), make 

 hills by placing four or five -hovelsful of soil four feet 

 apart, which is a bel in than to fill the benches 

 full up. Some little time after planting the young 

 plants will utilize the.-, heaps of soil. .1 ,, n as 



you see the roots working their waj outside of 



the hills, more soil should be added. The compost that 

 i- -up]. li.d tin- wa\ should be made richer than that 

 first used. » ucumben require a nighl tempi 

 ! rom 60 to 65 degrees witi < 



during all bright day-. A- the night- gel cooler and 

 your house run- below 65 besl to hi 



gentle warmth run through the pipes I- have the 

 hou-e .-hut up without a little heat often produces a 

 check or fungus and mildew. Ventilate carefully so 

 that no cold draughts are caused. Increase your air 

 gradually and I the -ame way thus keeping an 



even tempi Keep up a nice degree of moisture 



in the atmosphere by damping down the house two or 

 three times a day. 



LETTUCE 



To have a crop of lettuce ready in November, sow 

 your seed any time from now up to the 25th of this 

 month. For this crop cold frames are better than plac- 

 ing them in a house, as the plants do better and are 

 niin h more easily handled. You i an mal e three or four 

 sowings for frame work, at intervals of everj ten 

 or two wei ug the' last sowing about the middle 



of Sept This will give you lettuce up to the mid- 



dle of December. For inside forcing you can sow any 

 I line iron September on. I f sown by Sept. 



?0th your crop will come in about i Ihristmas. Ii 

 from three to three months and a ha -owing to 



maturity, ai r to weathi tions. Lettuce will 



icii -tand pushing, so when the nights gi ; so that you 

 out rol thi night temperature 



of from in to I", degrees w ith a risi 

 degrees bj day, according to the brigb eloudiness 



of the weather. They do well in any goo.] turfy loam' 

 that has he.n mixed in the proportion of three parts 

 soil to on,- part manure. The varietii grown will 



have to bi si lected according to what is in demand. Bos- 

 ton Mark. t. Golden Queen and Glass House are 



I kind- to grow. 



TOM IlTO 



T i- crop '!' - a growing industry. From 

 early winter until early summer there is always a de- 

 mand for g 1 tomatoes. Now is the time to start for 



early winti Qg the seed thinly in boxes. Keep 

 i until they -tart to come up then keep as near the 

 le. When the\ can be handled, pot off 

 into 3-inch pots. A- soon as these pots are filled with 

 roots t iie;. i an be planted. I think the single-stem meth- 

 od of train • i I I ree feet 



wide \ ilanl two rows, two feei apart in the 



When the plants gel from 12 to 18 inches high they 

 will throw i side shoots which should be 



pinched off so a- to concentrate all the strength of the 

 plant into the Attend to tieing up and train- 



ing as the} grow. Keep the housi legrees at 



night as they require a uniform and high temperature 



ow well. If you want a of fruit you should 



hand-polli' day. Winn .; two or three 



■ ■- of nun are well d a can start to 



give them somi d manure, om i or twice a week. 



■ dry and also the soil, but 

 when watering good, en let them go 



until they arc in need of it again. They like a night 

 tempi ral 58 1 62 Joztppc. 



