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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



of hose. The lines of hose should be 

 from thirty-five to fifty feet in length, 

 fitted with rods eight to sixteen feet 

 long, according to the size of the trees, 

 and nozzles capable of throwing a driv- 

 ing spray, rather than a fog-like spray. 



Asters and their Requirements. 



A. V. Main, Ottawa, Ont. 



THIN, sandy soil or impoverished 

 ground does not suit asters. 

 They require a good rich soil, 

 especially if watering is not done. 

 Where there is an abundance of water 

 and time in which to apply it, rich soil 

 is not so imperative. 



The best asters come from what 

 gardeners call good deep soil, moder- 

 ately supplied with rotted manure. 

 Cultivate it regularly with the hoe and 

 use water sparingly. Instead, dig deep 



and prepare the ground for the 

 droughts, that we seldom escape. 

 Queen of the Market, Purity and Day- 

 breaks stand close planting, twelve 

 inches both ways. The taller branch- 

 ing sorts require eighteen inches and 

 two feet between the rows where 

 ground is not valued by the foot. An 

 application of your favorite garden 

 fertilizer in August will help to 

 furnish exhibition winners. 



I have not found disbudding the 

 plants, or confining the plants to three 

 and four blooms, of any particular ad- 

 vantage. With a new piece of ground, 

 deeply cultivated, good stocky plants 

 to begin with and good varieties, 

 blooms will coiTie fit either for market 

 or exhibition and give profitable re- 

 turns. One of the best disbudders is 

 the aster bug. It is a most destructive 

 j>est that bleeds the best of buds and 



causes them to wilt. I never knew (>: 

 such a visitor until I entered the ci: 

 limits. The best remedy I know is tu 

 ^et up at daybreak and spray with 

 hellebore, while the dew is on the 

 j)Iants. I use an electric insect o 

 terminator, made at Woodstock, Ont. 

 It is a pair of bellows, which are used 

 with dry powder. It holds three- 

 quarters of a pound of hellebore. Pull 

 directions are given with it. 



Plants that become yellow from stem 

 rot should be pulled out. Asters will 

 be more free from pests and diseases 

 jf fresh locations are given them and, 

 as already stated, an uninterrupted 

 growth from the seed bed to finished 

 bloom. Late sowings in May outdoors 

 proves that we often err in raising the 

 plants, in a greenhouse temperature, 

 that gets "uncanny," dry and hot, not 

 once but many times. 



Plan of a Home Vegetable Garden 



The following planting table has been prepared to meet the requirements of a town or city lot 33 x 30 feet. 



and plants is $2.30, and the estimated value of the products $25.00. 



W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist. 



The estimated cost of the seeds 



Row. 



Kind of 

 Vegetable. 



1 Parsnips 



2 Beets 



3 Carrots 



4 Onions 



5 Onion Sets 



8 Early Cabbage 



Cauliflower . . . 



and 



9 

 10 

 11 



12 



Spinach, Mustard 

 and Cress 



Lettuce and Radish, 

 followed by Squasti 

 And Melons (3 hills 

 of each, 6 ft apart). 



Dwarf Early Pea 



Second Early Pea 



Late Pea (semi- 

 dwarf) 



Lettuce and Radish 

 (2nd sowing of 

 this). Might be a 



path 



Sown or planted after 



IS Early Beans, %; Late 

 Beans, V4 



1* Late Cabbage and 

 Cauliflower 



Seed required 

 for 30-ft. row. 



1 pacliet 



1 ounce 



1 paxjket 



Vi ounce 



I'/i pounds 



12 plants each 



1 packet each . 



1 packet each. 



4 ounces 

 4 ounces 



4 ounces 



1 packet each., 

 danger of frost 



2 ounjces each . 

 10 iplants each 



16 Celery (start plants 



early 1 packet 



17 



Swede Turnips. Sow 

 June 16 to July 1.. 



Peppers & Egg Plant, 

 or 3rd sowing of 

 Lettuce and Radiali 

 or more Late Cau- 

 liflower, or early 

 sowing of Parsley.. 



18 Tomatoes, trained to 

 single stems and 

 tied to 6-foot stakes 

 or wires 



19 Early Corn, followed 

 by late sowing of 

 Lettuce & Radish 



29 Later Corn, about 2 



ft. from ijoundary.. 1 nacket 



1 packet 



1 packet each.. 



1 packet or 15 

 plants, 2 feet 

 apart 



1 packet 



Distance apart of rows. 



18 ins. from boundary 

 12 ins. from row 1 . . . 

 12 ins. from row 2 . . . 

 xz iiis. Irom row 3 . . . 

 12 ins. from row 4 . . 



15 ins. from row 5 



15 ins. from row 6 



12 ins. from row 7 



12 ins. 

 18 ins. 



from row 8 

 from row 9 . 



18 ins. from row 10 



18 ins. from row 11 

 is over. 



18 ins. from row 12 



18 ins. from row 13 



24 ins. from row 14 



24 Ins. froim row 16 



18 ins. from row 16 



24 ins. from row 17 



36 ins. from row 18 

 36 Ins. from row 19 



Depth to sow 

 seed. 



% inch . , 

 % inch . . 

 H inch ., 

 14 inch .. 

 2 inches 



Roots well 

 covered 



Vi inch 



V4, and % inch 



Lettuce 6 ins. . . 

 Radish as ready 



2 inches 

 2 inches 



2 inches 



% to % inch.. 



2 inches 



Roots -well 

 covered , . . 



Vi inch 

 H inch 



Roots well 

 covered . . . 



Distance to 

 thin plants. 



2 ins. apart 



2 ins apart or as ready.. 

 1% ins. apart or as ready. 



1 in. apart 



Plant 2 ins. apart 



Plant 15 ins apart 



4 to 6 inches apart 



1 in. apart 

 1 In. apart 



1 in. apart 



As before for these ... 



Plant 2 ins. apart 



18 ins. apart 



Plant 5 ins. apart 



5 to 7 ins. apart 



Plants 15 ins. apart 



Roots well Plants 2 feet apart 

 covered . . 



50 to 70 days 



21 to 36 days 



Muskmelons 110 to 



144 days. 

 Watermelons 96 to 



161 days. 

 Squash 66 to 104 



days. 



49 to 61 days 



52 to 56 days 



63 to 71 days 



. i 2 Inches : Hills 3 ft. apart, 5 plants 



! i per hill 



2 in^he« 



Ditto 



Time required to 

 develop for use. 

 Based on results 

 at Ottawa^ 



107 to 112 days 

 53 to 70 days . . . 

 64 to 76 days . . . 

 93 to 120 days . . 

 56 days 



102 to 121 days 



60 days 



As before 



Early, 47 to 53 days 

 Late. 66 to 76 days. 



107 to 123 days 

 6 months 



60 to 90 days 



Penpprs. 132 to 178 

 days 



Etr" P'->r\ts. 150 to 

 162 days 



Yield per 30 foot 

 row 



60 to 80 lbs. 

 60 to 60 lbs. 

 65 to 76 lbs. 

 40 to 60 lbs. 

 40 to 60 lbs. 



3 to 6 lbs. per head 



Weight varies 

 much. 



Ditto. 



6 to 7 quarts in pod 

 Ditto. 



6 to 9 quarts in pod 



Weigiht varies 

 much. 



10 to 20 quarts. 



4 to 6 lbs. per head 



12 to 19 ozs. per 

 head. 



60 to 80 lbs. 



Tield varies much. 



108 to 179 days, de- 

 162 days, de- 

 pendlnsr on when 

 started and sea- 

 son 



100 to 150 lbs. 



66 to 94 days 40 to 50 ears. 



77 to 112 days ' Ditto. 



In addition to these, cucumbers would be grown over wire netting tacked to one of the fences. Melons, cucumibers and squash should be thinned to] 

 from three to six plants per hill. ■ . 



