200 PRIZE GARDENING 



Ite^ns of Care. — In writing of the management of 

 hotbeds, W. I. Anderson advises not to sow seed in 

 them before the first week in March. Then sow cab- 

 bage, lettuce, radishes, beets and tomatoes. Use Early 

 Jersey Wakefield cabbage. Grand Rapid lettuce, Egyp- 

 tian beets, Dwarf Champion tomatoes. Early Scarlet 

 Turnip radish, and it would be well to use Wood's 

 Long Early Frame radish, too, so as to prolong 

 the crop. 



Be sure the heat is not too strong when you plant, 

 as much seed is ruined because of this. Remember it 

 gets hot quickly under glass when the sun shines on it, 

 and small, tender plants will soon perish unless they 

 get fresh air. But a olast of cold wind will kill them 

 almost as quickly as the sjn. Open the sash in such a 

 way that the wind cannot hit them. In plants raised 

 for transplanting, let your object be to get them stocky 

 instead of spindling, hardy instead of tender, and 

 healthy with a deep, rich green, instead of pale and 

 sickly. Abundance of fresh air and sufficient moisture 

 will do it. Keep as even temperature as you can. Do 

 not hurry the plants. Good ones are better than quick 

 ones. Water heavily rather than often. Stir the soil 

 and keep it loose at all times. Give air as soon as the 

 sun strikes the glass in the morning, but close up early 

 in the evening. Let the plants have all the sunlight 

 possible. 



Some plants, asserts Mr. Anderson, such as onions, 

 cabbage, lettuce, etc., will st?nd more cold than toma- 

 toes, peppers, Qgg plant and the like. The proper tem- 

 perature for these two classes differs almost twenty 

 degrees. When possible, grow them under different 

 sashes, where you can regulate the heat if you will 

 remember what I said about constructing the hotbed. 

 About April i the radishes ought to be ready to use. 



