THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



OLD HICKORY 

 SPINDLE BACK CHAIR 



$1^5 



Guaranteed most serviceable, comfortable, attractive Chair for Porch 

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 bark on. Seat 18 inches long, 16 inches deep ; height over all 40 

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moist continually, but not wet. When the 

 weather is cloudy and damp remove the glass 

 to prevent too much moisture. Seedlings 

 that like a dry soil, such as the geranium, 

 must not be allowed to become as dry at any 

 time as is best for large plants; and the sorts 

 that like a moist soil, gloxinia, etc., must 

 be kept moderately moist at all times. 



When the second leaves appear prick off 

 the seedlings into tiny pots, which can be made 

 of heavy manila paper, fastening it together 

 with pins in the form of pots. After this it 

 is necessary to keep a careful watch that the 

 soil may not dry out; if this occurs even once 

 it greatly injures the plants. When the soil 

 becomes filled with roots transplant into 

 larger pots, which can be done without dis- 

 turbing the roots, by unpinning the paper pots 

 from around them. After this the seedlings 

 will require the same treatment as small 

 plants propagated from cuttings. 



Maine. Hattie L. Knight. 



Domesticating Fringed Gentians 

 And Cardinal Flowers 



I HAVE raised cardinal flowers for years, 

 and find them easy to domesticate. They 

 do well on high, dry land and give very bril- 

 liant flowers. My only trouble with them is 

 about the drainage of the young plants, for they 

 easily mildew and "damp off" when small. 



I plant the seed in the house about the 

 middle of January in an eight-inch pot, put- 

 ting about one inch of broken pottery and 

 about one and a half inches of soil in the 

 bottom. I insert a cork stopper in the hole in 

 the bottom of a three-inch pot and stand 

 it directly in the middle of the larger pot 

 on the soil, fill in between it and the sides of 

 the larger one with fine earth to within three- 

 quarters of an inch of the top , and on this I 

 sprinkle the seeds of cardinal flowers or of 

 fringed gentians and press them down 

 lightly. The small pot is then filled with 

 water, covered with an inverted saucer and 

 put in a warm place. In three days I uncover 

 it, lay a sheet of glass on top and place in 

 the sun. I watch it every day and lift off 

 the glass, wiping it dry. In a day or two I 

 discard the glass except at night, and in 

 severe weather move the pot near the register 

 at night and on cloudy days. 



Fringed gentians are tender, but can be 

 raised in this way. They are slow in 

 growth for weeks. When the ground gets 

 warm in June I have the cardinal flowers all 

 transplanted and ready to go in ; while the 

 fringed gentians I move but once, letting 

 them remain in the pot in which they 

 were planted. I break the pot and cut the 

 earth between the plants, not disturbing the 

 tap root that runs to the bottom of the pot. 

 They will flower the second year. 



One thing I have learned is never to let 

 any water get on the young plants except 

 the moisture that filters through the pot 

 in the centre. The cardinal flowers usually 

 sprout in three days, and fringed gentians 

 in three days to a week. If very long 

 spikes of flowers are wanted I cut off all 

 but one or two stalks from each crown. 



Massachusetts. Abbie S. Nickerson. 



