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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 19 15 



GREAT CROPS OF 



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And How to Grow Them 



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If the soil is dry, the pot gives out a sharp ring; if 

 wet a dull, heavy sound. 



Each pot should have a saucer under it. Pour on 

 water until it runs into the saucer. Let it remain 

 thus for one hour, and then pour off the surplus 

 water. Another good way is to submerge the 

 potted plant in a deep bucket or tub of water, the 

 water coming up over the top of the pot. Let it 

 remain for a full half hour to soak thoroughly. Do 

 this once a week and wash the leaves at the same time. 



Unoccupied garden plots, lawns and fields can 

 have manure spread over them when the ground is 

 frozen. 



Trees, shrubs and vines should be trimmed now. 

 In a month's time, it wiH be too late to do it, as the 

 sap begins to rise. 



On the bad days in winter, mend your tools, make 

 labels for plants and stakes for tomatoes. To 

 make simple and effectual tomato supports cut 

 strong stakes four feet long and sharpen them at 

 one end. Cut three notches a foot apart on the 

 stakes, beginning one foot and one half from the 

 sharpened end. These notches keep the twine 

 which ties the tomato plant to the stake from slipping. 

 Tomatoes can be trained to one good strong stake, 

 in the upright fashion, or else boxed in by using 

 four of these stakes in a square around the plant, 

 twining small but strong wire around the stakes, 

 securing them at the point where the notches are. 

 The plant is then supported on all sides and at 

 several stages of its growth. The wires could 

 be twisted around stakes in the winter and put aside 

 all ready to set around the plants in May. 



A useful frame for melons can also be made. Cut 

 four pieces of plank one half inch thick, one foot 

 in length and six inches wide. Nail them together 

 to form a box without top or bottom to be six 

 inches in height when finished. Tack over the 

 top a square of planter's cheesecloth. When the 

 melons are planted in the spring, place one of these 

 improvised hotbeds over each hill. It is an excel- 

 lent protection from moths and beetles, against 

 sudden winds or any change of temperature, and 

 forces the melon to fruition a little earlier. They 

 may be made with glass tops, but the construction 

 is more complicated and costly. Cut the boards to 

 fit the size of the regulation glass, which is ten by 

 twelve inches. Nail the two short boards, which 

 measure eleven inches, on to the two long boards, 

 which measure twelve inches, even and flush with 

 the top, but drop one short board one inch from 

 top. Cut a groove around the inside of the three 

 boards which are even with each other, and slide 

 the glass into it from the end which is an inch lower. 



Draw the garden plan to scale on a large stout 

 piece of paper and use it during the year as a guide 

 for planting. If it can be tacked on the wall in 

 some convenient place so much the better. Then 

 make out the orders for seeds according to the space 

 you have, and the number of people the garden is to 

 serve. Order seed catalogues and read the planting 

 numbers of The Garden Magazine for years back. 

 See also the articles by Mr. Rockwell and Mr. Wil- 

 kinson on pages 194 and 190. 



Make plan for hotbed and at the end of the month 

 or first of next plant some seeds for transplanting 

 to coldframes later — try early tomatoes, eggplant, 

 peppers, as well as pansies, daisies, and snapdragons. 

 Send in your orders immediately, for the planting 

 begins in this section earlier than in the North. 



Richmond , Virginia. J. M . Patterson. 



A New Yellow Clematis 



THE cover illustration this month represents 

 Clematis tangutica a comparatively recent in- 

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 bright yellow, solitary-flowered, hardy, woody vine 

 for summer, a novelty of distinct merit and a real 

 addition to our gardens, as a companion to the 

 common white flowered Clematis paniculata, al- 

 though it is not cluster flowered. The flowers, here 

 shown natural size, are freely produced in June 

 and August. It is a vine climbing ten feet high. 

 The feathery, silvery gray fruits, which persist into 

 the winter, are also quite decorative. 



Index to Volume XX 



THE present issue completes the twentieth vol- 

 ume. The usual volume index is ready for 

 distribution and will be sent to any subscriber 

 gratis, on request. 



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