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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1907 







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J4ITRATE 0F ^ODA 



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NO FORM OF NITROGEN 



is so quickly available, or so positive in its 

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A double blue hepatic^ pictured in a booK published 

 at Nuremberg in 1613 



hepaticas can be bred by selecting individuals 

 which are found in sunny situations. 



One of the pictures that illustrates this 

 article shows a wild plant that has an extraor- 

 dinary number of flowers open at one time, 

 namely sixty. The other is taken from an 

 old book published in 1613, which shows 

 that a double blue hepatica was known at 

 that time. It is not generally known, ex- 

 cept to botanists, that the hepatica is native 

 to the Old World as well as to the New, 

 yet we fancy it is commoner in America than 

 in Europe, and that we have a right to con- 

 sider it as one of our characteristic wild 

 flowers. It is probable that the artist who 

 dr^w the double blue hepatica exaggerated 

 its fullness. 



HOW TO BEGIN 



Hepatica breeding could easily be made a 

 hobby by amateurs. Anyone who would 

 like to take it up, should search the catalogues 

 of seedsmen and nurserymen, for at least a 

 half dozen varieties are cultivated and the 

 presumption is that these are better than any 

 that could be found wild. The form known 

 as Hepatica angulosa is particularly worth 

 trying, as it grows about three times as high 

 as the common hepatica and is said to have 

 flowers as large as a half-dollar. 



How to Make a Garden 



HpHE following directions are issued to 

 -*- school children who buy penny packets 

 of seed from the Home Gardening Associa- 

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"Plant seeds in garden or boxes early in 

 May. Fill boxes with four or five inches of 

 fine, rich soil. Place boxes in sunny place, 

 and sprinkle every day. Cover boxes at 

 night, if very cold. Transplant seedlings to 

 the garden about June 1st, on a damp day. 

 Sow seeds of calliopsis, nasturtiums, morning 



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 many flowers this wonderful nasturtium will 

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