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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1911 



WAS it ever occurred to you the hun- 

 dred and one uses you can put our 

 Melon Frames to besides starting mel- 

 ons? They cost only $1 .35 complete. 



There's your rhubarb — 

 put a frame over a clump 

 and have "sauce" two 

 to four weeks in advance. 

 Three or more placed on 

 your asparagus bed will 

 give that a goodly boost. 

 You can take single frames 

 and plant one each to let- 

 tuce, radishes, pepper 

 grass, swiss chard and so 

 on, and be smacking your 

 lips over the good things weeks ahead 

 of the regular garden planting. Then of 

 course there are your melons and cucum- 

 bers — these frames are a tremendous advan- 

 tage to each, as the plants have a chance to 

 get thoroughly started and strongly rooted 

 before hot weather begins to sizzle them. 

 Melons and "cukes" grown this way are a 

 certain crop. Melons then have that true 

 mouth-watering flavor. 



So much for the vegetable garden — and 

 think of the help they would be to your 



The melon frames are 2234 x 25J4 inches 

 and are made in the same careful way as 

 our larger frames. Shipped knock down. 



flowers ! You see they 

 are so light and handy you 

 can tote them around any- 

 where, and put them over 

 tulips or daffodils and 

 have blooms while the 

 snow still lingers. Think 

 of the cosmos — the lark- 

 spur — the salvia — the co- 

 reopsis — the nasturtiums 

 you could start in them and 

 have things blooming just 

 that much earlier. It's great this gardening 

 when you have frames to help you. Send 

 for our Two P's Booklet — it tells all about 

 all the different kinds and different sizes of 

 frames we make. There's one we call the 

 Junior that is a size between the melon 

 frames and the regulation garden size. Per- 

 haps you would prefer it to the melon 

 frames. In any event, get your order in, 

 because the robins will be here before you 

 know it. The sap's running a little even 

 now, and that's a good spring sign. 



The Junior frames are next in size to the melon and take a sash 34 x 38 

 inches. We make them for one, two, three or any number of sash. 



Lord & Burnham Co. 



New York 

 St. James Bldg. 



Boston 

 Tremont Bldg. 



Philadelphia 

 Heed Bldg. 



Irvington, 

 N. Y. 



Chicago 

 The Rookery 



It is easy to grow fine hedges when 

 you plant Allen's strong, healthy, 

 well-rooted plants. Our stock is 

 right and our prices are right. 



California Privet (I-lgustrum OvnllfoIiunO a yr..well 

 branched, slroi g 8 t.> 8 leet. #3.00 per 100:'#35.00 

 per 1.000; 18 to 84 ln.,#3.00 per 1O0, #18.00 per 

 1 O00; 15 to 1 8 In.. #1 .50 per 1 00,#1 3.60 per 1 ,000; 

 10 to 15 In. #1.35 per 100. #10.00 per 1,000. 

 Amur Hlver Privet (T/gustrum Amufensei 3 vr., 

 strong 3 to 8 fei-t, $8.50 per 100. $80.00 per 1.000; 

 18 to 84 in.. #3.50 per K'O. 930.00 per 1,000; 15 

 to 18 In., #3.00 per 100, #16.00 per 1.000. 

 Splrea van Houttl, 3 yr. strong, 3 to 8 feet, #15.00 

 p.r 100. #40.00 per 1.000; 1 8 to 34 In.. #8.50 per 

 100, #80.00 per 1,000; 13 to 18 in., #3.50 per 100, 

 #30.00 per 1,000. 



Also n long list of other shrubbery and small fruit 

 plants. Oet my catalog. It Is free. 



W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 



Making a Long Bean Season 



THIS month is an excellent time for planting 

 out small rose bushes, which have been 

 grown in a greenhouse. The large outdoor-grown 

 plants should have been set out after the first 

 frost in the fall, but if you neglected to do so, 

 commence planting at once. I always prefer 

 the small bushes as they grow faster and are more 

 likely to live. Here in the South the growing 

 season is nearly twelve months long, so it does not 

 take the small plants long to attain size. When 

 once started they require but little care and pro- 

 duce flowers from March to November in the 

 Lower South. 



During the last of the month sow seed of phlox, 

 poppies, balsams, cosmos, petunias, portulaca, 

 zinnia and other annuals. Make the soil rich with 

 manure and spade it in deep so as to get large 

 flowers. 



Sow grass seed for a lawn any time during the 

 month. Set out dahlia roots now. For direc- 

 tions as to how to grow dahlias, see The Garden 

 Magazine, Vol. IX, pages 156 and 232. Tuberoses 

 should be planted early in the month. 



If you wish to grow cannas from seed, sow them 

 at once. Remember to make a small hole in the 

 hull, and keep the soil where they are sown thor- 

 oughly moist. Be sure to select a sunny spot 

 for sowing the seed. Seed of verbenas and car- 

 nations should be sown now. 



Divide chrysanthemum roots. Plant each shoot 

 separately from twelve inches to two feet apart. 



Sow seed of cabbage and cauliflower so as to 

 have a continuous supply during the summer 

 Also sow seed of lettuce, beets, radishes, turnips, 

 carrots, and parsnips. Set out celery plants and 

 sow seed of onions if you have not already done so. 



Sow seed of pepper for main crop; the fruit 

 comes in very handy for making pickles and sauce. 

 During the summer, you will need some of the 

 large, sweet ones (of which the Chinese Giant 

 and Ruby King are best). Sow several varieties 

 of the small, hot pepper. A general assortment 

 is better for making sauce than just one kind. 



Sow seed of bush Lima beans during this month 

 - — Fordhook and the small seeded Wood's Prolific 

 or Henderson's Improved. Sow seed of early 

 squashes and early cucumbers now. 



Plant corn for main crop after the fifteenth of 



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Sow peppers this month outdoors in the South, 

 in hotbeds in the North. (Chinese Giant, a reliable 

 main crop variety) 



