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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1914 



The "Boy Problem" 

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Practical Garden Plans 



ABoo/i/br YOUfiffom 



Send today for this handsome 8xn, 124-page 

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What To Do Now 



IF YOU have not already bedded sweet potatoes 

 do so at once; cover about two inches deep in 

 order to get long rooted plants. 



In the lower South sweet potato plants may be 

 set out in the open the last of the month, also 

 tomatoes and pepper, where they can be given 

 protection on cold nights. Early tomatoes are 

 the most desirable of all. 



Frequent shallow cultivation is necessary for 

 cabbage and cauliflower, also young beans; but 

 under no circumstances cultivate the beans when 

 the foliage is wet. The best time to cultivate a 

 garden is in the late afternoon, as this seems to 

 create moisture and draw it to the surface. 



Seed of main crop tomatoes may be sown now. 

 Plant both water and muskmelons if the weather 

 permits. 



Both sweet and field corn may be sown now, the 

 prolific varieties being the best for the South. 

 Corn delights in a soil full of vegetable matter; 

 bear this in mind when planting. 



Dahlias and cannas are exceedingly easy to 

 grow from roots. Dahlias will produce flowers 

 from May to October in the South if the roots are 

 planted now, if they have plenty of water, and the 

 old flowers kept cut off. 



Continue to plant out onion sets. Onion seed 

 may be sown now for sets; on a very small place 

 one can grow enough for his own use another year 

 and have some to sell. The rows should not be 

 more than twelve inches apart and, it is necessary 

 to sow the seed very thickly in drills in order to 

 prevent the onions from becoming too large for 

 sets. The smallest sets are the best. 



Almost all kinds of annuals can be planted in the 

 open now. In the lower South cosmos is a quick 

 grower and a free bloomer, and under favorable 

 weather it will flower for a long time. It requires 

 very little cultivation and will resow itself for 

 another year. The cosmos will grow where other 

 annuals will fail; in fact, it can stand unfavorable 

 conditions to a remarkable extent. 



Seed of herbs may be sown now. Everyone can 

 have a good assortment of these. They cost but a 

 few cents, are useful for many purposes (such as 

 seasoning, making teas, etc.), and are beautiful 

 to look at while growing. They flourish in a rich 

 loam soil. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



Garden Greens 



IN OUR Southern gardens, greens are at their 

 prime at Christmas time, and they are not one 

 whit less acceptable than in colder climates. I find 

 my scoke bushes die down in November, but they 

 do not always get cold weather enough to make 

 them annual. This plant, which is so common 

 in the North, can be cut for the table, that is shoots 

 as big as your wrist, about the middle of January; 

 cook them with a good share of the common sour 

 sorrel leaves, to add a little acidity. We make 

 rows of them along the edges of our gardens. The 

 sorrel grows in great bunches, as big as a half bushel. 

 Just at the same time another sorrel furnishes 

 a large bush, covered all over with flowers, which 

 cooked in the calyx, make a delicious sauce. An- 

 other novelty is mustard, not because it is never 

 grown in our Northern gardens, but because of its 

 delicious flavor and richness of foliage. It makes 



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tomorrow. I want my house painted just as white 



as this one." 



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