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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1918 



War Conditions 



Make Early Ordering Imperative 



LATE ordering means not only late 

 arrival of your order in America; 

 but more unfortunate still, we may not 

 be able to fill your request for some 

 things at all. 



This is because of the limited supply, 

 and the unprecedented demand, caused 

 by the War. With vegetable seeds, this 

 is particularly so. 



Once again, then, let us urge your or- 

 dering early. 



It is most reassuring to know that not a 

 single American Shipment of our seeds was 

 lost last year, because of the U-Boats. 



Send 35c for Garden Catalogue. With #5 

 purchase of seeds, the 35c will be promptly 

 refunded. 



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 Reading, England 



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 "" Wall St., 



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429-C Sacramento St., 



San Francisco, C; 



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Greenhouses 

 Conservatories 

 Garden Frames 



PHE method of making a hotbed is given 

 in The Garden Magazine for February, 

 1915. After the seeds have germinated in the 

 hotbeds be careful not to let the little plants 

 damp off. This can be obviated by giving air 

 every day in the middle of the day by lifting 

 the sash a little. Water plants only in the 

 morning and do so every day if the weather 

 is mild. A little sulphur sprinkled between 

 the seedlings is also a preventive of damping 

 off and mildew. 



Seeds to Be Sown 



COW in hotbeds the early tomatoes, such 

 ^ as Sparks' Earliana, Bonny Bess, and John 

 Baer; the Chinese Giant peppers, the long 

 red hot peppers, cayenne or tobasco, and the 

 Red Cherry for pickles; Black Beauty egg- 

 plant, to be transplanted later to the cold- 

 frames when they have two leaves. They will 

 then make stocky plants before setting out in 

 the open ground. A few canteloupe, cucumber, 

 and squash seeds of the early varieties could 

 be sowed in three inch pots and sunk into the 

 earth of the hotbed. Later they can be set 

 into the open ground without disturbing the 

 soil about them and the little single glass 

 frames placed over them and thus forced 

 into maturity a week or two ahead of those 

 that are sowed in the open ground in the 

 spring. 



Seeds of perennial flowers and a few 

 annuals to get an early start should be 

 sowed in the hotbed now and pricked out as 

 soon as the plants have two leaves and 

 transplanted three inches apart in coldframes, 

 and in the spring be again transplanted to the 

 flower border where they are to remain. 

 Single Dahlias, Snapdragons, Delphiniums, 

 Pyrethrums, Gaillardias, Platycodons, Chrys- 

 anthemums, Heliotropes, Hollyhocks, Stock, 

 Wallflower, Sweet William, Nasturtium and 

 numbers of others should get an early start in 

 this way. 



Thorough Preparation for the Garden Soil 



"1^7T-IEN the weather is open and the soil 

 * * dry enough, spend most of the time this 

 month in getting the land in first class con- 

 sition rather than hurrying the seed into the 

 ground. Plow the land deeply and follow in 

 the furrows with a sub-soil plow so as to get 

 all the potash available. Throw the furrows 

 up high and let the soil get all the air and sun 

 possible. Plow and cross-plow. In fact, do 

 everything possible to get the land in excellent 

 condition. Apply the compost heaps and well 

 rotted manure. Acid phosphate should have 

 been mixed in with the compost as it was 

 made; but if not done then apply it now, 

 broadcast about 500 pounds to the acre. 



The success of raising vegetables depends 

 greatly on their being brought to maturity 

 quickly. This is done first by getting the 

 ground in good shape, the soil thoroughly 

 pulverized and manure and mineral fertilizers 

 thoroughly incorporated. At this time of the 

 year nitrate of soda should not be applied, 

 in fact, only when vegetables are to be rapidly 

 forced. In the early spring an application on 

 cabbages and lettuce would be advisable, and 

 in March when the asparagus bed is worked 

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