August, 1912 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



have found the following an excellent 

 method of procuring large strong plants. 

 A coldframe, about three feet deep, covered 

 with movable sash, is filled with fresh 

 manure, half barrels being immersed in 

 this up to the rim. The manure is al- 

 lowed to heat for three or four days until 

 a temperature between 80 degrees and 90 

 degrees is maintained at night. By the 

 middle or end of April the young plants 

 may be transferred from the greenhouse 

 to the barrels and continued there until 

 toward the middle of June when they may 

 be put in their permanent quarters for 



the summer, ventilating when necessary 

 on warm days while in the coldframe. 

 The blue water lilies which may be readily 

 raised from seed are: gigantea, elegans, 

 capensis, Zanzibariensis and its variety 

 azurea, and caerulea. 



GROWING IN TUBS 



The blue water lilies may be grown very 

 effectively in half barrels or hogsheads, 

 immersed in the ground for at least three 

 or four inches. A kerosene oil barrel, 

 costing from a dollar to a dollar and a half, 

 sawed in two will make two receptacles. 



The oil, of course, must first be removed by 

 repeated washings or by burning. Fill 

 the barrel about two thirds full with a 

 mixture of equal parts of well-rotted cow 

 manure and good garden soil. After plant- 

 ing put about an inch of sand over the 

 earth, as this serves to keep the earth and 

 manure in place. Fill nearly to the rim 

 with water, supplying the evaporation 

 when necessary, and occasionally flushing 

 the surface with a hose to carry off the 

 scum. The same directions may be fol- 

 lowed when tubs or other receptacles are 

 immersed in the waters of a tank or pond. 



Riding a Greenhouse Hobby — By John e. sipe, & 



HOW A BUSY MAN HAS BECOME AN ENTHUSIASTIC PLANTSMAN AND IN HIS ODD MOMENTS GROWS A RICH VARIETY 

 OF STOCK FOR HOME DECORATION, SUMMER BEDDING, AND CUT FLOWERS. ALSO FRESH VEGETABLES IN WINTER 



A SMALL greenhouse in my backyard 

 is a perpetual source of pleasure to me. 

 and I want to induce other readers of The 

 Garden Magazine to make a start. You 

 can buy a greenhouse complete, all ready 

 to erect if you want to, or you can follow my 

 plan and evolve it. The main thing is to 

 get one, and start a new and wider interest 



in gardening. My house now is only about 

 fifty feet long, part of it is twelve feet wide 

 and the balance sixteen feet wide. In it 

 I spend practically all the spare time I 

 have outside of my business hours. I am 

 a druggist, and that means long hours of 

 work! 



It was through my mother that I came 



to have the greenhouse; she is an old 

 lady with a great love of plants. Long 

 before she became so feeble that she could 

 not take care of the plants herself she 

 always had a window full. Her love for 

 each plant was so great that she could not 

 bear to part with one, and as the neighbors 

 were constantly giving her plants which 



A varied assortment of plants gives bloom in the home-built greenhouse all the year round. Carnations on the benches; geraniums, and an orchid with 



8"- Asparagus Sprengcri above 



