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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  March, 
  1907 
  

  

  Know 
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   ments 
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  thirty 
  

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  lhe 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  BOY 
  

  

  By 
  A. 
  RUSSELL 
  BOND 
  

  

  12mo. 
  320 
  Pages. 
  340 
  Illustrations. 
  Price, 
  $2.00, 
  Postpaid. 
  

  

  STORY 
  OF 
  OUTDOOK 
  BOY 
  LIFE, 
  suggesting 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  diversions 
  which, 
  aside 
  from 
  

   affording 
  entertainment, 
  will 
  stimulate 
  in 
  boys 
  the 
  creative 
  spirit. 
  Complete 
  practical 
  instructions 
  are 
  

   given 
  for 
  building 
  the 
  various 
  articles. 
  The 
  book 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  miscellaneous 
  devices. 
  

  

  such 
  as 
  scows, 
  canoes, 
  windmills, 
  water 
  wheels, 
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   a 
  Inch 
  so 
  many 
  persons 
  follow 
  , 
  never 
  achieves 
  

   satisfactory 
  results. 
  It 
  gives 
  one 
  the 
  impres- 
  

   sion 
  of 
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  that 
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   where, 
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  BEDDING 
  PLANTS 
  FROM 
  SLEDS 
  

  

  By 
  Ida 
  D, 
  Bennett 
  

  

  IT 
  IS 
  to 
  be 
  regretted 
  that 
  the 
  ease 
  with 
  

   which 
  many 
  oi 
  our 
  summer 
  bedding-planu 
  

  

  or 
  the 
  foliage 
  varieties 
  may 
  be 
  raised 
  from 
  

   seed 
  is 
  not 
  more 
  fully 
  understood 
  and 
  apprc 
  

   dated. 
  To 
  many 
  the 
  purchase 
  ot 
  any 
  consid- 
  

   erable 
  quantities 
  of 
  bedding-plants 
  trow 
  tiie 
  

   florist, 
  must 
  act 
  as 
  a 
  deterrent 
  quantity 
  in 
  their 
  

   culture, 
  as 
  it 
  requires 
  no 
  small 
  outlay 
  to 
  pur- 
  

   chase 
  sufficient 
  plants 
  or 
  any 
  really 
  desirable 
  

   variety 
  of 
  cannas, 
  tor 
  instance, 
  lor 
  bedding 
  

   purposes, 
  even 
  a 
  small 
  bed 
  costing 
  from 
  live 
  

   dollars 
  up. 
  Coleus 
  may 
  be 
  indulged 
  in 
  with 
  

   somewhat 
  less 
  outlay, 
  out 
  even 
  here 
  the 
  cosl 
  

   is 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  excess 
  or 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  seed-raised 
  

   plants 
  that 
  the 
  claims 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  well 
  

   worth 
  considering. 
  

  

  Cannas 
  are 
  very 
  easily 
  raised 
  from 
  seed 
  and 
  

   for 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  the 
  florists 
  have 
  

   made 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  reli- 
  

   able 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  desirable 
  varieties, 
  and 
  

   excellent 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  Crozy, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   large-flowered, 
  named 
  varieties 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  had 
  

   at 
  a 
  reasonable 
  price. 
  In 
  buying 
  canna-seed 
  

   it 
  is 
  well 
  to 
  buy 
  by 
  the 
  ounce, 
  unless 
  seed 
  ol 
  

   several 
  varieties 
  are 
  wanted, 
  when 
  the 
  pack- 
  

   ages 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  purchased. 
  

  

  In 
  sowing 
  canna-seed 
  — 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  

   done 
  in 
  pots 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  early 
  in 
  March 
  for 
  

   best 
  results, 
  the 
  seeds 
  must 
  first 
  be 
  filed 
  or 
  

   sandpapered 
  until 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  shows 
  

   through; 
  they 
  must 
  then 
  be 
  soaked 
  over 
  night 
  

   in 
  hot 
  water, 
  or 
  until 
  the 
  outer 
  husk 
  has 
  

   burst 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  swelled 
  and 
  sottened. 
  

   Treated 
  thus 
  they 
  will 
  germinate 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  days, 
  while 
  without 
  this 
  preparatory 
  

   treatment 
  they 
  would 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  as 
  

   many 
  weeks. 
  Very 
  small 
  pots 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  

   to 
  start 
  the 
  seeds 
  at 
  first, 
  and 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   seeds 
  may 
  be 
  planted 
  at 
  once 
  and 
  oniy 
  the 
  

   best 
  allowed 
  to 
  grow 
  — 
  it 
  seed 
  is 
  plenty, 
  but 
  

   ot 
  course 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  choice 
  bought 
  seed 
  

   one 
  will 
  not 
  care 
  to 
  discard 
  any, 
  and 
  one 
  seed 
  

   may 
  be 
  sown 
  in 
  a 
  pot, 
  or 
  the 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  may 
  

   be 
  carefully 
  separated 
  when 
  the 
  plants 
  come 
  

   to 
  be 
  repotted. 
  The 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  potted 
  seed 
  is 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  tor 
  all 
  house-sown 
  seed 
  — 
  warmth 
  

   and 
  moisture 
  and, 
  after 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  up, 
  

   light 
  and 
  sunshine; 
  a 
  position 
  on 
  the 
  little 
  

   "sash-shelf" 
  is 
  excellent 
  for 
  the 
  little 
  pots. 
  

   When 
  the 
  pots 
  are 
  filled 
  with 
  roots, 
  shift 
  into 
  

   a 
  size 
  larger 
  and 
  grow 
  on 
  until 
  time 
  to 
  plant 
  

   out 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  ground 
  when 
  all 
  danger 
  of 
  

   host 
  is 
  passed, 
  shifting 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  as 
  

   necessary. 
  

  

  Coleus 
  are 
  easily 
  grown 
  from 
  seed 
  and 
  

   should 
  be 
  sown 
  in 
  flats 
  or 
  the 
  little 
  house- 
  

   boxes 
  with 
  glass 
  lids. 
  Sow 
  the 
  seeds 
  in 
  drills 
  

   or 
  broadcast, 
  covering 
  an 
  eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  

   deep, 
  and 
  keep 
  warm 
  and 
  moist. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  leaves 
  touch 
  and 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  

   of 
  a 
  size 
  to 
  handle, 
  prick 
  out 
  into 
  other 
  flats, 
  

   setting 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  two 
  apart 
  in 
  the 
  rows 
  and 
  

   grow 
  on 
  until 
  the 
  leaves 
  again 
  touch. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  time 
  they 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  

   ground 
  they 
  will 
  have 
  developed 
  sufficient 
  col- 
  

   oring 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  choice 
  possible, 
  and 
  any 
  poorly 
  

   marked 
  or 
  off-colored 
  ones 
  may 
  be 
  discarded. 
  

   It 
  is 
  better 
  in 
  planting 
  to 
  alternate 
  the 
  dark 
  

   and 
  light 
  varieties, 
  using 
  but 
  two 
  colors, 
  rather 
  

   than 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  many 
  kinds. 
  I 
  have 
  grown 
  

   beautiful 
  coleus 
  from 
  seed 
  that 
  compared 
  very 
  

   favorably 
  with 
  the 
  cuttings 
  grown 
  by 
  the 
  

   florists. 
  

  

  Coleus 
  thrive 
  best 
  in 
  sandy 
  soil 
  in 
  full 
  sun- 
  

   shine, 
  as 
  the 
  heat 
  serves 
  to 
  bring 
  out 
  their 
  rich 
  

  

  