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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1913 



WHAT YOU NEED TOR A HOTBED 



Make the hotbed of 2-inch lumber if 

 possible, though i-inch stuff will do. For 

 a 3-sash bed (as in the plan below) you 

 need: 



i piece 93 x 2 

 i piece 0/3" x I 8" 

 2 pieces 6' x 2' 

 2 posts 5' x 2" x 4 

 2 posts 4' x 2" x 4 

 2 pieces 6' 3" x 2 

 2 pieces 6' 3" x 2 



2 pieces 6' 3" x 1 



3 sash, 6' x 3' 

 3 to 5 cu. yds. packed manure 



ket? It simply arouses enthusiasm which 

 falls with a dull thud when one finds that 

 the plants cannot be obtained. It does 

 not seem to be the part of a magazine 

 supposed to be practical to commend for 

 planting unattainable objects." 

 In the first place The Garden Magazine 



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the frame 



sash bars 

 end bars 



I to 1 cu. yd. soil (depending on depth) 



The accompanying figures will help 

 you in building your own hotbeds. Either 

 set of dimensions will give a good frame. 

 And by-the-by, remember that your hot- 

 bed becomes a coldframe later in the 

 season, as the heat is dissipated. 



TOOLS FOR HOTBED CARE 



Spade, spading fork, rake, trowel, dibber, 

 hand weeder, fine-rose watering pot, ther- 



1'3' 



Build your own hotbed if you like. Any carpenter can work from this plan 



mometer for testing soil temperature, and 

 props to hold sash open. 



News and Comment 



MAKING THE CATALOGUES HELP 

 1LJERE is a quotation from a friendly 

 A ■» letter recently received that brings 

 up a point worth talking about: 



"Several of your recent issues have 

 made reference to an evergreen bitter- 

 sweet, the Buffalo berry and an evergreen 

 hawthorn (Pyracantha coccinea, var. La- 

 landi) Descriptions of these plants are 

 most alluring. I need them all in my 

 garden scheme, but I have failed to pro- 

 cure the first two from the best known 

 eastern seedsmen and cannot even find the 

 hawthorn in their catalogues. What is 

 the practical use of referring to such plants 

 when they are not procurable in the mar- 



A hotbed becomes a coldframe when the heat is 

 gone, but the bed is still useful in the home garden 



has very rarely, if ever, suggested the use 

 of a plant that is absolutely unattainable. 

 In the second place how else can progress 

 and development be effected and improve- 

 ment stimulated than by occasionally 

 suggesting the use of the newer and less 

 familiar subjects? Of how much interest 

 would the magazine be if it clung only to 

 the ordinary methods and results with 

 which everyone is familiar? The editorial 

 duty is to point the way; it is the business 

 of the trade — seedsmen and nurserymen 

 — to tell how the necessary materials can be 

 obtained. Nor do they often fail to do this. 

 To our own knowledge, the hawthorn and 

 bittersweet mentioned above, are listed in 

 the catalogues of several prominent nur- 

 serymen of the 

 Atlantic and 

 South Atlantic 

 states. The 

 Buffalo berry 

 being a native 

 is harder to 

 buy but cer- 

 tainly on the 

 market, and one catalogue before us lists 

 all three plants ! All three firms are among 

 our regular advertisers; which leads us to 

 emphasize these points : 



Don't rely on one or two catalogues. 

 Send for half a dozen, covering a wide 

 geographical range. 



Remember that seedsmen sell seeds and 

 bulbs, while nurserymen handle growing 

 plants. Send your orders to the men who 

 can give them the closest attention. Don't 

 be surprised if a seedsman cannot supply 

 an unusual shrub or tree. 



Get in touch with some of the specialists 

 who concentrate on one or two genera — 

 roses, gladioli, peonies, and the like. 

 Study their catalogues and price lists too, 

 for comparison if nothing else. 



Some of the less familiar plants may not 

 be listed even though they can be supplied. 

 Therefore in studying catalogues "if you 

 don't see what you want, ask for it." The 



responsibility here rests with you; dealers 

 make it a point to carry whatever their 

 customers call for. 



GOOD READING FOR THE GAR- 

 DENER 



HPO GLEAN from among the hosts of 

 -l modern agricultural books those vol- 

 umes, that are wholly reliable and really 

 useful is no small task. Fortunately three 

 recent state publications have done this, 

 and now afford excellent bibliographies. 

 They are: Bulletin 10 of the Massachusetts 

 Board of Education, "Agricultural Project 

 Study Bibliography." 



Circular 14 of the New York State 

 Department of Agriculture, "What Shall 

 the Farmer Read?" 



Bulletin 215, of the Pennsylvania De- 

 partment of Agriculture, "List of Publica- 

 tions Important to Fruit Growers." 



Another pamphlet, Circular 19 of the 

 Division of Publications of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, lists all 

 the publications of that department, classi- 

 fying them by subjects for use in schools. 



Of the many books mentioned, we 

 suggest these as a small library for the 

 average gardener: 



General Horticulture 



Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, 



Bailey, 4 vols $20.00 



Plant Breeding, Bailey $ 1 . 25 



Farm and Garden Rule Book, Bailey . $ 2 . 00 



Garden Making 



Manual of Gardening, Bailey . . . $ 2 . 00 



Garden Planning, Rogers . . . . $1.10 

 Landscape Gardening As Applied to 



Home Decoration, Maynard, . . . $ 1.50 



Flower Gardens 



The American Flower Garden, Blanchan $ 5.00 



The Flower Garden, Bennett . . $1.10 



The Garden[Month by Month, Sedgwick $ 4 . 00 



House Plants, Barnes $ 1 . 10 



Lawns, Barron $ 1.10 



Vegetable Gardens 

 How to make a Vegetable Garden, Full- 



erton $2.00 



Vegetable Gardening, Green . . . $1.00 



Home Vegetable Gardening, Rockwell . $ 1 . 20 



Small Fruits 



How to Make a Fruit Garden, Fletcher . $ 2 . 00 



Bush Fruits, Card $ 1 . 50 



Small Fruit Culturist, Fuller . . . $1.00 



Insects 



How to Keep Bees, Comstock . . $ 1 . 10 

 The A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture, 



Root $ 1.50 



Insects Injurious to Vegetables, Chit- 

 tenden $ 1 . 50 



Insects Injurious to Fruits, Saunders $ 2 .00 

 Insects and Insecticides, Weed. . ' $ 1.25 

 Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Or- 

 chard, Sanderson $ 3.00 



Plant Diseases and Spraying 



Fungous Diseases of Plants, Duggar . $ 2.00 



Fungi and Fungicides, Weed . . . $1.00 



The Spraying of Plants, Lodeman . . $1.00 



Weeds 



Weeds of Farm and Garden, Pammel $ 1.50 

 Note. Add 10% to the price for postage. 



Space necessitates the omitting of many 

 valuable volumes on individual plants, and 

 the innumerable publications of state 

 and National departments of agriculture, 

 that are invaluable. Complete lists of these 

 can be obtained from the various stations 

 and The Garden Magazine Readers' 

 Service will gladly help you in any way. 



