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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1913 



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Vegetables and Flowers 



DURING the warm days of March, cabbages 

 will make rapid growth. A little nitrate of 

 soda put around them now will promote a more 

 rapid growth and bring them to earlier maturity. 

 At this season of the year, the nitrogen in the soil 

 is not as available as when the soil is warm; there- 

 fore, nitrate of soda is the best form of nitrogen 

 to use now for quick crops. 



Frost is usually past in the Lower South by this 

 time and a few tomato plants can be set out in the 

 open. If you haven't grown any for transplanting, 

 order a few from some of the plant growers. In 

 Florida the plants are usually ready for sale by this 

 time. It is also very desirable to have extra early 

 pepper and eggplants. 



Plant out canna and dahlia roots now in the 

 Lower South and begin sowing all sorts of annuals 

 in the open. 



Make a hotbed for sweet potatoes now. Be sure 

 to put the bed in a sunny place and use manure 

 in the bottom to make the heat; but don't mix 

 cotton seed with the soil, as it has a tendency to 

 rot the potatoes. 



A few peanuts may be planted in the garden, 

 but not as a field crop. 



Years ago Chinese and Japanese pinks were 

 very popular in the South. While they seem to 

 have grown less popular here, the many new and 

 improved varieties make them more worthy of gen- 

 eral cultivation to-day than they were years ago. 

 Both the double and single sorts are very desirable 

 for bordering flower beds, or to grow in masses. 

 They are very free flowering and will bloom until 

 frost if they are not allowed to seed. Where you 

 want only a few plants but many colors buy 

 mixed seed. Probably the most showy varieties 

 are Nobilis (Royal Pinks) double, large flowers 

 ranging in color from scarlet to dark red, and rose 

 to white; snowball, a double white sort; Fireball, 

 dark red and double; Violet Queen, double violet. 

 Heddewiggii Purity, very fine, double, pure white. 

 Crimson Bell is a very fine single sort, velvet in 

 color; Laciniatus, of many colors, single and fringed 

 Salmon Queen, a fine single, of salmon color. 



A sunny spot is necessary if you want the greatest 

 number of flowers. March is the time for sowing the 

 seed in the open ground. They come into flower 

 very quickly on good soil; on poor soil, too, if a 

 good quantity of manure is given. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



The Third International Flower 

 Show 



THIS year New York City has been selected 

 as the place for the biennial genera) horti- 

 cultural exhibition under the auspices of the 

 Society of American Florists and Ornamental Hor- 

 ticulturists. Those who are interested in modern 

 productions, or who wish to meet the representa- 

 tive members of the craft in America, as well as 

 many prominent foreign horticulturists, should 

 visit the Grand Central Palace, New York, during 

 this coming exhibition, April 5-12. At the time 

 of closing these pages the entries for the exhibition 

 are far in advance in numbers than has been the 

 case in the finals at any other exhibition held in 

 this country. The prize list aggregating $20,000 

 is supplemented by many special prizes, including 

 one by The Garden Magazine. A series of illus- 

 trated lectures on practical subjects will be given 

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