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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 19 13 



An Every Day 

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T)Y SHEER merit, because of 

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The International Commercial Car can 

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Germinating Delicate Seeds 



FOR some years I have seen occasional accounts 

 of various methods for growing plants from 

 small, delicate or very slow germinating seeds, 

 but I have never yet seen my own plan described. 



I use common earthen-ware flower pots, as many 

 as I have different kinds of the difficult-to-start 

 seeds. These pots are filled with good garden 

 soil, first pulverized, of course. Do not press 

 the soil down into the pot. 



Then I jar the pots two or three times to close 

 all large air spaces in the soil, and to make the 

 surface of the soil nominally level. Upon this 

 level surface I sow the seeds, not too thickly, 

 and then again jar the pots a few times — just 

 sufficiently hard to make sure that most of the 

 seeds have settled into the fine soil though not 

 covered by it. 



Next these pots are placed in a tray — common 

 milk-pans or drip-pans will do nicely — with an 

 inch of water in the bottom. The trays are then 

 placed in a sunny southern window, or other 

 favorably warm place. Keep enough water in the 

 tray so that the soil within the pots is moist on 

 top — moist, but not wet. This is where the 

 necessity of using earthenware pots, instead of tin 

 cans, etc., is shown, as they are porous and absorb 

 the water. 



As soon as the plantlets are sufficiently developed 

 to transplant, they can be pulled out of the loose 

 soil without any material injury to their roots. 

 One of my neighbors, who does year-round garden- 

 ing and has a hothouse, still prefers to start all 

 his parsley in this way. 



New York. Gordon H. Bellamy. 



Raising Celery in South Dakota 



WHERE summers are hot and frosts come early 

 it is not easy to secure satisfactory results 

 with celery, yet by study and care it can be done, 

 at least on a small scale for one's home garden. 

 In my own garden the following methods have 

 proved eminently successful: 



I select a strong, quick-growing variety. The 

 Giant Paschal has not only this advantage, but is 

 of a tender quality with nutty flavor, and is also a 

 good keeper, which is of special importance where 

 frosts come early, since the plants must be stored 

 for a long time. 



Sow the seed in the hotbed about March 15th, 

 scattering them in broad rows and thinning out 

 unmercifully so as to secure strong plants. Be 

 careful to "harden off" thoroughly so that the 

 plants will not suffer from over-exposure when 

 transplanted to the garden. 



Transplant to the open garden about May 15th, 

 or when all danger from frost is passed. Too much 

 care cannot be taken in transplanting, for, owing 

 to the shortness of the season it is of the utmost 

 importance that the plants receive no setback. 

 Take up the plants by inserting a broad, flat shovel 

 under the row, and carry them to the place of 

 transplanting by the shovelful. Throw away all 

 but the sturdiest plants. Pinch off the ends of 

 the roots and all but the two youngest leaves. 

 Pinching off the roots causes them to bunch and 

 spread, while pinching off the larger leaves prevents 

 the plants being over-worked while getting rooted. 

 If possible leave a little ball of soil about the roots 

 of each plant. Immediately upon transplanting 

 make a shallow trench close to either side of the 



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