xii AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
February, 1912 
UPERB collections of 
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Plants adapted to small 
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Box 23, Rochester, N. Y. 
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a STOKES’ SEEDS 2 
The time to find out about seeds is before 
you plant—not after. Get as many seed 
catalogs as you like—but be sure to write 
for mine. I'll take a chance on being of 
some help to you. 
Write today and mention Amer. Homes and Gardens 
WALTER P. STOKES, Seedsman 
Department 44 Philadelphia, Pa. 
Two Things You Need 
FIRST: The only Sanitary method of 
caring for garbage, deep in the ground in 
metal receiver holding heavy galvanized 
bucket with bail. Garbage cannot freeze. 
Avoid the battered can and scattered refuse 
resulting from removal of frozen contents. 
Health demands it. 
Noses | Underground Garbage Receiver 
eS | Underioa Refuse Receiver 
SECOND: This clean, 
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convenient 
way of disposing of ashes from furnace 
or hot water heater, cellar and yard 
Tefuse. Fireproof, flush with floor. 
Abolish the old ash-barrel. 
Nine Years in practical use. 
IT PAYS TO LOOK US UP. 
Sold direct. Send for Circulars on each, 
Cc. H. STEPHENSON, Mfz. 
21 Farrar Street, Lynn, Mass. 
Easy to sweep into 
days in advance, mixed with about a third 
of its bulk of leaves or old straw bedding, 
and trodden down in a compact heap. After 
three or four days, turn it over and restack, 
putting the “outside inside.” Let it “heat” 
for several days more, and then put it into 
the frames. If it is still very hot, 90-100 
degrees, do not put on the dirt till the tem- 
perature goes down a little. 
USES OF FRAMES 
The most important use of frames in con- 
nection with the home vegetable garden is 
in getting an early start. Weeks before you 
can sow seed outdoors, the temperature 
under the glass roof of the “cold” frame 
will enable you to begin operations there— 
early in March, if you use covering for cold 
nights, or, better, the double glass sash. 
The hotbed may be, of course, started any 
time, though February is the usual period. 
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Diagram of permanent hotbed sunk in the ground 
They are used together to the greatest ad- 
vantage, as in this way the seedlings may 
be started in heat and transferred to the 
coldframes after “pricking off” or trans- 
planting, at which time the temperature will 
be of course much milder than when they 
were planted. 
Many gardeners sow the seed directly in 
the soil in the frame, but a better method, 
especially where only small quantities are 
wanted, is to use “‘flats’’—wooden trays two 
or three inches deep and 13 inches by 19 
inches or so in size. Cracker-boxes are the 
handiest things to make them from. Simply 
saw into sections and put on bottoms. 
The soil used should be light and fine, 
and the seed covered very lightly. It should 
be up in from four to ten days, and ready 
to “prick off”—as indicated by the forma- 
tion of the second true leaves in about four 
weeks for cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, etc., 
and a little longer for tomatoes and slower- 
growing varieties. 
The plants, when transplanted, may be 
put directly into the soil, but I believe bet- 
ter results are to be obtained by transplant- 
ing into flats, fifty to one hundred plants to 
the flat. Put a layer of about one inch of 
old manure in the bottoms of the boxes and 
cover with two inches of soil. By this 
method the plants may be shifted about as 
desired—a matter of some importance—and 
the roots, being confined within a limited 
space, are in much better shape for trans- 
planting. Before actually setting out in the 
garden, these plants must be “hardened 
off”; that is, gradually exposed to the right 
temperature without protection. Cabbage, 
cauliflower, beets, lettuce, will stand a light 
freezing, especially if they are not allowed 
to thaw out quickly in the sunshine. In 
case they are nipped, douse with ice-cold 
water and cover with an old blanket or 
bags. 
Tomatoes, egg-plant and peppers should 
not be started until March, as they require 
much more heat. They should be trans- 
planted as directed, and then again as soon 
as they begin to crowd. For the second 
transplanting, use pots 314 inches or 4 
inches, if you can, as with them the best 
plants can be grown and the roots are not 
disturbed in transferring to the field. 
Melons, squashes, cucumbers and corn, 
which also revel in warmth, may be started 
in April, if there is good heat. Cut firm 
sod into chunks four or five inches square, 
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| 309 White Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 
PLANTS | 
The deep velvety 
green foliage of many 
plants is the attrac- 
tive feature for home 
decoration. 
We have a large 
assortment of house 
plants described in 
our catalogue which 
we send free. 
Competent Gardeners 
and assistants 
Any lady or gentle- 
man requiring their services can have them by applying to us. 
No fees. Please give particulars regarding place. 
Julius Roehrs Co. xizees Rutherford, N. J. 
OLD ENGLISH GARDEN SEATS 
RUSTIC WORK 
Catalog of many designs on request 
North Shore Ferneries Company, 
_ Beverly, Massachusetts 
