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tVe deliver by Parcel Post Free to any postofRce in the United States all cash orders for Flower and Garden Seed at 

 catalog prices, except Peas, Beans, Corn and Field Seeds. No Seed delivered free unless order is accompanied with the 

 cash. 



For Peas, Beans, Corn and Field Seeds, add to catalog price 6 cents a pint and 8 cents a quart; for each additional 

 quart add 2 cents a quart for distances not over i50 miles from Baltimore. For other seed and Merchandise rate consult 

 the following table: 



Distance not Over 150 and Over 300 and Over 600 and Over 1000 and 

 over not over not over not over not over 

 Weight 150 miles. 300 miles. 600 miles. 1000 miles. 1400 miles, 

 pound $ .C5 $ .06 9 .07 $ .08 $ .09 



pounds 06 C8. 



pounds 07 10. 



pounds 08. ... ; .12. 



pounds. . 

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8 pounds . . 



9 pounds. . . 



10 pounds. . . 



11 pounds. . . 



12 pounds. . 



13 pounds . . , 



14 pounds. . . 



15 pounds. . 



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.10 



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.13 



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16 pounds 20. 



17 pounds 



18 pounds 



19 pounds 



20 pounds 



.21 



.22 



.23 



.24 



.14 



.16 



.18 



.20 



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.26 



.28 



.30 



.32 



.34. . . 



.36 



.38 



.40 



.42 



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.11. 

 .15. . 

 .19. 

 .23. . 

 .27. 

 .31. . 

 .35. . 

 .39. . 

 .43. . 

 .47. . 

 .51. . 

 .55. . 

 .59. . 

 .63. . 

 .67. . 

 .71. , 

 .75. . 

 .79. . 

 .83. 



.14. . ; 



.20. . . 



.26. . 



.32 . . . 



.38 . . 



.44 . . . 



.50 . . 



.56. . 



.62. . . 



.68. . . 



.74. . . 



.80. . . 



.86 . . 



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.98. . . 

 1.04. . 

 1.10. . , 

 1.16. . . 

 1.22. . 



.17 

 .25 

 .33 

 .41 

 .49 

 .57 

 .65 

 .73 

 .81 

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 .97 

 1.05 

 1.13 

 1.21 

 1.29 

 1.37 

 1.45 

 1.53 

 1.61 



1915 GARDEN CALENDAR 



Draw a dlagrram of the gfarden. Locate the crops which take 

 the most room (corn, potatoes, vines of the cucumber family), 

 then locate the other crops, grouping them as follows: Peas, 

 potatoes, beans; asparagus, rhubarb, herbs; parsnips, turnips, 

 salsify; beets, carrots, onions; cabbage, cauliflower; okra. 

 tomatoes, egg plant, peppers; spinach, Swiss cliard, radish, 

 salad plants. Vegetables should be planted in rows. Plan a 

 hardy border. (See September.) Sow Indoors or in Hotbed 

 January 15: Foxglove, pansy, Iceland poppy. 



Order Seeds. Quantity of Seed for a Family of Eig-ht: Arti- 

 choke, Brussels sprouts, carrot, turnip, radish, 1 oz. ; onion, 

 spinach, okra, 2 oz.; cauliflower, egg plant, peppers, 2 pkgs. ; 

 cucumbers, 25 hills, 1 oz.; squash, 20 hills, 1 oz. ; string beans, 

 2 qts.; lima beans, 1 qt.; peas, 4 qts. ; corn, 3 pts. (3 plant- 

 ings); lettuce, 1 oz. Buy Garden Tools: Wheelbarrow, roller, 

 watering-can, sprayer, spade, fork, wheel hoe, common hoe, 

 weeder, rake, scythe, sickle, trowel. 



When to Sow: Early crops between March 15 and May 1. 

 Main crops about May 5. Cover seeds twice or three times 

 their thickness. Distances: Drills from 1 to 2 feet apart; 

 corn, 3 feet; vines of the cucumber family, 4 feet; tomatoes, 3 

 feet. Sow Out of Doors Between March 15 and April 1: Beets, 

 cabbage, carrots, kohlrabi, lettuce, onions, parsley, parsnips, 

 radish, salsify, spinach, turnips, sweet-peas (height, 3 feet, 

 many colors). Sow Indoors March 1 or in Hotbed: Artichoke, 

 cabbage, endive, egg plant, lettuce, peppers, tomato. Sow 

 Indoors March 1 or in Hotbed: Sweet-alyssum, balsam, calen- 

 dula, coreopsis, nasturtium, petunia, sweet-william, zinnia. 



Sow Out of Doors April 15; Beets, cabbage, carrots, Swiss 

 chard, celery, corn salad, garden cress, endive, lettuce, okra, 

 onion, parsley, parsnips, peas, radish, salsify, spinach, .sage, 

 thyme, turnip. Sow Out of Doors April 15: Sweet alyssum, 

 calendula, candytuft, corn-flowers, carnation, forget-me-not, 

 larkspur, marigold, mignonette, Iceland poppy, snapdragon, 

 sweet-william, zinnia. Set out roots of dahlias, cannas, gladi- 

 olas, elephant ears, tube roses and plants of hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



Sow Out of Doors May 15: Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, 

 beets, beans, cabbage, carrots, corn salad, chicory, cucumbers, 

 endive, tomatoes, lettuce, lima beans, muskmelon. peas pep- 

 pers, potatoes, pumpkin, radish, sweet corn, Swiss chard 

 spinach, squash, sage, watermelon. Sow Out of Doors May 15: 

 China aster, balsam, coreopsis, cosmos, foxglove morning- 

 glory, nasturtium, petunia, Phlox Drummondii, sunflower 

 Vegetables and flowers should be transplanted from hotbed to 

 garden about May 10. Flowering shrubs should be pruned 

 immediately after they have blossomed. Fruit trees should 

 be sprayed when the blossoms fall. 



Sow Early in June: Beans, beets, cucumbers, lettuce, peas, 

 radish, sweet corn. Ten-week Stock, pansv. Roses should be 

 grown on a southern exposure. The soil should be a rich 

 loam. Set out ever-blooming roses the middle of April; Hybrid 

 Perpetual and Hardy Roses the middle of October. Rose 

 bushes should be set out 2 feet apart, sprayed in April and 

 May, and pruned in March. The rose-bed should be well cov- 

 ered the last of November, and uncovered as .soon as danger 



of frost is past. From the numerous varieties on the market, 

 the following roses are selected; Pink Mamam Crochet, 

 American Beauty, My Maryland, Rhea Reid, Killarney, Helen 

 Gould, Ulrich Brunner, Vicks' Caprice, Meteor, Magna Charta, 

 Paul Neyron, La Fiance, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Brides- 

 maid, Baby Rambler (climber), Tausendschon (climber), 

 Dorothy Perkins (climber). Empress of China (climber), Phila- 

 delphia (climber), Crimson Rambler (climber). 



First Week in July: Beans, carrots, lettuce, radish, sweet 

 corn, turnips. Bordeaux Mixture is excellent for all kinds of 

 blight. Arsenate of Ziead will destroy insects that chew. 

 Directions: 2 to 3 pounds to 50 gallons of water. Iiemon Oil 

 Co.'s Standard Insecticide will kill plant lice of every descrip- 

 tion. 



August 1, last planting' of beans and peas. Buy a Hlgh- 

 g°rade Complete Fertilizer for general u.'-e if unable to com- 

 pound your own fertilizers. Quantity, 500 lbs. to the acre, or 

 1 oz. to the square yard. Where a rich soil is required, 1250 

 lbs. to the acre, or 4 oz. to the square yard. In artificial ferti- 

 lizers there are no weed seeds. General Hints: Bone Meal is 

 excellent for lawn, garden, orchard; Wood Ashes for lawn 

 (sparingly), garden, orchard; Air-Slaked Iiime for heavy, damp 

 soil; Cottonseed Meal for lawn (scatter early in April); 

 Muriate of Potash for apple trees and pe.Tch trees (2 to 3 lbs. 

 for a full-grown tree). Eone-Meal and Nitrate of Soda in 

 equal parts for asparagus. In the Flower Garden in the spring 

 a handful of bone-meal may be worked into the soil about a 

 plant with marked results. In midsummer, if flowers are few, 

 rake in some nitrate of soda and a little bone-meal, liquid 

 Manure is a good fertilizer for roses. 



Set Out Bulbs Early in Fall: Phlox (perennial), peonies. 

 Plant spring-flowering blubs: crocus, daffodils, lily of the val- 

 ley, narcissus, snowdrops, tulips, hyacinths. Spring-flowering 

 bulbs should be planted about 4 inches deep. Plant bulbs of 

 German Iris and Japanese Iris. In the Window Garden: 

 Roman hyacinths, Chinese sacred lilies, narcissus and crocuses 

 can be grown in sand and water. 



Pome Flowering' Shrubs for the Rome Garden: Forsythia, 



hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. Japane.se snowball, Japanese 

 quince, lilac, magnolia, rhododendron maximum. Rose of 

 Sharon, Philadelphus syringa grandiflorus, Spiraea, Weigelia. 

 Vines: Boston ivy, crimson rambler, clematis paniculata (also 

 large-blossomed purple and white varieties), English ivy, 

 honeysuckle, hops, Japanese gourd (annual), passion flower 

 (annual), trumpet-creeper, Virginia creeper, wistaria. 



Books for the Farmer and Gardener: "American Farm 

 Book," by R. F. Allen: "Farmer's Cvclopedia of Agriculture," 

 by E. V. Wilcox and C. B. Smith; "Ten Acres Enough"; "Book 

 of Vegetables and Garden Herbs," by A. A. French: "Cyclo- 

 pedia of American Horticulture." by L. H. Bailey (<'our vol- 

 umes); "American Horticultural Manual." by J. L Rndd and 

 N. E. Hanson (two volumes); "Horticulturist's Rule Book," 

 by L. H. Bailey: "Principles of Plant Culture," by E. S. Goff; 

 "Bookkeeping for Farmers," by T. C. Atkeson. Periodicals: 

 Country Life in America and The Garden Magazine. 



For Prices on Books, see page 100. 



