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Draw a diag'ram of the g'arden. Locate the crops which take the most 

 room (corn, potatoes, vines of the cucumber family), then locate the other 

 cropn, grouping tliem as follows: I'eas, potatoes, beans; asparagus, rhu- 

 barb, herbs; parsnips, turnips, salsify; beets, carrots, onions; cabbage, 

 cauliflower; okra, tomatoi's, egg plant, peppers; spinach, Swiss chard, 

 radish, salad plants. Vegetables should be planted in rows. I'lan a hardy 

 border. (See September.) Sow Indoors or in Hotbed January 15: Fox- 

 glove, pansy, Iceland poppy. 



Order Seeds. Quantity of Seed for a Taniily of Eight: Artichoke, Brus- 

 sels sprouts, carrot, turnip, radish, 1 oz. ; onion, spinach, okra, 2 oz.; cauli- 

 flower, 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 plantings); 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 Mav T). Cover seeds twice or three times their thickness. Distances: 

 Drills fro'm 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, jjarsley, parsnips, radish, 

 salsify, spinach, turnips, sweet-peas (hi-ight, 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, calendula, coreopsis, nasturtium, petunia, sweet-william, 

 zinnia. 



Sow Out of Doors April 15: Beets, cabbages, carrots. Swiss chard, celery, 

 corn salad, garden cress, endive, lettuce, okra, onion, parsley, parsnips, 

 peas, radish, salsify, spinacli, sage, thyme, turnip. Sow Out of Doors April 

 15: Sweet-alyssuiii, calendula, candytuft, corn-flowers, carnation, forget- 

 me-not, lark.spur, marigold, mignonette, Iceland poppy, snapdragon, sweet- 

 william, zinnia. Set out roots of dahlias, cannas, gladiolas, elephant ears, 

 tube roses and plants of hardy chrysanthemums. 



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



cabbage, carrots, corn sal.id, rhirm v. cucumbers, endive, tomatoes, lettuce, 

 lima beans, muskmel(ui. |.i as. pi |i|>( rs. potatoes, pumpkin, radish, sweet 

 corn, Swiss chard, spinac li. sijuasli. saL;e, watermelon. Sow Out of Doors 

 May 15: China aster. Iialsain. coieupsis, cosmos, foxglove, morning-glory, 

 nasturtium, jjetunia, I'lilox I Ji ummondii, sunflower. Vegetables and flowers 

 should be transplanted 1 lom hotbed to garden about May 10. Flowering 

 shruljs should be pruned immediately after they have blossomed. Fruit 

 trees should be sprayed wlien the blossoms fall. 



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

 corn. Ten-week Stock, pansy. Roses should be grown on a southern ex- 

 posure. The soil should be a rich loam. Set out ever-blocming 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 covered the last of Novem- 

 ber, and uncovered as soon as danger of frost is past. From the numerous 

 varieties on the market, the following roses are selected: Pink Mamam 

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

 (Jould, Ulrich Brunner, Vicks' Caprice, Meteor, Magna Charta, Paul Neyron, 

 La France. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Bridesmaid, Baby Rambler (climlser), 

 Tausendschon (climber). Dorotliy I'erkins (climber). Empress of China 

 (climber), Philadelphia (climber). Crimson Rambler (climber). 



First Week in July: Bi^ans. carrots, lettuce, radish, sweet corn, turnips. 

 Bordeaux Mixture is excellent for all kinds of blight. Arsenate of ^ead 

 will destroy insects that chew. Directions: 2 to 3 pounds to 50 gallons of 

 water. Iiemon Oil Co.'s Standard Insecticide will bill plant lice of every 

 description. 



Aug'ust 1, last planting of beans and peas. Buy a High-grade Complete 

 Fertilizer for general use if unable to compound 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 fertilizers there aie no weed seeds. General Hints: Bone-Meal 

 is excellent for lawn, garden, orchard; Wood Ashes for lawn (sparingly), 

 garden, orchard; Air-Slacked Iiime for heavy, damp soil; Cottonseed Meal 

 for lawn (scatter early in April); Muriate of Potash for apple trees and 

 peach trees (2 to 3 lbs. for a full-grown tree). Bone-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 aljout a plant with 

 marked results. In midsumtner, 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 Pall: Phlox (perennial), peonies. Plant spring- 

 flowering l)ulbs: Crocus, daffodils, lily of the valley, narcissus, snowdrops, 

 tulips, liyacinths. Spring-flowering bulbs should be planted about 4 inches 

 deep. Plant bulbs of German Iris and Japanese Iris. In the Window Gar- 

 den: Roman hyacinths, Chinese sacred lilies, narcissus and crocuses can 

 be grown in sand and water. 



Some Flowering Shrubs for the Home Garden; Forsythia, hydrangea 

 paniculata grandiflora, Japanese snowball. Japanese quince, lilac, magnolia, 

 rhododendron maximum. Rose of Sharon, Philadelphus syringa grandiflorus. 

 Spiraea, Weigelia. Vines: Boston ivy, crimson rambler, clematis pani- 

 culata (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 Parmer and Garfle^ier: "American Farm Book," bv R. F. 

 Allen; "Farmer's Cyclopedia of Agriculture." bv E. V. Wilcox and C. B. 

 Smith; "Ten Acres Enough": "Book of Vegetables and Garden Herbs," by 

 A. A. French; "Cyclopedia of American Horticulture," bv L. H. Bailey (four 

 volumes); "American Horticultural Manual." bv J. L. Budd and N. E. 

 Hanson (two volumes): "Horticulturist's Rule Book," bv L. H. Bailey; 

 "Principles of Plant Culture." bv E. S. Goff; "Bookkeeping for Farmers." 

 by T. C. Atkeson. Periodicals: Country Life in America and The Garden 

 Magazine. 



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