THE GARDEN PRIMER 



February (continued) 



Finish winter spraying; put sash on coldframe so it may thaw out. 

 Read up on fertilizers and order what is required ; tidy up labels 

 and make new. 



Turn manure for hotbed again; spread manure on vegetable garden 

 and borders. 



Pack hotbed manure, put on frame, fix earth, cover with flash and 

 let warm up. 



MARCH 



Seeds to be Sown in Hotbed 



Flower I Vegetable 



Matthiola incana (stocks) 

 Ageratum (floss-flower) 

 Arctotis grandis (African daisy) 

 Salpiglossis (painted tongue) 



Beans Beets 

 Brussels Sprouts Cabbage 



Carrot Cauliflower 



Celery Egg-plant 



Kohlrabi Lettuce 



Parsley ±^epper 



Radish Tomato 



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Test temperature of hotbed often; sow seed as soon as it drops 

 below 90° F. 



Transplant seedlings from flats as needed; watch and water and 

 give air. 



Put nitrate of soda and salt on asparagus beds and around rhubarb. 

 Prune fruit trees ; order nursery stock for April delivery ; rake up 

 Utter. 



Lime sour soils ; uncover bulbs ; prune hybrid perpetual roses. 



15 



to 



31 



Roll the lawn, dig out weeds, seed bare places ; keep careful watch 



of the hotbed. 



Plant sweet peas; tie up \ines anew; burn old branches; margin 

 walks. 



Grafting and sodding should be done now; sandy soil may be 



ready for plowing. 

 Transplant indoor seedlings into thumb pots; attend to March 



spraying. 



Make screen boxes for melons, get bean poles ready and finish 

 inside work. 



APRIL 

 Seeds to be Sown 



HOTBED I OPEN GROUND 



Flowers 



Vegetables 



Flowers 



Vegetables 



Hehotropium 

 (hehotrope) 

 Aster 

 Petunia 



Cucumber 



Egg-plant 



Melon 



Pepper 



Tomato 



Reseda 



(Mignonette) 

 Dianthus 



(pink) 

 Cosmos 

 Gypsophila 



English Beans Lettuce 

 Beets Onion 

 Brussels Sprouts Parsley 

 Early Cabbage Parsnip 

 Carrot Peas 

 Cauliflower Potatoes 



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