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THE GARDEN M A G A Z I N E 
August, 19 16 
An 
Unusual 
Greenhouse 
Catalogue 
"\^ 7 E made our greenhouse catalogue with a 
» » determination to get away from the cut- 
and-dried and have it a real help to him who would 
know the genuine joys and advantages of green- 
house possession. 
It tells interestingly of our every t\-pe of green- 
house and shows even more than it tells. It con- 
tains plenty of plans of practical layouts and is replete with 
vital information about greenhouses and conservatories. It con- 
tains 58 color pages and is handsomely illustrated throughout. 
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If the frames are made of plank, see that 
there are no cracks, and mound up the earth 
on the outside as a protection against the 
cold winter winds. On inclement days mend 
the glass in the sash. During hot weather 
use the glass sash to protect seed and plants 
from the hot rays of the sun. Before sowing 
seed smooth down the earth with a board, 
soak thoroughly with water then place the 
glass sash on frame, so that the hot sun will 
germinate all weed seeds. They can then 
be raked out of the bed and the vegetable 
and flower seeds be sown. Press the edge of 
board down into the soil to make rows for 
the seed two inches apart. Mix seed with 
sand; this will obviate much thinning out 
later. Sow seed in the shallow grooves and 
TOver lightly with sand one-eighth of an 
inch deep, and sprinkle the entire surface 
with sulphur at the rate of one ounce of sul- 
phur to a three by three foot space. This 
prevents any possibility of mildew and damp- 
ing off. Press all down lightly with a board 
to firm the soil over the seed, and give the 
surface a light sprinkling of cold water. 
Cover the bed with a lath frame, over which 
put an old awning to keep it dark and water 
proof, and do not uncover or water again 
until seeds come up. In about a week’s 
time, %yhen the plants begin to break through 
the soil, remove the covering. Then cover 
the bed with laths over which plant cloth is 
stretched, or dark mosquito netting to keep 
out insects, and water daily through the 
cloth. Sow seed of big Boston lettuce for 
the winter crop; transplant in September, 
or when two leaves are formed. Sow Prize 
Taker onions to be thinned out and trans- 
planted in the spring to the garden. Sow 
parsley for winter use; it can be protected by 
the sash in cold weather. 
Sow all perennials the middle or last week 
of August. Mix the seed with dry sand, 
so as not to sow too thick. If sowed thinly, 
the beds kept weeded and cultivated, the 
earth pulled up to the plants and firmed about 
them, it will require less time than a general 
transplanting, which to some extent throws 
them back. 
Pansies can be had in bloom twelve weeks 
after planting if forced along by cultivation 
and good fertilizer and kept covered on cold 
nights. If one does not wish them to bloom 
until early spring, do not put on the glass 
sash until quite late in the fall, as Pansies 
are hardy and can stand much cold. English 
Daisies can be planted at the same time. 
Transfer to coldframes Violets that have 
been grown in the open. With heavy manur- 
ing, daily watering and careful covering at 
nights, they will bloom all winter. 
At the end of .August or first of September 
plant Spanish Iris, Lilium candidum or 
Madonna Lily, to get leaf growth in the fall; 
also the fall Crocuses (Colchicum autumnale) 
and Eremurus. 
Perennials to be sowed in the coldframes 
now are Snapdragons, Canterbury Bells, 
Gaillardia, Lupin, Delphinium, Hollyhocks, 
Wallflower, Columbine, Sweet William, Di- 
anthus, Platycodon, Candytuft, Pentstemon, 
Pyrethrum. 
Put the soil in good condition for new 
strawberry bed, break deeply and cultivate 
constantly to kill all weeds. Test with litmus 
paper to see if land is sour; if so apply agri- 
cultural lime, and harrow into the soil. 
In all vacant plots sprinkle lime, manure 
heavily, and sow crimson clover to be turned 
under as green manure in the spring. 
Virginia. J. M. Patterson. ■ 
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