THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
March, 1917 
132 
gACK in 1825, 
when John Quincy 
Adams was President, our 
Minister to Portugal asked 
his friends to send him an 
assortment of Thorburn’s 
Seeds, so he could grow 
some vegetables such as he 
“used to have at home. ’ 
Since 1 802, Thorbum’s Seeds 
have been known for reliability 
and results. 
The 1917 Catalogue lists a 
complete line of tested seeds, 
with full instructions for plant- 
ing and culture. Sent free on 
request. 
One of our hand- 
somest Novelties 
is New Rudbeckia 
A Hardy Dwarf Perennial with double, 
semi-double and single flowers, 
very desirable for beds and borders. 
Beautifully colored yellow and 
orange petals, splashed in varying 
degrees vyith darker shades of red. 
Also mahogany and chocolate, 
with purple or yellow centres. 
If sown early in March under 
glass, will flower the first 
year. 
Price, 25 c the packet 
J. M. Thorburn & Co. 
Established 1802 
53-B Barclay St., through 
to 54 Park Place 
New York City 
Seed-growing — Evergreen and 
Deciduous Planting — Roses 
H ARDY vegetables can be planted this 
month; but it is far more important 
to get the ground in good tilth than 
to hurry the seed into the ground. 
If this was not done in February get about it as 
quickly as possible now. Directions for prepar- 
ing the soil are given in The Garden Maga- 
zine, February, 1915, as are also directions for 
making a hotbed. It is not yet too late to 
plant Irish potatoes. There are several good 
early varieties, the Irish Cobbler, Eureka and 
The Beauty. Try a row of each. 
Plant in the open ground the Passano and 
Eclipse beet; Black Valentine snap beans and 
the wrinkled type of garden peas, of which 
the Champion of England is a good well tried 
variety. Sow seed of Succession cabbage to 
follow the Early Jersey Wakefield. Sow in 
the open ground or in a cold frame to be trans- 
planted later such lettuces as May King, Han- 
son, Wonderful, and Romaine or Cos. After 
transplanting, force them with applications 
of nitrate of soda every two weeks between 
the rows, being careful not to put it too near 
the plant or too much at one time. Make 
successive sowings also of radishes — first the 
little round scarlet kind and after that the 
long white or Icicle radish. 
1 ransplant from the hotbed into the cold- 
frames the early tomatoes, eggplant and 
peppers or any perennials for the flower garden 
which are large enough. Keep shaded until 
they recover from the shock of transplanting. 
Water them in the mornings as long as the 
days are cool, but later on the late afternoon 
is the best time. They should be planted four 
inches apart in the frames or set in three inch 
pots and sunk into the coldframe. In that 
way the plants get no set-back when trans- 
planted into the open ground later and can 
easily be slipped right from the pot into the 
hole which has previously been made ready 
for it. For this purpose old tomato cans are 
very useful. Melt out the bottoms. Place 
them in rows on planks that have been put in 
the bottom of a cold frame, the planks to be 
the length of width of frame; i. e., six feet. 
Fill the cans and all around them with good 
earth and in each can set a tomato plant. 
Keep well watered and shaded from the hot 
sun. When danger of frost is past, about the 
fifteenth of May, lift out from frame one plank 
at a time and take to the garden plot and the 
tomato plant can be slipped right into the hole 
by holding the bottomless can above it; and 
with earth packed about it, it will keep right 
on growing. Small papier mache pots are 
advertised for this purpose in Garden Mag- 
azine and are very desirable as they are set 
right into the hole and they soon disintegrate. 
Sow in coldframes Prizetaker, Italian and 
Spanish Onions to be transplanted later into 
the open ground. This month the Silver 
Skin and the Norfolk Queen onion will be 
ready for table use. 
plant evergreens now 
f I 'HOSE from the nurserymen come with 
a ball of earth about the roots and 
wrapped in burlap. Remove the burlap, 
( Continued on page IJ4) 
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Gladioli — Loveliness, Mrs. F. Pendleton, Jr., 
Mrs. Watt, Christine M. Kelway, per doz., 
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Painesville Ohio 
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