Calendarial Section 
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ally. Bulb stock such as Daffodil 
bulbs, and Hyacinths require 20 to 
25 days from tlie time they are 
brought indoors to tlie time the 
flowers open at this season; double 
Tulips require a little longer. 
Make sure of a few deep cold- 
frames with about 30in. head 
room; here you can place flats of 
Narcissus and Tulips before E ,s- 
ter to harden them and be out of 
the way Select nice bushy Ge- 
raniums in bud for Easter week. 
Attractive pans can be made up 
of such i)lants and some wit.i 
small Marguerites. Preparations 
may be made for filling a few 
Easter baskets and fern dishes; 
Chatelaine Begonias come in well. 
Third Week. — Azaleas for 
Easter should be showing color 
with well develojied buds. Sow 
some Salvias; pot on earlier sown 
jilants. A hotbed should be made 
now; here can be grown small 
Pansies, Daisies, Forgetmenot, 
Phlox, hardy Poppy, Shasta Daisy 
and Schizanthus. Have straw 
mats or shutters at hand to cover 
up the sashes in case of sharp 
frost. Start fancy leaved Caladiums in gentle bottom heat, sandy soil. 
Canterbury Bells may be sown. Hardy Campanidas like persicifolia 
and carpatica may also be sown. Cliinbers may be potted up and 
grown on for Spring and Summer; these include Trumpet Vine, Ram- 
bler Roses, Ampelopsis Veitchii, Honeysuckle and Clematis. I.ook over 
all bedding stock, keep in healthy growth. Give the plants all the sun 
possible. 
Fourth Week . — Hardy Poppies from the January sowing may now 
be transplanted into flats. For Spring sales jrick out the largest seed- 
lings. Where damping off of seedlings or cuttings is prevalent, try to 
cover the soil or pots with coarse sand. Sow Mignonette in flats, and 
when just large enough to handle transplant them, placing three in a 
4in. pot, later pinch back when Sin. high; always try and prevent the 
roots from being broken. Glechomas potted into Sy^in. pots make 
bushy specimens for May for hanging baskets and window boxes. Sow 
a batch of Strawflowers or Everlastings indoors, and grow them on in 
2V2in. pots for May planting. You can also sow Feverfew roots into 
the hotbeds and treat as you would Asters, Marigolds and Scabiosa. 
.\mong the Everlastings are Acroclinium, Helichrysiim, Rhodanthe, 
Xeranthemum, Statice, which is perennial. Thunbergia, or Black-Eyed 
Susan is a desirable climber for Spring sales; seeds may be sown now 
and later potted on. 
Typical plant of the new rose colored 
Townsend Primrose (Primula mala- 
coldes Townsendll.) The flowers are 
large 
