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TUB GARDENING WORLD 
April 6, 1907. 
PROFITABLE 
_ Vegetables 
FOR 
AMATEURS. 
A word in season may be accept¬ 
able to those who find the varieties of 
seeds enumerated in catalogues so be¬ 
wildering as to render the task of making 
a good selection a most difficult one. 
In this respect it cannot be said that 
there is safety in numbers, unless it is to 
be taken for granted that the laudatory 
description appended to each name is 
absolutely correct. 
From amongst the multitudinous num¬ 
ber of different varieties catalogued (to 
say nothing about novelties), I have found 
from experience that for cropping, as 
well as culinary properties, the following 
can be thoroughly relied upon, and I have 
no doubt that those who may give them a 
place in their gardens will appreciate 
their excellent qualities. 
Broad Beans. — Beck’s Dwarf Green 
and Green Longpod, 1 pint of each. Sow 
from Feb. to April. These are green 
when cooked. 
Dwarf Beans. — Canadian Wonder, 
pint. 
Runner Beans. —Sutton’s Prizewinner 
or Hackvvood Success, 1 pint. Sow in 
May. Both are very prolific and of ex¬ 
cellent quality. 
BEET. — Cheltenham Green Top, J 4 oz. 
Sow from April to June. The green 
foliage of this variety is not, perhaps, so 
attractive as that of the darker kinds, but 
for quality this is, when cooked, the best 
of all Beets. 
Broccoli. — Veitch’s Self-protecting and 
Snow’s Winter White, J 4 oz. of each. Sow 
in April. 
Borecole. — Cottager’s Kale, oz. 
Sow in May or early in June. 
Brussels Sprouts. — Sutton’s Early 
Gem, Yz oz. Sow in March and April. 
Cabbage.— Ellam’s Early Dwarf, 1 oz. 
This is the most useful all-round Cabbage 
in cultivation. It may be had in season 
at Christmas by sowing in June, trans¬ 
planting into nursery beds in August, and 
finally planting out in October. Sown in 
July and August it is the first spring Cab¬ 
bage to turn in ; it does not bolt, and 
takes up but little room. 
CARROT. — Early Scarlet Horn and Sut¬ 
ton’s Intermediate, J 4 oz. of each. Sow 
the early kind the latter end of March or 
early in April ; the Intermediate in the last 
*eek in April. 
Cauliflower. —Eclipse and Autumn 
Giant. 1% oz. of each. Sow the former 
early in April; the latter in the middle of 
May. 
CELERY. — Sutton’s Solid White and 
Standard Bearer (red), y 2 oz. of each. 
■ Sow in March and April. 
Leek. —Sutton’s Prizetaker, 1 oz. Sow 
in February. 
Lettuce. —Wonderful (cabbage), and 
Kingsholm (cosh Sow at intervals from 
March to May for succession. 
Onion. — Bedfordshire Champion 
(spring), and Giant Rocca (autumn), 1 oz. 
of each. Sow the former in March, and 
the latter in August, and transplant. 
Peas. —Gradus, Early Morn, Edwin 
Beckett, Sharpe’s Queen, and Autocrat, 
1 pint of each. Sow Gradus the second 
week in Feb. and following in order with 
the others at fortnightly intervals. 
PARSNIP. —Tender and True, J 4 oz. 
Sow in February and March. 
POTATOS. —Sharpe’s Victor, Duke of 
York, and The Factor. Plant according 
to locality. 
Savoy. — B est of All, oz. Sow in 
March. 
Tomato. — Early Prolific, y oz. Sow in 
March. 
Vegetable Marrow. —Moore’s Cream, 
and Pen-y-Byd. 
With the exception of Potatos, the 
above, if sown in the quantities named, 
will suffice for a garden a quarter of an 
acre in extent. 
Connoisseur. 
Gloucester. 
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Women Gardeners. 
The demand for well-trained women 
gardeners, capable of acting as the head 
and assuming the responsibility for a 
large private garden, is stated to exceed 
the supply. 
- Q. W. - 
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PRIZES. 
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for the best paragraph or short article on any 
gardening subject, such as hints of practical 
interest to gardeners, notes on the propaga¬ 
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week for the two best letters, not exceeding 
150 words, on any interesting gardening sub¬ 
ject. 
RESULTS OF 
LAST WEEK’S 
COMPETITIONS. 
Some of the best papers in this competition 
are too long, and we desire readers to keep 
within a column. 
The prize in the Readers’ Competition was 
awarded to “ Floriana ” for his article on 
“ Tree Carnations,” page 218. 
In the Prize Letter Competition a prize was 
awarded to “ Hubert Yates ” for his article on 
“Starved Rose Trees” ; and another to “A. 
Dennett’Vfor his article on “Gilia coronopi- 
folia,” page 220. 
HARDY 
Perennials 
’ SEED. 
With the advent of April the time w 
have arrived when the sowing of seeds : 
choice hardy plants may receive atte 
tion. It is the practice of some to si 
the seeds of these in the open ground 
soon as they are ripe in the autumn, at 
although many subjects may be eas: 
raised in th'is'way, yet the conditions 
weather, etc., during the ensuing mont 
are not always favourable to their we 
doing, for even though hardy enough 
withstand the frosts, there are the depi 
dations of slugs and other ground inset 
to contend with. For these reasons, thei 
. fore, it is as well to defer sowing the see 
until spring. Seeds of hardy herbaceo 
plants are very often sown in pots, pai 
or boxes, at the same time and in t 
same manner that is adopted for annua 
biennials, etc., and very often valuab 
seed is lost in this way through the S', 
becoming too wet or too dry in such sm.: 
receptacles. A simpler and at the sai- 
time safer-plan if autumn be the sowi:; 
time, is to make up a seed bed intheop' 
ground fo that it can be covered ' 
spare lights if desired. This protect!: 
will be quite sufficient for such stror 
growing things as Lupins, Hollyhocl, 
Gaillardias, Everlasting Peas, some 
the Poppie?, etc., while for plants th 
have more minute seeds, such as Car 
panulas, herbaceous Lobelias, har 
Primulas, Auriculas, Iceland Poppi< 
Heucheras, etc., which require sowing ' 
the surface or with only very slight cove 
ing, a frame should be used, as this c: 
be darkened at will, and thereby mu 
labour and attention in the matter 
watering will be saved. 
The soil for the seed bed, either in t 
open ground or in the frame, should 
made quite firm and covered with an in' 
or so of finely sifted dry soil, thorough 
watered and allowed to settle, the se' 
being sown the ne'xt day. Sow thinly 
lines according’to the space at comman 
carefully labelling each as the work pr 
ceeds in order to prevent confusion lat 
on. It must also be remembered th 
many hardy plants are very slow to ge 
minate, notably Hellebores, Trolliu 
Anthericums, Alstroemerias, and mai 
other bulbous rooted plants ; thereto 
there must be no hurry to do away wi 
the seed beds for at least a year or ev< 
longer after sowing. 
F. A. 
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Garden on a Barge. 
On the deck of a barge, or, rather, 
steam derrick, in Deptford Creek, is 
charming little garden which is a blaze c 
colour in summer with Cornflowers an 
Geraniums. 
Introduced Palms, etc., into the Riviera. 
The famous English ■ botanist, S 
Thomas Hanbury, K.C.V. O., who, : 
already recorded in these columns, h; 
died at the age of seventy-five, first intr 
duced into the Riviera the cultivation < 
Palms and rare flowers, which are now 
source of prosperity to the district. 
