HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1912 
it very valuable for the small garden 
where such sorts as Jersey Wakefield us¬ 
ually begin splitting before half of them 
are used, and the chickens get the greater 
part of them. Danish Round Head is a 
splendid late and winter sort. In quality, 
however, the Savoys are away ahead of all 
other cabbages. Perfection Drumhead is 
easily grown and will send cabbages up 
several degrees in your estimation. 
The cabbages are gross feeders and will 
stand almost any amount of fertilizer. 
For the best results, put about a handful 
of cottonseed meal and fine bone dust in 
each hill when setting out. This will give 
the young plants a surprisingly quick and 
heahhy start. Hoe frequently to keep 
them growing fast, and protect from the 
green cabbage worm. 
Carrot. — Chantenay is not a new carrot, 
but is still unfamiliar to many who grow 
for main crop one of the old long varieties, 
while they might get as big a yield, and 
much better quality, with this splendid 
sort. At all stages of growth it is very 
fine grained and free from stringiness. It 
is quite sure to become the garden favor¬ 
ite where tried, and all roots left in the fall 
are easily harvested and keep well. 
For an early sort the new Coreless is 
very good. It is a “half-long'’ variety 
holding its size w'ell down to the point, 
with small foliage. Sutton’s Red Inter¬ 
mediate will take well for good deep soils, 
and is reported as becoming very popular 
in England on account of its good color 
and fine quality. There is a new French 
carrot, Luc. very highly recommended, 
which in shape seems to be nearer the 
ideal than any yet developed, but I have 
not tried it. 
For earliest carrots, watch your chance 
to get a few square feet of spare soil in a 
frame, and sow them in rows ten or twelve 
inches apart (with radishes between, as 
these will be out of the way by the time 
the carrots need the room). Sow out-of- 
doors early — just a row or two the first 
time, so that if they are lost you will be 
out little. Keep ahead of the weeds care¬ 
fully until the carrots get a start, as the 
seedlings are very small. 
Cauliflower. — This delicious vegetable 
should have a place in every home garden. 
There seems to be a sort of superstition 
that it can't be grown unless one has a 
professional gardener on hand. For early 
cauliflowers nothing has yet been found 
better than some good strain of Early 
Snowball. For later, the Danish or Dry- 
weather has proved the best with me. It 
matured good heads last summer, without 
irrigation, and that was a pretty severe 
test. 
To get good cauliflower good seed is the 
first essential, and rich soil the second, as 
a cauliflower is even more greedy than a 
cabbage is. Enrich the soil as for cab¬ 
bage (see above) if possible, give thor¬ 
ough irrigation when heads are forming 
if the weather is dry. To get quality, tie 
up the heads as in the illustration as soon 
as they form. They will not bleach out 
after once being sunburned. Cut while 
T hese exquisitely beautiful, hardy Flowers have been a leading specialty 
in our Nursery for twenty years, and we have made annual additions 
to our collections by selections from thousands of seedlings, and by 
yearly importations from Japan. Our stock is now the largest and most com¬ 
plete outside of Japan. 
These splendid, hardy plants are of the easiest culture, but surpass even 
orchids in their variety and exquisiteness of coloring. One gentleman who 
saw them in bloom in our Nursery, ordered two hundred dollars worth for 
his garden, and if every reader of this advertisement could see these Irises in 
our Nursery, our great stock would soon be exhausted. 
They are not expensive. The newest and rarest cost $i.oo each. The 
best varieties are priced at $ 2.50 per dozen—$ 15.00 per hundred, and mixtures 
(these do not include the best) at $ 1.20 per dozen—$ 5.00 per hundred. 
SPECIAL OFFER.—Of some of the best varieties we have enormous stocks, 
and when the selection is left to us. we furnish tliese at $1.25 per dozen-$9.cn per 
hundred—$70.00 per thousand. We also offer collections at $1.CC. $2.50, $5.00, $10.00 
and $25.00 each. These are all priced at a reduced rate. 
Our catalogue tells all about these Irises, and hundreds of other hardy Plants, 
Peonies, Phloxes, Lilies, Roses, Trees and Shnibs, and is sent free upon request. 
ELLIOTT NURSERY 
339 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Largest growers of pedigree farm and garden 
seeds in the world—Clovers, Grasses, Oats, 
Rye, Barley, Potatoes, Seed Corn, etc. We breed 
only pedigree heavy yielding stocks. CATA¬ 
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OATS 
Sworn yield 259 
bushels per acre. 
You can beat that. 
Why not try in 1913 
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