HOUSE AND GARDEN 
212 
March, 1915 
Dreer’s Roses 
For the Garden 
S TRONG, two-year-old, pot-grown Rose 
Plants that will give a full crop of 
flowers this season, is one of our most 
important specialties. In our Garden Book 
this season we offer and describe over two 
hundred of the choicest varieties, including 
the latest introductions of the world’s 
most famous Hybridisers. 
Special: The “ Dreer Dozen ” Hybrid-Tea Roses, a col¬ 
lection of high-grade sorts.that always do well — for .$5.00. 
Or, send for a copy of the Garden Book free, and make your own selection. 
HENRY A. DREER m 
Rose 
Specialists 
714-716 Chestnut St. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Build up your soil and increase the yields. Unless you add HUMUS 
PLANT FOODS to depleted soils you cannot expect results. 
and 
H„ e “re DIAMOND BRAND COMPOST 
is free from weed seeds, largely HUMUS and abounds in plant foods. It will 
also stimulate bacteriological action in the soil. A large grower aptly says “Stable 
Manure is the only thing that supplies all the needs for truck, gardening, green¬ 
houses and lawns. With one application. ’ ’ Give your lawn a coating of Com¬ 
post this Spring—need not be raked off—it will hold the moisture dur¬ 
ing the summer and keep your grass green. Use it in your vegetable and 
flower gardens. 
Put up in bags 100 lbs. each. Write for Circular “B” and prices. 
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NEW YORK STABLE MANURE 
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without proper air. Regular greenhouse 
benches instead of the solid beds would 
lessen this contrast of soil and air temper¬ 
atures. 
The sunken pathway is a great conveni¬ 
ence, for it does away with tiresome stoop¬ 
ing over the beds. The work-bench at the 
back, too, is invaluable as a place to pre¬ 
pare the flats ; their seed can be thoroughly- 
pulverized and mixed without danger from 
the wind; and, surrounded by a delight¬ 
fully warm atmosphere, one can work all 
day in comfort. By April first it is safe 
to plant lima beans, squash, melon and 
cucumber seed in small pots set in flats. 
Most of these would rot or burst in the 
hotbed, but at least two weeks can be 
gained, especially with the squash, by start¬ 
ing them in the glass-front room. 
Quite contrary to what one would ex¬ 
pect, this near-greenhouse is not good for 
transplanting from the hotbed. In the 
spring it is a workroom and cold-frame 
rather than a forcing-house, for plants ac- 
The sashes are set at an acute angle to catch the sun s 
rays 
customed to bottom heat will stand still 
when deprived of it; yet there are few 
weeks in the year when the little room is 
not in use. 
In July, for instance, when the sashes 
have been replaced by a covering of coarse 
cheesecloth, perennial and biennial seeds 
are sown here in patches or drills and car¬ 
ried through the first transplanting. The 
cheesecloth affords sufficient protection 
from direct sunlight and the beating of 
heavy rain, yet admits light enough to in¬ 
duce good growth. As soon as the seedlings 
begin to grow after transplanting, it should 
be rolled back except during the intense 
heat of midday, thus preparing them for 
full sunlight at the second moving. 
Columbine, dianthus, campanula, holly¬ 
hocks, and especially those seeds which 
are slow to germinate, will do well under 
these conditions. 
Early in August pansies may be sown, 
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