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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 1910 
144 Sunlight Sash in yard of M. E. Hiett, Clarksville, Tenn. 
Greater pleasure 
and profit in 
winter gardening 
The Sunlight Double Glass 
Sash is the greatest invention 
for plant forcing, since the 
hot-bed itself. 
The two layers of glass take the place 
of mats or boards—eliminate all the 
drudgery of getting out in the wet, cold 
or snow to cover or uncover the plants. 
How the two layers of glass 
protect the plants and 
aid growth 
Between the two layers of grlass is a Yz inch blanket of 
dry, still air. Being - transparent, this layer permits the 
plants to g-et all the light all the time. Glass slips in and 
is held securely without putty. Easily repaired. 
Have fresh vegetables and flowers 
when they are luxuries 
Fresh lettuce and radishes any time you want them: 
violets all winter; cabbage, cauliflower, beets, etc., to set 
out early in the spring; tomato, pepper and sweet potato 
plants ready as soon as it is warm outside. 
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“Three degrees below zero- Nothing was hurt. I had 
lettuce and radishes before most people were thinking of 
planting them. If any one wants information concerning 
Sunlight Double Glass Sash, I will be glad to give it to 
them.” 
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like, must be scattered very thinly; and 
it is a very good plan to mix the seed with 
dry sand before sowing—about a cupful 
of sand to a packet of seed, and to sow 
this as thinly as possible. 
Somewhat larger seed, like Pansy seed 
or Sweet Alyssum, should be covered 
lightly with earth and this pressed well 
above it. This firming of the soil above 
or about the seed is important and must 
not be neglected. Candytuft is another 
flower which is successfully grown from 
fall-sown seed, and may be sown among 
the Tulip borders or on the edge of beds 
of hardy perennials to good advantage. 
Petunias may be scattered wherever the 
flowers are likely to be wanted, as they 
are very reliable. 
The various Nicotianas may be sown 
either in the coldframe or in the open 
ground, and will do admirably. I depend 
for my supply of these plants on self- 
sown seeds. The seed of the new crim¬ 
son hybrids germinate much more slowly 
than the white forms, and the plants sel¬ 
dom make their appearance in the open 
ground much before the middle of June. 
Canna seed may be sown in the open 
ground in the fall, covering it with an 
inch or two of earth and protecting with 
litter. Every year I find volunteer plants 
of the Canna in all sorts of unlikely places 
— the vegetable garden, flower garden, 
barnyard and hardy borders — in fact, 
there are very few plants I grow in my 
garden which do not, sooner or later, 
make voluntary offerings to my garden's 
wealth. 
Bulbs for the Herbaceous Border 
(Continued from page 209) 
vigor is to continue, and this work should 
be performed as soon as the foliage has 
ripened. In case it is not feasible to de¬ 
stroy the beauty of the perennials among 
which they are planted, new bulbs and 
fall planting furnish an alternative. Nar¬ 
cissi may also be grown for a season or 
two among shrubs, though the strong 
root-growth of the latter is an obstacle to 
complete success. 
Of the Tulips, the Darwins, the newer 
Rembrandts, the breeders and the Cot¬ 
tage Tulips, are best adapted to borders. 
The single early sorts and the doubles 
must be discarded each autumn and new 
bulbs secured, for these never are equal, 
after the first season, to new stock. The 
late sorts may be left in the ground for 
two or three years, hut a close watch must 
be kept to note failing vigor and to re¬ 
plant. It is a discouraging fact that the 
Tulips generally are not a success in our 
climate for more than two or three sea¬ 
sons, yet there are so many marvels of 
beauty among them that the perfect gar¬ 
den is a misnomer without them. 
The Crocuses, Snowdrops, Chino- 
doxas and Scillas are gems for edging 
the border, where they will, many of 
them, increase rapidly by bulb division or 
by self-seeding. The Grape Hyacinths 
should be similarly placed, and will make 
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