I our own vege 
for winter and 
summer 
D O you realize that a 
home garden of moder¬ 
ate size will yield delicious 
vegetables all through the 
growing season and enough 
beside to store away or pre¬ 
serve in jars for winter 
use? You not only save 
money, but have a supply of 
superior garden produce 
throughout the year. 
To get such good results from 
your garden, you must cultivate 
well and often. Planet Jr. Im¬ 
plements make the work easy. 
They break the soil thoroughly, 
killing all weeds, and in so short 
a time, with so little labor that a 
few minutes a day will keep the 
ground in perfect condition. 
Write for the free illustrated 
catalog describing all Planet 
Jr. farm and garden imple¬ 
ments. 
No. 17 Planet Jr. Single Wheel 
Idoe does all needful forms of 
hoeing and cultivating. May 
be used by man, woman or 
child. 
Incorporated 
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Philadelphia 
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The glass jront and top of the box 
admit the maximum of sun warmth, 
and retain it 
A WINDOW FORCING-BOX 
“T~' ARLY”isaword 
h to conjure with 
in the vocabu¬ 
lary of the garden en¬ 
thusiast,—early toma¬ 
toes, early corn, and 
that dishful of early 
peas triumphantly 
served at least twenty- 
four hours ahead of the 
man across the street. 
But to realize these 
hopes in the case of 
those vegetables which 
are “set out” one must 
do some very early 
planting, even the mid¬ 
dle of February being 
none too soon, unless 
one enjoys the prospect 
of paying fifty, sixty, 
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A narrow recessed 
molding prevents the 
front panes of glass 
from slipping 
covered. This over¬ 
hang facilitates han¬ 
dling and also guards 
against draughts dur¬ 
ing the periods of ven¬ 
tilation. 
For the best results 
the forcing box should 
be placed in a south 
or southeast window 
and high enough to 
permit the sunlight to 
fall directly on the 
pots. The temperature 
of the room may be 
quite low, for it will 
be found that even on 
hazy days the heat in 
the box will be several 
degrees higher than 
that outside while full 
or seventy-five cents a dozen in May sunlight converts it into a veritable hot 
for greenhouse products. 
Another condition which must be met 
if really good results are to be obtained 
is that the growth of the young plants 
be as continuous and rapid as possible. 
For those who have a greenhouse or 
conservatory this condition presents no 
difficulties, and the problem is quickly 
solved for those who can have a suc¬ 
cession of hot-beds, but the simple little 
contrivance shown here will solve it 
bed. The young plants must have 
plenty of fresh air from out-of-doors 
and there is hardly a day, except in the 
case of a bitter cold storm, when the 
window may not be safely opened 
a little and the protecting glasses of 
the box lifted by means of small wood¬ 
en wedges in as many directions as 
varying conditions demand. The first 
trace of mould on the earth or the 
damping off of even one seedling is 
also for the man who has an ordinary an S-O-S call for more air and should 
sunny window in an ordinary everyday be heeded at once, 
room. It may be put into operation 
by Washington’s Birthday, or even the Planting and. Watering 
Lincoln anniversary, if one is particu¬ 
larly patriotic and impatient. If it is Place an inch or two of broken earth- 
then supplemented by one hot-bed, enware, small stones, or cinders in the 
made up the last of March or the first bottom of 5" pots, fill with any good 
of April, in which the seedlings, already not over-rich loam mixed with about 
well started, may be forced for five or one-third coarse sand if possible, firm 
six weeks, so much the better—if not, well and soak thoroughly. Scatter the 
very good results may still be realized seed thinly over the surface, covering 
by transplanting into larger pots and with the required depth of earth which 
should be dry enough to spread evenly, 
press down and place the pot in a 
saucer, shading the surface from direct 
sunlight until the seeds have sprouted. 
richer earth as fast as possible. 
How It. Is Made 
The size of the box will be deter¬ 
mined by the amount to be grown in 
Keep the soil moist but never wet by 
filling the saucer with as much water 
it, the principle of light and ventilation as will be readily absorbed. This meth- 
being the same in all cases. Care must od avoids the caking of the earth and 
be taken, however, to allow plenty of the danger of water standing about the 
room for the growth of the plants, stems of the seedlings, and also does 
Fig. I shows the solid end with reen- much to keep the air moist, 
forcing strips (a-b) and the narrow ex- Transplanting should be done as the 
tension in front (c) on which the second, third, or even fourth leaves ap- 
slanted glass rests. In Fig. II the di- pear, according to the rapidity and 
vision of the glass is illustrated by the sturdiness of the growth, about half of 
dotted lines and it will be clear that the the tap-root being pinched off to in- 
greatest possible amount of space is duce formation of good bunchy roots 
obtained while admitting plenty of sun- and heavy stems. Eggplants, peppers, 
light in a nearly direct line. The ques- etc., should be set in the fresh soil about 
tion of ventilation is very important, as deep as they stood before, but toma- 
but can be readily taken care of by the toes or anything else that forms root- 
use of three pieces of glass, one across lets along the stem should be put in 
the top, and two on the face, slightly deep enough to leave only one pair of 
overlapped in the center, all of them leaves above the ground, 
about 2" larger than the area to be Mary N. Lemmon. 
