IT WAS IN flat, 
FIRM THE SOIL 
AROUND IT AND 
GIVE SOAKING. 
WHEN REMOVING SEEDLING 
FROM FLAT AVOID DISTURB 
ING ROOTS BY taking 
PLENTY SOIL WITH IT. 
USE BERRY BOX 
OR SOMETHING 
SIMILAR. TO SHADE 
SEEDLING FROM 
DIRECT SUN. 
Transplanting is a task which must 
be performed throughout the gar¬ 
den year. So vigorous are the 
young plants which W’e move, so 
often do they survive carelessness, 
we are apt to neglect even the 
simple technique which will greatly 
reduce the proportion of failures. 
But failures do occur and not all 
result in dead plants which can 
be removed or replaced. Often 
careless transplanting will result 
in an ailing plant, or one which 
fails to produce flowers or fruit of 
good quality. The following points 
will insure that young plants have 
a reasonable chance of survival. 
★ ★ ★ 
Dig a hole large enough to spread 
out the roots without crowding. 
In the case of seedlings which 
have a long tap root, it will help 
promote stocky growth if this tap 
root is shortened. Avoid permit¬ 
ting air pockets to be formed 
among the roots. See that soil is 
filled in properly to cover the 
roots, and then firm the soil, so 
that contact is close, since without 
this contact the roots cannot ab¬ 
sorb water from the soil. Seedlings 
should usually be set a little 
deeper than they stood in the flat. 
In the case of overgrown plants, 
it may be wise to lay the stem 
horizontally under the soil for 
several inches, rather than let it 
project above the surface; this is 
especially the case with tomatoes. 
Some of the top of each seedling 
should be trimmed off to balance 
the loss of roots which is inevitable 
when plants are moved. About 
half the leaf area may be removed. 
The soil should be soaked after the 
transplanting operation is finished. 
A little dry soil sprinkled over the 
surface will check evaporation. If 
the sun is hot the plants should be 
shaded for a day or so by means of 
Hotkaps, berry boxes, or similar 
devices, until the roots begin to 
absorb enough moisture to balance 
evaporation. 
Small seedlings may be planted in 
holes made by a dibber or garden 
trowel. Observe distances care¬ 
fully in transplanting. The little 
plants may seem lonely when set 
two or three feet apart, but 
remember the size they wdll attain 
at maturity and see they have 
room enough to develop their 
best. 
★ ★ ★ 
Vigorous growth in seedlings will 
be assured if plant food is applied 
while they are small. It will enable 
them to develop a good root sys¬ 
tem, which will feed them well. In 
transplanting vegetables mix thor¬ 
oughly one level tablespoonful of 
complete plant food with the soil 
in the bottom of the hole before 
setting the plant. Then apply 
plant food over a radius two feet 
from the plant at the rate of one 
rounded teaspoonful to each 
square foot of ground. 
Four to six weeks later another 
application of plant food at thq 
rate of two pounds per 100 square 
feet may be made. This is equiva¬ 
lent to a rounded teaspoonful for 
two .square feet. 
—National Seedsman A nnual 
Common al^out I'ooh 
You cannot do good gardening 
with poor tools. There are so 
many good tools to be had today 
— in various sizes and for all pur¬ 
poses — that the selection of one’s 
tool kit is a necessary and pleas¬ 
ant step toward securing best 
results. 
There are many grades of tools on 
the market, but it is only a matter 
of time until you learn that it pays 
to buy only the best. The cheap 
tool is stamped out of thin-gauge 
sheet metal, so that it usually 
lacks effective weight and ade¬ 
quate strength. It is ordinarily not 
a one-piece job, and the parts 
being riveted or welded together, 
soon work loose. The handles are 
often made of inferior wood or are 
not thoroughly seasoned, and 
therefore, tend to break or warp. 
First quality tools are, wherever 
practicable, forged from one piece 
of bar steel, tempered in oil. They 
are highly polished and thus clean 
themselves more readily in use 
The handles are of the best 
straight-grained northern while 
ash, smoothly .sanded and given o. 
wax finish. 
In the first quality tools you will 
find weight, good design (so that 
it balances well in using), stamina, 
a lasting temper and, above all, a 
special fitness in each tool for 
doing its own particular job. 
★ ★ ★ 
The size of the garden, the work 
to be done and one’s persona 
notions, together determine wha 
tools one should have. An athletii 
man will make a different selectio) 
from an elderly woman. A tin 
garden in a corner can be handlei 
with a floral set, or a set designe 
for women, or even short handle' 
hand tools. A large garden, witn 
shrubbery, long borders and pos 
INDEX 
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AFRICAN DAISY (see Arctofis).8 
AGERATUM.8 
ALYSSUM.8 
AMARANTHUS.8 
ANCHUSA.8 
ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon) ....4,5.8 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine).8 
ARABIS (Rock Cress).8 
ARCTOTIS (African Daisy).8 
ARTICHOKE.20 
ASPARAGUS. 20 
ASTERS.4. 5. 8 
BABY'S BREATH (see Gypsophilai. 11 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON or CENTAUREA 
(Cornflower).8 
BALLOON VINE (Love-in-a-Puff).8 
BALSAM (Lady Slipper).8 
BEAN (Scarlet Runner).8 
BEANS.20-22 
BEETS.22 
BEETS, SUGAR.22 
BELLIS PERENNIS (English Daisy)... .8 
BLANKET FLOWER (see Gaillardia).. .11 
BLUE LACE FLOWER (Didiscus).8 
BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy)... 9 
BROCCOLI.22 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 22 
BURNING BUSH or FIRE BUSH 
(see Kochia).11 
CABBAGE.22 
CABBAGE—Chinese.23 
CACALIA (Tassel Flower). 9 
CALENDULA (Pot Marigold).4,5,9 
CALIFORNIA POPPY 
(see Eschscholtzia).11 
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CALLIOPSIS (Tickseed).9 
CAMPANULA (Canterbury Belli.9 
CANARY BIRD VINE.9 
CANDYTUFT.9 
CANTALOPE and MUSKMELON ... 26 
CANTERBURY BELLS (see Campanula).9 
CARDINAL CLIMBER. 9 
CARNATION.4,9 
CARROTS.23 
CASTOR BEAN (Ricinus).9 
CAULIFLOWER.23 
CELERIAC.23 
CELERY.23 
CELOSIA (Cockscomb).9 
CENTAUREA (Cornflower).9 
CHARD, SWISS.22 
CHERRY PIE (see Heliotrope).11 
CHICORY.23 
CHINESE CABBAGE.23 
CHRYSANTHEMUM.9 
CLARKIA.9 
CLOVER STRAWFLOWER 
(see Gomphrena)..11 
COCKSCOMB (see Celosia). 9 
COLLARD.23 
COLUMBINE (see Aquilegia).8 
COREOPSIS.9 
CORN.23 
CORNFLOWER, Jubilee Gem. 4 
CORNFLOWER 
(see Bachelor’s Button).8 
COSMOS.4.6,9 
COSorROMAINE. 26 
CRESS.23 
CUCUMBERS.23,25 
Page 
CYPRESS VINE.9 
DAHLIA.9 
DAISY, AFRICAN (see Arctotis).8 
DAISY, SHASTA.9 
DELPHINIUM (Perennial Larkspur).., 11 
DIANTHUS (Pinks).6,11 
DIDISCUS (see Blue Lace Flower).8 
DIGITALIS (see Foxglove).11 
DILL.25 
EGG PLANT.25 
ENDIVE.25 
ENGLISH DAISY (see Beilis Perennis). .8 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy). .11 
EUPHORBIA 
(see Snow-on-the-Mountain).15 
FENNEL.25 
FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis).11 
FOURO-CLOCK.11 
FOXGLOVE (Digitalis).11 
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower).11 
GEUM.11 
GLADIOLUS .16, 17 
GODETIA (Satin Flower).11 
GOMPHRENA (Clover Strawflowers). .11 
GOURDS.11 
GRASS and LAWN SEED.2 
GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath).11 
HELIANTHUS (see Sunflower).17 
HELICHRYSUM (see Strawflower)... .15 
HELIOTROPE (Cherry Pie).11 
HOLLYHOCKS.11 
IPOMOEA (see Moonflower).13 
KALE OR BORECOLE.25 
KOCHIA (Burning Bush or Fire Bush). .11 
KOHL RABI.25 
LADY SLIPPER (see Balsam).8 
LARKSPUR .11 
LARKSPUR. Perennial. 
(see Delphinium).11 
LAWN AND GRASS SEED.2 
Page 
LEEK. 25 
LETTUCE.25,26 
LILIES.16, 17 
LIMA BEANS.22 
LINUM (Scarlet Flax).13 
LOBELIA.13 
LOVE-IN-A-MIST (Nigella), ..13 
LOVE-IN-A-PUFF (see Balloon Vine).. .8 
LUPINE.13 
MANGEL WURZEL.22 
MARIGOLD.5, 6, 13 
MIGNONETTE.13 
MOONFLOWER (Ipomoea).13 
MORNING GLORY.14 
MOSS ROSE (see Portulaca).15 
MUSKMELON AND CANTALOUPE... 26 
MUSTARD.26 
MYOSOTIS (see Forget-Me-Not).11 
NASTURTIUM .7. 14 
NICOTIANA.14 
NIGELLA (see Love-in-a-Mist).13 
OKRA OR GUMBO.26 
ONIONS. 26,28 
PAINTED TONGUE (see Salpiglosis). 15 
PANSY.7, 14 
PARSLEY. 28 
PARSNIP.28 
PEAS. 28 
PEPPER.28 
PERENNIAL LARKSPUR 
(see Delphinium).11 
PERIWINKLE (see Vinca).17 
PETUNIA.5, 7, 14 
PHLOX.15 
PINKS (see Dianthus).6,11 
POP CORN.23 
POPPIES.15 
PORTULACA (Moss Rose). 15 
POT MARIGOLD (seeCalundula). .4, 5. 9 
PUMPKIN.28. 29 
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PYRETHRUM. 15 
RADISH. 29 
RICINUS (see Castor Bean).9 
ROCK CRESS (see Arabis). 8 
RUTABAGA OR SWEDE TURNIP. . 30 
SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongue)... 15 
SALVIA . 15 
SATIN FLOWER (see Godetia).... 11 
SCABIOSA. 15 
SCARLET FLAX (see Linum).13 
SCARLET RUNNER (see Bean). 8 
SEA LAVENDER (see Statice).15 
SHASTA DAISY (see Daisy,Shasta). , ,9 
SNAPDRAGON 
(see Antirrhinum) .4,5,8 
SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN 
(Euphorbia). 15 
SORREL. 29 
SPINACH. 29 
SQUASH. 29 
STATICE (Sea Lavender).15 
STOCKS. 15 
STRAWFLOWER (see Helichrysum . . li 
SUGAR BEETS.22 
SUNFLOWER (Helianthus,. 17 
SWAN RIVER DAISY 
(see Brachycombe). 9 
SWEET CORN. 23 
SWEET PEAS. 17 
SWEET WILLIAM.17 
SWISS CHARD.22 
TASSEL FLOWER (see Cacalia 1 . 9 
TICKSEED (see Calliopsis;.9 
TOMATOES.29, 30 
TURNIPS.30 
VERBENA.17 
VINCA (Periwinkle).17 
WALLFLOWER.17 
WATERMELON.26 
ZINNIA.5, 7, 17 
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