
GARDENING 
IS EASY! 
DELIGHTFUL TOO, WHEN HIGH-QUALITY SEEDS AND PLANTS ARE USED 
IVEN topsoil of fair quality, with sunlight for at least half 
( the day, you can grow most of the vegetables and flowers 
in this catalogue. Dig or hoe in fertilizer, give each plant 
enough room to grow, and you are assured of success. 
AS SOON AS SPRING COMES 
After March 15 and during April, in the neighborhood of New 
York, seeds may be sown of the hardy things, including peas, 
beet, carrot, kohlrabi, lettuce, onion, parsley, parsnip, radish, 
true spinach, and swiss chard. Flower seeds that may be sown 
this early include sweet peas, alyssum, antirrhinum, calliopsis, 
candytuft, cornflower, cosmos, dianthus, gypsophila, larkspur, 
mignonette, poppies, and sunflower. 
Seedlings may be set out at this time of broccoli, cabbage, 
celery and lettuce, and of alyssum, antirrhmum, and cosmos. 
You can buy these seedlings or you can produce them by sowing 
seed. indoors in January or February. 
Roses, shrubs, and hardy perennials may be planted in April, and 
Lawns sown. 
WHAT TO DO IN MAY 
After May 10, seeds of the frost-sensitive vegetables are sown; 
these are snap beans, corn, lima beans, cucumber, melon, New 
Zealand spinach, pumpkin, and squash. Tomato, pepper, and 
eggplant seedlings may be set out. AII flower seeds should be 
sown now, including ageratum, aster, balsam, calendula, carna- 
tion, celosia, dahlia, heliotrope, Iantana, lobelia, marigold, 
morning-glory, petunia, annual phlox, portulaca, salvia, stock, 
verbena, vinea, zinnia, and many others. For earlier flowering, 
many gardeners prefer to set out seedlings of these from seeds 
sown indoors in March or April, or which they have purchased. 
In May plant geraniums, begonias, and all bulbs. 
SOWING SEEDS 
Seeds are covered by twice or thrice their diameter of soil; 
medium-size seeds like radish or zinnia are thus placed about 
14 inch deep and for the bigger seeds of beans and sweet peas, 

from 1 to 2 inches would be right. Dust-like seeds of celery or 
petunia are merely pressed into the surface and no attempt is 
made to cover them; vegetable seeds are usually dropped into a 
long groove and a rake is drawn Iengthwise along it to bury them. 
It is usual then to press the soil firm with the shoe. 
Most vegetables are placed in parallel rows 12, 18, 24, or more 
inches apart, but corn, cucumber, melon, pumpkin, and squash 
are often grown in groups or “hills” 3to6 feet from each other. 
Flowers are planted or thinned to stand from 10 to 24 inches one 
from another, according to the size of the variety; wider, taller 
plants need more room than smaller ones. By thinning we mean 
the removal of plants so that those permitted to remain stand 
the required distance apart. Hoe frequently the soil surrounding 
them to keep the surface loose and weed-free. 
WATERING, SUPPORTING, DUSTING 
Gardens are usually not watered, except in midsummer when 
they may run into dry weather, but all seedlings require water 
when they are first set out. 
Some plants want the support of canes or sticks. A variety of 
these is offered in the implement section of this catalogue, along © 
with raffia or plant-twists for readily attaching them. You may 
have to dust or spray your plants if lice, bugs, or worms attack 
them; the most effective materials are listed on pages 124 and 125. 
Gather flowers freely; never let them wither on the plants or 
they may cease blooming. As soon as a row of vegetables has 
been harvested, dig the remains under and plant another variety. 
GARDENING IS GOOD FOR YOU 
The world will use all the food it can produce for years to come, 
so grow your own for a constant supply. Flowers are vital also; 
they help to make the United States a still better place to live in. 
It is a delightful effort to labor along with nature to produce an 
abundance out of very little; the work is health-giving and good 
for the soul, for authorities assure us that the gardener is the 
best type of citizen. 

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