. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. uringMarch, thus far, the weather has been cool,damp and dark, and very unfavorable to thegermination of the seed in frames without muchor any bottom heat. It would be preferable, nodoubt, to sow in an artificially warmed soil,either in a good hot-bed or in a greenhouse, thanto start the plants in cold frames, and risk thecaprices of a northern March. Of course we have again a number of varie-ties, new and old, both on the new and the oldplan, under trial. The Prizetaker, which hasgive
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. uringMarch, thus far, the weather has been cool,damp and dark, and very unfavorable to thegermination of the seed in frames without muchor any bottom heat. It would be preferable, nodoubt, to sow in an artificially warmed soil,either in a good hot-bed or in a greenhouse, thanto start the plants in cold frames, and risk thecaprices of a northern March. Of course we have again a number of varie-ties, new and old, both on the new and the oldplan, under trial. The Prizetaker, which hasgiven us such fine bulbs for the past three years,is again our main reliance. We have planted apound of seed, and we feel quite safe in plantingit so largely. On the other hand, we have heardcomplaints about this variety from some quar-ters A correspondent from Oregon writes thus:I would not have planted the Prizetaker if itlittd not been so highly recommended in PopularGardening. Most of the plants produced onlyscallions. We have never advised anybody to plant anew thing for market, or on a large scale, ex-. Nonoau Sprues, Showing Orowth of Poor Stock and Good. cept after it has been tried in a very small way,and proved to be suited to soil, climate andtreatment. We can not warn often enoughagainst the mistake of allowing oneself to be ledby extravagant anticipations to rush into a newenterprise or untried thing. In regard to the Prizetaker, as to most othervarieties, however, we are convinced that thecause of scallions may be found in selection andpreparation of soil, much more than in climateor location. Still, it is never advisable to put allones eggs in one basket. 124 POPULAR GARDENING. April, Present Walks and Drives at we started out to make walks and driveson the grounds, we had neither srravel nor stonefor construction, near at hand, nor did we feelat all well disposed toward incurring a large out-lay to procure them. Still the walks and driveswhich we have
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