. The school garden book. School gardens. THE DECEMBER CALENDAR 99 Start a window-box with flowering plants from the florist's. Try prim- roses, getting enough to make a good showing. Sink the pots in the soil without removing the plants, if so desired. Do not cover the crowns. Keep watch of all plants for aphides or green-flies. As soon as any are seen, spray with sulpho-tobacco soap solution. Plant a root of beet, carrot, radish, salsify, or other root-crop in a window-box to develop into flower and seed. Try a cabbage stock also, having cut the head from around Please note that these i
. The school garden book. School gardens. THE DECEMBER CALENDAR 99 Start a window-box with flowering plants from the florist's. Try prim- roses, getting enough to make a good showing. Sink the pots in the soil without removing the plants, if so desired. Do not cover the crowns. Keep watch of all plants for aphides or green-flies. As soon as any are seen, spray with sulpho-tobacco soap solution. Plant a root of beet, carrot, radish, salsify, or other root-crop in a window-box to develop into flower and seed. Try a cabbage stock also, having cut the head from around Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947; Emerson, Philip, 1865-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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