Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . ght and giving vigor and regular growth. A Seed-Starting Device. For the following welcome article with accompanying drawings weare indebted to a subscriber at Cincinnati, O., whomodestly signs himself * An Amateur. It workswell. After preparing the seed bed by thorougli spading and a top dressing about two inches thickof good loam, sharp sand and leaf mold in e*|ualparts, I give It a soaking and place upon it smallframes like Fig. A, made of common lath, withouttop or bottom and to fit
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . ght and giving vigor and regular growth. A Seed-Starting Device. For the following welcome article with accompanying drawings weare indebted to a subscriber at Cincinnati, O., whomodestly signs himself * An Amateur. It workswell. After preparing the seed bed by thorougli spading and a top dressing about two inches thickof good loam, sharp sand and leaf mold in e*|ualparts, I give It a soaking and place upon it smallframes like Fig. A, made of common lath, withouttop or bottom and to fit any regular glass panes tobe used for covers. An H x 10 size will start moreflower seed than most persons want. I use a frameto one or several kinds of seed, separating themwhen more than one with strips of pasteboard Insowing I cover very lightly, giving to fine kindslike Petunias scarcely more than a dusting ofearth. The glass is shaded with whitewash or alittle soil dusted on when it is wet. Giving eachkind of seed a separate frame is a great advantage,as some start much sooner than others. When the. B C Simple device.^ made of Lath, Nails and Olass^forstarting Flower Seeds. seedlings are through the soil, air is admitted bysliding around the glass as shown at C. In case ofrain the glass is tilted up as at B, placing a propunderneath. What is If? Mr. W^m. Jackson, of Godfrey,Illinois, sends us a card upon which is shown I) enlarged drawing of the minute insect thatis believed to cause rust and blight on the Straw-berry. While little is claimed to be positivelyknown of this insect, even Dr. Diehl saying that itsclassification at present is impossible, our corres-pondent concludes from observations that it is notthis or any insect that leads to the blight, but cer-tain other causes. Says Mr. Jackson: One thingis particularly noticeable, viz., that those whoremoved their mulching from their Strawberriesvery early on account of the unseasonable spring-like weather, or d
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