The Cook County herald., 1905-05-13

we are gong TO take pains to see that
the soil is in good and proper cond;-
ton. 1t must be rich, deep and finely
powdered, without a lump in it. 1t
must not be wet and sticky. If it is,
we had better wait day or two so
that it may dry out bit. 5#<.-
When the time comes we are going
to take the seeds in order; but with
the understanding that there are to
be two sowings in any event, since
some of the seeds from tropical
countries will rot in the ground if it
is too cold for them.
When we are quite sure that the
weather is pretty we'll settled and the
ground is beginning to get warm, we
shall take for our first sowing the
seeds of alyssum, calliopsis, candytuft,
Chinese pink, coreopsis, delphinium,
larkspur, mignonette, pansy, phlox,
sweet William and verbena.
In ten days or so you may plant all
kinds of aster, and cosmos, hyacinth
beans, Japan morning glory, marigold,
nasturtium, petunia, saliva, salpiglos-
sis, scabiosa, ten-week stocks and
zinnia.
Packet Also Gives History.
Every packet of seed tells the
height of the plant, when it begins to
flower. Study this we'll, and SOW the
dwarf kinds in front, the medium
kinds behind and the taller kinds at
the back, or where it is desired to pro-
duce the tallest effects.
care must be taken not to SOW the
liner seeds too deep, and this is partic-
ularly true of such seeds as those of
alyssum, petunia, poppy, saliva, sal
piglossis, ten-week stocks and tobac-
co.
The ground for these seeds must be
unusually fine and smooth; the seeds
should be sown evenly, tbinly covered
with soil, pressed down Grmly with a
smooth piece of board, and slightly
sprinkled, either with a watering can
having fine rose, or with a whisk
broom from a bucket.
Excepting sweet peas, almost all the
other seeds need to be covered with
from quarter to half an II ch of soil.
Sowing Sweet Peas.
Sweet peas should be sown in
trench about three inches deep, in
which the seeds are to be placed one
and cne-half inches apart. Hyacinth
beans and nasturtiums should be
planted an inch deep.
AS soon as the plants are large
enough to handle, if they seem to
be too thick. they may be thinned out.
The Trimmings can be transplanted
and saved. This is best done in the
evening, the plants watered, and shad-
ed from the sun for a day or two
though this last is sometimes dis.
pensed with.
The following lists have been pre-.
pared for the three sizes of gardens
! mentioned in the first paper. The
packets are the small size, one pack.
ct only is required, except where not
ed, and the price is cents a packet
except where noted.
Garden No. I, 25x5c Feet.
Alyssum, sweet, white.
Aster, German, comet, mixed, 10
cents, and Victoria mixed, 10 cents.
Calliopsis, mixed.
Coreopsis Canceolata, sold.
Cosmos, early, mixed.
Four o'clock, mixed.
Marigold, French mixed and Afri,
can, yellow.
Nasturtium, dwarf, mixed.
Mignonette Machet, red.
New pansy, purple and gold.
Pansy, mixed, Chicago prize, 10
cents.
Pinks, Chinese, mixed
Phlox drummondi, mixed; beautiful.
Saliva Splendens Compacta, scarlet
Ten-week stocks, mixed.
Zinnias, dwarf, mixed.
Balloon vine.
Canary Bird creeper.
Cypress vine.
Hyacinth beans
Japanese hop vine.
Japanese hop, variegated.
Thunbergia.
Nasturtiums.
Morning glory.
Japan morning glory, mixed.
Allegheny vine.
Scarlet runner.
Wild cucumber.
Slender growing gourds.
Garden No. 2, 5Ox75 Feet,
In addition to the foregoing:
Aster, Victoria, mixed 10 cents.
Aster, tall chrysanthemum-flowered,
mixed, 10 cents.
Calendula, Meteor, mixed, 10 cents.
Delphinium Formosum, blue.
Scabiosa, mixed.
Sunflower, cucumber-leaved, yellow.
Sweet William, mixed.
Sweet peas, one packet each Of
(blue), Othello (dark), Emily Hen.
derson. (rose). Salopian (scarlet).
Katharine Tracy (rose), and Blanche
Tracy (pink and white).
Garden No. 3, 75x1oo Feet.
In addition to all the foregoing:
Candytuft, Rocket, mixed, pink and