Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-09
IN THAT GARDEN
You ARE TENDING.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: H:"'


How would It he TO have fresh let
tuce grown at home, every dny for
several months before the outdoor
garden begins to bear' A few min
utes' work in the yard every evening
will give family hothouse garden
which will produce plenty of lettuce
for all the salad that one would want
10 cat before the regular crop ar
rives.
A hotbed Is made by tramping
down two feet Of fresh manure COW
ering the area for which n glass III
IA available Put a few inches of soil
over the manure and after the first
Intense heat has passed, seed may he
sown. The glass should be raised to
give air on all fine days when the
weather is warm and the bed must be
kept moist.
BY sowing n pinch OF lettuce seed
every ten days In a hothed a success
sion of salads can be produced for the
table before the outdoor garden be-
gins to bear. Another use Of the hot
bed is to prepare plants for setting
out after the danger OF frost IS past,
-Beets, brocoi, cabbage, onion, pars-
ley, squash end tomato seed may be
sown in preparation for the vegeta-
Bile garden.
The temperature OF the air with
In the hotbcd and also the tempera-
ture of the soil should be watched.
Two thermometers should be used,
ono for the cir and the other for the
soil
To start epring work among the
shrubs oil protective materials used
IN the winter should be RENT ed as
soon as II is certain that mil6 wea-
ther has come to stoV, Al, nursery
stock that was planteu last falkshould
Lee treated with well rotted manure,
snd all shrubs should be overhauled.
The roses should be pruned and
should be attended to as early as pos
sible.
Dwarf growing -hy~aid perpetual
roses, II large masses OF flowers are.
wanted, shoud be eft with four or
five canes, Two or three feet In length.
This treatment will not give flowers
Of the best quality, but Will give large
numbers OF them, If quality rather
than quantity is wanted, cut the canes
pack TO within six or eight inches o
the ground. The first year ahow only
three or four outside canes to remair
few being added each year as the
plants grow stronger Cold winters
often injure the tops OF rose plants
without inJurlng the roots. In such
cases the tops should be cut off NJ
or below tho point whore freezing
stopped, which often is close to the
ground. For. climbing roses tho re-
moval OF dad wood " sufficient ~
pruning.
The gardener who wishes to attain
success in growing tender annuals
must SOW his seed under glass, Il l.
not safe to a1w IN the open grount I =.
III all danger Of frost "a passed. n
In the North, means some time 81
May, according to the latitude Seed
fown as late as thet is not given q
chance TO, give full seasons Gloom.
In SOWING under glass care should
be taken not 20 begin too early, as
result have weak or Weakened plants
Tor planting outdoors. Get tho seed
in the ground not moro than a month
before It wIll bo safe to plant out
side--that H. In tho North SOW p''
later than Aprll TO-. Cosmos and
Brazilian morning glory are worth
tho attention OF gardeners who desire
q tall growing plant an n climbing
one For ccrmos March Is not too
early TO SOW tho seed.
II nasturtlum seed Is sown under
rlass the blooms will come n month
earlier than II they were sown out
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