Identifier: gardenforestjour91896sarg (find matches)
Title: Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927
Subjects: Botany Gardening Forests and forestry
Publisher: New York : The Garden and forest publishing co.

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ll the sunlight possible must be given during thedark months, and it is useless to expect flowers in winterwithout it. We have a supply of Lettuces from frames from Novemberuntil outdoor stijck is ready. We are now cutting plants sownat the end of August and planted in their present quarters amonth ago. A batch sown a month later will give nice headsduring January and February. For Lettuces we use about twofeet of leaves, which are tramped firmly, and over these placea coating of manure and loam. After January a gentle hotbedof stable-manure and leaves, mixed, is prepared at intervals ofa month to advance the plants more rapidly. Lettuces dislikecoddling, and are ruined by a warm, close atmosphere. Theywill damp badly if long covered with snow, and a little ventila-tion should be left on in all weathers, so that any steam mayescape. Tennis-ball still proves the best all-round variety. Asowing of seed is made on a greenhouse shelf in December, December i6, 1896.) Garden and Forest. 507
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Fig. 73.—Aster longifulius, Lam.—Sec page 504. and the plants set out in a gentle hotbed during January. Asowing of Forcing Erfurt Cauliflower is also seasonable then.We grow these indoors in four-inch pots until rooted, whenthey are transferred to a frame. We formerly stored our winter Celery in frames, but haveproved that it keeps much better well protected where it is grown, and we do not now lift any. This season has beei:extremely mild, and we have not tound il necessary to storeany Cauliflowers in frames. At the end ol November thisvegetable is heading up nicely outdoors. We leave BrusselsSprouts out until more severe weather, when a number arecarefully planted in frames, after removing all surplus leaves 5o8 Garden and Forest. (Number 460. These need abundant ventilation on every favorable day, andthe sashes should be thrown offentirely on mild days. In some localities such perennials as Helianthus multiflorusplenus, Anemone Japonica, Tritoma, etc., should be lifted andstor

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