. Farm and floral guide. Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flower Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. L. JMA1 <X: CU, ST. rAUL., AZi.\.V 1. n It is being realized more and more each year that the very choicest varieties of house plants can be easily grown from seed if proper care and attention is given. With nearly all of the varieties listed on the following three pages the following directions, if carefully followed out are almost certain to insure perfect success. The seed should be sown in boxes, pots or pans in t
. Farm and floral guide. Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flower Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. L. JMA1 <X: CU, ST. rAUL., AZi.\.V 1. n It is being realized more and more each year that the very choicest varieties of house plants can be easily grown from seed if proper care and attention is given. With nearly all of the varieties listed on the following three pages the following directions, if carefully followed out are almost certain to insure perfect success. The seed should be sown in boxes, pots or pans in the house in well pulverized, carefully prepared soil, and then shel- tered from the sun until the plants have attained a height of two or three inches. Nearly all of the varieties we list may be sown at any season of the year. The finest seeds will often "give the best results when sown in leaf mold or peat that has enough sand mixed in with it to prevent its becoming muddy- Make the earth as level as possible at the top ana sow the seed very thinly, giving it the lightest possible covering. A good plan is to cover the pot with a pane of glass and allow it to remain until the plants have appeared, when it may be safely removed. After the plants have made two leaves they may safely be transplanted into another box or pan of the same kind of soil. Care shou}d be used in transplanting not to bruise the young plants. Do not give too much water, as a drenching will often kill the small plants, but the soil must be kept moderately 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 L. L. May & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. St. Paul, Minn. : L. L. May & Co.
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