. Gardening indoors and under glass; a practical guide to the planting, care and propagation of house plants, and to the construction and management of hotbed, cold-frame and small greenhouse. soak up what they need, or until the surfaceof the soil becomes moist. This does the job moreevenly and thoroughly than it can be done from thesurface, and is also a safeguard against damping off,that dreaded disease of seedlings which is likely tocarry aw^ay your whole sowing in one day — a de-caying of the stem just at or below the soil. From the time the seedlings come up they shouldbe given abundance
. Gardening indoors and under glass; a practical guide to the planting, care and propagation of house plants, and to the construction and management of hotbed, cold-frame and small greenhouse. soak up what they need, or until the surfaceof the soil becomes moist. This does the job moreevenly and thoroughly than it can be done from thesurface, and is also a safeguard against damping off,that dreaded disease of seedlings which is likely tocarry aw^ay your whole sowing in one day — a de-caying of the stem just at or below the soil. From the time the seedlings come up they shouldbe given abundance of light, and all the air possiblewhile maintaining the required temperature. Itwill be possible, except on very cold dark days, togive them fresh air. Never, however, let a draft ofair more than a few degrees colder than the roomin which they are blow directly upon them. The secret of growing the little plants until theyare ready for their first shift is not so much in theamount of care given, as in its regularity. Tendthem every day — it will take only a few minutestime. When the second true leaf appears they willbe ready for their first change, which is described inChapter A new scheme of sub-irrigation for flats. Some porous ma-terial such as sphagnum moss or excelsior (as here) is puton the open bottom and the flat watered by allowing it to standin a sink or tub for a few minutes
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