Archive image from page 27 of Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878 curtiscobbwashbu1878curt Year: 1878 ( 0URTIS, OBB & ASHBUKN'S /ft I' need nothing more than a thin sprinkling ot earth fu-t to fairly cover the seeds; and each pot should have the surface again gently pressed down; a sliglit watering with a varv fine 5' rose will complete the operation of sowing. ' , When all the pots are filled and planted, and marked, ils they should be, with the rn,-ie of each, and date of sowing, upon a neat label,
Archive image from page 27 of Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878 curtiscobbwashbu1878curt Year: 1878 ( 0URTIS, OBB & ASHBUKN'S /ft I' need nothing more than a thin sprinkling ot earth fu-t to fairly cover the seeds; and each pot should have the surface again gently pressed down; a sliglit watering with a varv fine 5' rose will complete the operation of sowing. ' , When all the pots are filled and planted, and marked, ils they should be, with the rn,-ie of each, and date of sowing, upon a neat label, remove them at once to the hotbed or frame, and place them perfectly level, so that each pot may receive its proper proportion of water evenly over the surface. If there are but a few pots, and a greenhouse is at hand, they may have a place on a sunny shelf, near the glass, shading them during the middle of the' day. Shading will also be necessary in the hotbed. The temperature should not exceed 75° or 80°, or the seeds will geruiinate too quick, and be drawn up weakly. As the seedlings appear above ground, give air by tilting the sashes at tlie back. Give water as the pots require it (which is usually once a day), and always of the same temperature of the bed, and be careful in the operation not to wash away or destroy the young an-d slender seedlings. During cold nights, a mat may be thrown over the frame, which will prevent the loss of heat, and maintain a more even temperature. As some of the seeils will make their appearance before othei-s, those that appear above ground should be placed together towards the back of the frame, where they can liave a greater abundance of air, and be more freely watered, than the others. As the plants acquire a proper size, they should be thinned out, so as not to injure those that remain; and tlit-n, â when further advanced, should be transplanted into four-inch pots, â one, three, or five plants in each, according to the variety,
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