. The beginner's garden book; a textbook for the upper grammar grades. Gardening. PLANTING LIST 375 eight inches, and cultivate well. Transplant in September to the final positions, eighteen inches or more apart, in strong soil. Or sow in seed bed freshly ripe seed, when once well dried, in mid- summer, and set out in September. The plants will bloom hand- somely the second year. Thyme: In various varieties, this is used in seasoning. A half- hardy perennial, grown from seeds or root-divisions or from layers. Set a foot apart. Tomato: A vege- table much improved in recent years, and worth grow
. The beginner's garden book; a textbook for the upper grammar grades. Gardening. PLANTING LIST 375 eight inches, and cultivate well. Transplant in September to the final positions, eighteen inches or more apart, in strong soil. Or sow in seed bed freshly ripe seed, when once well dried, in mid- summer, and set out in September. The plants will bloom hand- somely the second year. Thyme: In various varieties, this is used in seasoning. A half- hardy perennial, grown from seeds or root-divisions or from layers. Set a foot apart. Tomato: A vege- table much improved in recent years, and worth growing -in every vegetable gar- den, where a very few plants will yield many fruits. The plants are tender, and, as when once bearing they will continue until frost, it is wise to start them very early. There are dwarf and standard kinds, the fruits rang- ing from small to very large; there are some whose plum-like fruits grow in red there are pink and yellow Fig. 210. — Sweet William makes fine clumps. bunches; and besides the Tomato has few enemies except an occasional rot that is hard to control, but which is best prevented by keeping the fruit off the ground, either by training, or by a mulch of straw. Tomato plants are sold in great quantities cheaply in spring, but from a five-cent seed-packet one can raise many plants at 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 French, Allen, 1870-1946. New York, The Macmillan Co.
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