E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 T#K£D WASKBUKN'S need nothing moi'e than a thhi sprhikling ot earth just to fairly cover the seeds; and each pot should have the surface again gently pressed down; a slight watering with a v^'^ fins rose will complete the operation of sowing. X,'' When all the pots are tilled and planted, and marked, as they should be, with the ^â7e of rl ^ each, and date of sowing, upon a neat label, remove them at once to the hotbed or trame, and place them perfectly level, so that e
E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 T#K£D WASKBUKN'S need nothing moi'e than a thhi sprhikling ot earth just to fairly cover the seeds; and each pot should have the surface again gently pressed down; a slight watering with a v^'^ fins rose will complete the operation of sowing. X,'' When all the pots are tilled and planted, and marked, as they should be, with the ^â7e of rl ^ each, and date of sowing, upon a neat label, remove them at once to the hotbed or trame, and place them perfectly level, so that each pot may receive its proper proportion of water X' 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 germinate too quick, and be drawn up weakly. As ,(j' the seedlings appear above ground, give air by tilting the sashes at the back.' Give li water as the pots require it (which is usually once a day), and always of the same j^* j, temperature of the bed, and be careful in the operation not to wash away or destroy the 'i* young and slender seedlings. During cold nights, a mat may be thrown over the frame, ^, 11^ which will prevent the loss of heat, and maintain a more even temperature. As some of ^i; v| ^ the see^^ls will make their appearance before others, those that appear above ground â should be placed together towards the back of the frame, where they can have a greater abundance of air, and be more freely wa:ered, than the others. As the plants acquire a proper size, they should be thinned out, so as not to injure those that remain; and then, when further advanced, should be transplanted into four-inch pots, â one, three, or five plants in each, according to the variety, â using a compost similar to that in -which they
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