. School and home gardens. Gardening; School gardens. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 221 Place seeds in the box and cover all of them with soil, so that after it has been made firm with a flat piece of board, the box will be filled to within half an inch of the top. Water with a garden sprinkler and keep the box covered with a pane of glass until the seeds begin to come up. Keep the box at living-room temperature as nearly as possible. In schoolrooms, where the temperature is low on Saturdays and Sundays, seeds should be planted on Monday. This will give them an opportunity to germi- nate during the wee
. School and home gardens. Gardening; School gardens. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 221 Place seeds in the box and cover all of them with soil, so that after it has been made firm with a flat piece of board, the box will be filled to within half an inch of the top. Water with a garden sprinkler and keep the box covered with a pane of glass until the seeds begin to come up. Keep the box at living-room temperature as nearly as possible. In schoolrooms, where the temperature is low on Saturdays and Sundays, seeds should be planted on Monday. This will give them an opportunity to germi- nate during the week, while the room is warm. Germination may also be hastened by soaking the seeds for twenty- four hours before plant- ing them. Sowing small seeds. Cabbage, lettuce, and other small seeds should have the soil prepared as for large seeds, ex- cepting that the box should be filled with soil to within half an inch of the top before planting. The seeds may be planted in rows or sown in the seed bed. If they are to be sown, divide the box into as many spaces as there. Fig. 123. A Plant grown from a Seed that was planted too deep Much of the vitality of the plant was lost in forming a double set of roots. 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 Meier, William Herman Dietrich, 1868-. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Co
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