. School and home gardens. Gardening; School gardens. ()L AND HOME GARDENS are kinds of seeds. Sow them so that there are about half a dozen per square inch, and press them down evenly into the soil with a flat piece of board. Place a label for each kind on the side of the box. Sift soil on the seeds to cover them to a depth of about two or three times their own thickness. A sieve for this purpose may be made by taking the bottom out of a small box and tack- ing on wire netting with a mesh about the size of that used for door screens. Press down the soil just enough to make it smooth. Place ov
. School and home gardens. Gardening; School gardens. ()L AND HOME GARDENS are kinds of seeds. Sow them so that there are about half a dozen per square inch, and press them down evenly into the soil with a flat piece of board. Place a label for each kind on the side of the box. Sift soil on the seeds to cover them to a depth of about two or three times their own thickness. A sieve for this purpose may be made by taking the bottom out of a small box and tack- ing on wire netting with a mesh about the size of that used for door screens. Press down the soil just enough to make it smooth. Place over it a single layer of cheesecloth, and water the seeds by sprinkling water on the cloth. The box may then be cov- ered with glass until the seeds come up. If the seed bed becomes too moist, the glass must be raised slightly to admit air, which will absorb the drops of water collected on the under sur- face. A glass cover like that shown in Fig. 118 is very useful for small germinating seeds. The seedhngs may remain under it until they have attained consider- able size. The seed l^oxes should be kept in a Aery warm place near a stove or radiator for two or three days after. Fig. 124. Watering Small Seeds. 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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