. Beckert Seed & Bulb Co. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Gardening Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Equipment and. 38 BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY Lovely Flowers from Seed. WHETHER your taste runs to great masses of brilliant color or artistic plantings of the rarer and more deli- »> cate shades, whether you want blooms to beautify your borders or to cut for vases and table decoration, you will find flower growing intensely
. Beckert Seed & Bulb Co. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Gardening Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Equipment and. 38 BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY Lovely Flowers from Seed. WHETHER your taste runs to great masses of brilliant color or artistic plantings of the rarer and more deli- »> cate shades, whether you want blooms to beautify your borders or to cut for vases and table decoration, you will find flower growing intensely in- teresting and delightful, as well as an easy and inexpen- sive recreation. With hundreds of easily grown varieties from which to choose (and many of the lesser known sorts are even more practical and beautiful than the old favorites) there is endless opportunity for creating new effects and discover- ing new beauties. In fact a good half of the fun in gardening comes from try- ing the things you and your neighbors haven't grown before. Generally speaking, flowers are even easier to grow than vege- tables. There is one important difference, however: most flower seeds are quite small and rather slow in sprouting. That means a little more care in preparing the seed bed and sow- ing, and a little more patience in waiting for the seeds to grow. The rest is easy. With a few exceptions young flower plants may be transplanted without injury, which makes it con- venient to start the seed in a special seed-bed and later move the seedlings to the places where they are wanted to bloom. Make the seed bed just as fine and mellow and level as you possibly can. Scatter the seed thinly in shallow furrows and cover with a little fine soil. In the case of very small-grained seeds, scatter them right on the surface of the seed-bed and press them into the surface with a smooth board. When the seedlings are an inch or two high, or as soon as you can safely distinguish them from weeds, thin or t
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