7/0 Rural School Leaflet 



loam, sandy loam, and even clay loam are easily worked, and are the 

 soils generally found to give good results. See the lesson on soils, 

 page 219. 



5. Starting plants. — The seeds of all but the more rankly growing 

 plants may be started in the house in March or April, using shallow boxes 

 filled with light soil. A little care is needed to avoid sowing the seeds 

 too early, for if the window conditions are such that the plants grow 

 spindling, they transplant with difficulty. Six weeks before the time 

 to plant out of doors is early enough to sow the seeds in boxes, and even 

 then it is often necessary to transplant into other boxes before the ground 

 is fit to receive the seedlings. For the first year it would be well to have 

 the children grow some one thing indoors, in order to give them a lesson 

 in transplanting. Tomato plants would be good for the first lesson. If 

 flowers are desired, pansies might be started in boxes. 



WHAT TO plant 



C. E, HUNN 



A list of garden vegetables, the seed of which may be sown as soon as 

 the groimd is fit to work in the spring : 



Variety Time of Sov/ing 



Asparagus April 2 



Beets 



Carrots 



Chicory 



Cress " 



Endive 



Kale "^ 



Kohl-rabi ' ^ 



Leek 



Lettuce 



Mustard 



Onion 



Parsley 



Parsnips 



Peas 



Radish " 



Rutabaga " 



Salsify " 



Sea kale 



Spinach 



Turnip " 



