Rural School Leaflet 1065 



3. Flower seeds that should be planted two inches deep: nasturtium, 

 sunflower, sweet pea. 



4. Vegetable seeds that should be planted one-half inch deep: cabbage, 

 carrot, cucumber, lettuce, muskmclon, onion, parsley, radish, tomato, 

 turnip. 



5. Vegetable seeds that should be planted one inch deep: beet, parsnip, 

 pumpkin, spinach, squash, watermelon. 



6. Vegetable seeds that should be planted two inches deep: bean, com, 

 pea. 



THINNING AND TRANSPLANTING 



In order to have a good garden, each plant should have room for its 

 fullest development, and since most of the seeds of garden flowers and 

 vegetables are small, it is almost impossible to sow the seeds sparsely 

 enough so that each plant will grow to perfection. Since this is the case, 

 the plants must be thinned, and the excess either thrown away or trans- 

 planted to some other part of the garden. If the thinning is done in cool, 

 cloudy weather, the seedlings may be transplanted with great ease; but 

 if it is done in dry, sunshiny weather, the seedlings must be shaded after 

 being set out. It is best to thin the plants when they are small, before they 

 have become crowded; but if one washes to save them for transplanting, 

 they may be left until they are large enough to handle. The following 

 statement will be found helpful to young gardeners in thinning and trans- 

 planting: 



1. Flowers that should be four inches apart: alyssum, balsam, candy- 

 tuft, poppy. 



2. Flowers that should be six to eight inches apart: bachelor's-button, 

 dianthus, four-o'clock, mignonette, morning-glory, pansy, phlox, sweet 

 pea. 



3. Flowers that should be twelve inches apart: aster, calliopsis, 

 cockscomb, larkspur, marigold, nasturtium, petunia, scabiosa, verbena, 

 zinnia. 



4. Flowers that should be eighteen to twenty-four inches apart: sun- 

 flower. 



5. Vegetables that should be six inches apart: beet, lettuce, parsnip, 

 parsley, spinach, turnip. 



6. Vegetables that should be twelve inches apart: snap bean, cabbage. 



7. Vegetables that may be sown thickly: carrot, onion, pea, radish. 



8. Vegetables that should be two to three feet apart each way: com, 

 Lima bean, tomato. 



9. Vegetables that should be three to five feet apart each way : cucumber, 

 muskmelon, pumpkin, squash, watermelon. 



