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for if seed prove nnvital a new purchase can be made, 

 and a new planting follow within a few days ; but im- 

 pure seed is more deceptive, as its very vigor secures the 

 crop, attention and labor to be subsequently found 

 wasted. Of the two evils, un vital seed or imj^ure seed, 

 the first, by all odds, is the least. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Transplanting. 



Many seeds of garden vegetables, and of nearly all 

 garden flowers, are first sown in beds, to be afterwards 

 transplanted to permanent positions, with the object. 



First : — That by their concentration more thorough 

 attention can be given them as respects preparation of 

 seed bed. 



Second : — Because the space in which they ulti- 

 mately stand may be occupied by an immature crop. 



Third : — That delicate plants might be lost if sown 

 in permanent positions and subjected to the attacks of 

 insects, or overgrown by weeds. 



Fourth : — To save labor, as one thousand small 

 plants in a bed can be cared for at one-tenth the cost of 

 time and money a.s the same number in open ground. 



Fifth : — To induce productiveness, as plants set out 

 from beds to the open ground are checked in their vigor 

 of leaf growth and a clearly indicated disposition devel- 

 oped, in the direction of blooming and early maturity. 

 The beds in whicli delicate, slow m-owins: vegetable 

 plants are grown may be hotbeds, intermediate beds, 

 cold frames or out door border beds, but from all or any 

 of them the plants must be moved with equal care, for 

 transplanting is an operation so delicate as not only to 



