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while others will not water them at all, but leave the sun 

 to shine upon their covering of soil and dry it to a powder. 

 And then they wonder and scold these three types of 

 amusing people because " these seeds won't come up, bad 

 luck to them!" And so it was truly "bad luck" for the 

 seeds when they fell into such hands. 



But there is a right way of doing this simple thing, and 

 let us now see what it is : 



In the first place there are seeds, and seeds, and by no 

 means are all fit to plant because they are called "seeds." 

 A seed should never be planted except from large, ripe, 

 well-shaped and fine -flavored fruit, no matter whether 

 your ultimate object be a seedling grove or only stock to 

 bud on. And not every seed from these should be planted 

 either, but only the plump, sleek, and well-to-do looking 

 seeds; these alone will make thrifty growers, either for 

 seedling or budded stock. Never allow your seeds to dry 

 off before planting, if you do, throw them away, as they 

 will either never germinate, or else make sickly plants. 



If it is not convenient to plant a few at a time, as you 

 collect them, either allow your choice oranges desired for 

 seed to rot, the seeds remaining inside, or better still, get 

 a small box, half fill it with sand, saturate the latter with 

 water, put it in a shady place, and mix in your seeds with 

 your sand, being sure they are well covered ; if you have 

 no shade convenient, it will do to mulch with moss heavily 

 or with trash. But mark this, do not water your box 

 again or the seeds will rot. Thus treated, seeds may be 

 kept in good condition for planting for several weeks. 

 Examine them every two or three days, and if they show 

 signs of sprouting, hurry them into their permanent bury- 

 ing ground. 



We would advise every settler to have a nursery of 

 young trees, even if he is able to purchase all the trees he 



