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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



FIG. 146. ABUSED STREET TREES 



should be neither wet nor dry, but mellow, and after the 

 seeds are planted it should be lightly rolled or packed 

 and then well wet down. If the bed is likely to dry out 

 quickly, it is well to sprinkle over it a thin layer of pine 

 needles or sphagnum moss, but this should be drawn aside 

 when the plants appear, to avoid mould and damping off. 



