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Flowerpots. Flowerpots may also be used ; the four- 

 inch are best. In greenhouses two-inch pots are fre- 

 quently used, but they are too small for house purposes. 

 Pack the pots in boxes after the plants have been set in, 

 and fill soil, moss, or leaf mold around and between them, 

 to retain the moisture. The boxes containing the pots 



FIG. 126. Cabbage Plants growing in Tin Cans 



should be well drained. Gardener's flats or other boxes 

 about four inches deep are excellent for this purpose. 



Tin cans may be used as flowerpots. Place them in a 

 hot stove or furnace until the solder is melted off ; then 

 remove the bottoms and open the cans along the sides. 

 Strings tied around the cans, as indicated in Fig. 126, 

 will keep them from coming apart. 

 , Preparing the soil for seedlings. Whether boxes, flower- 

 pots, or cans are used, place a layer of half an inch of 

 pebbles, cinders, or pieces of broken flowerpots at the 



