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AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS 



Many flower seeds may be sowed directly in the open 

 ground where they are to remain. The sweet pea is one 

 of the most popular flowers grown in this way. The seeds 

 should be sowed rather thickly in rows and covered fully 

 four inches deep. The sowing should be varied in time 



according to the 

 climate. From 

 North Carolina 

 southward, sweet 

 peas may be sowed 

 in the fall or in 

 January, as they 

 are very hardy and 

 should be gotten 

 into bloom before 

 the weather gets 

 hot. Late spring 

 sowing will not 

 give fine flowers in 

 the South. From 

 North Carolina 

 northward, the 

 seeds should be 

 sowed just as early 

 in the spring as the ground can be worked easily. When 

 the plants appear, stakes should be set along the rows and 

 a strip of woven-wire fence stretched for the plants to 

 climb on. Morning-glory seeds are also sowed where they 

 are to grow. The seeds of the moon-flower are large and 

 hard and will fail to grow unless they are slightly cut ; 

 that is, make a slight cut just through the hard outer 



FIG. 239. DAHLIAS 

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