BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



to turn a handspring but can go right down into 

 the ground. Other seeds do not care so much how 

 they are planted. 



When you have a long flat seed like dahlia it lies 

 flat on the ground, but there is one very queer seed 

 as round and flat as a 10-cent piece, and it wants 

 to stand on edge like a hoop. It is the seed of a 

 beautiful vine which has purple, trumpet-shaped 

 flowers and is called Coboea Scandens. 



Some seeds are so fine we just scatter them on 

 top of the earth, and pat them gently. The poppy 

 has seed as fine as grains of pepper, and, do you 

 know, I always put my poppy seeds in a pepper 

 shaker and sow them that way, just making believe 

 I am dusting pepper on a baked potato. 



The old fashioned saying is "Plant your seed 

 its own depth" and you can easily see that poppies 

 have no depth at all, and so we put them on top of 

 the ground, while radishes and nasturtiums must 

 be covered with a blanket of dirt as thick as they 

 are. 



When you have looked at your seeds carefully 

 and thought of the tiny babies inside, I am sure you 

 will know they deserve a nice soft bed to grow in, 

 and when you get tired working in your garden, 



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