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and lay it across the box in a straight line with the 

 end of the box and about an inch away from it. 

 Press the pencil down gently so as to make a little 

 gutter, now reverse the pencil (if it is sharpened) 

 so that the gutter will be the same at both ends. 

 Make gutters like this all across the box, one and 

 one-half inches apart. 



Cabbage and dahlia seeds need a deeper gutter 

 than tomatoes and pansies. Next, sprinkle the 

 seeds in the gutters not too close together, always 

 remembering each little plant will want some room 

 to grow. Now sprinkle over them the soil we saved 

 until the gutters are completely filled, then gently 

 press the soil all over. This is to make sure every 

 seed is safely tucked all snug in its bed that visions 

 of blossoms may dance o'er its head. 



You can plant tomatoes in one end of your box 

 and cabbage in the other end, or a different kind of 

 seed in each gutter, but never two kinds in the same 

 gutter. 



Keep the soil moist, but do not pour the water 

 on or you will wash the seed out of the ground. 

 The nicest thing to water with that I know of is a 

 clothes sprinkler ; it is an aluminum spray on a cork, 

 which is put in a bottle of water. Shake this over 

 your seed box until the soil is moist. Remember, if 



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