BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



in which to make the other two gutters ; we must not 

 plant our border flowers exactly on the edge, as they 

 will interfere with the path, so we cannot divide this 

 space in half but must allow six inches from the edge 

 of the bed for our border row, which brings our side 

 row 9 inches from the center of the bed. 



Make all your gutters the same as you made the 

 center one. Open your packets and sow your seeds 

 just as I have described, remembering that small 

 seeds must not be planted deep and large seeds not 

 too close together. Be sure and "tuck" them in 

 and mark the ends of the rows. 



Do you know why we made our line so straight 

 and were so careful to sow the seeds in them? Two 

 reasons : If we did not have them in a definite place 

 how would we be able to tell them from the weeds 

 when they first came up? Unless you know your 

 seedlings when they first appear you might pull 

 them all out thinking they w r ere weeds, but if they 

 are in a straight line, many looking alike, then you 

 know your babies. Also we wish our gardens to 



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have a neat appearance ; again it is so much easier 

 to cultivate if the rows are straight; this is much 

 more true of vegetable gardens than flower gardens, 

 but applies to both except a garden of "perennial" 

 flowers which I will tell you about later. 



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