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SEEDS, STORING. 



plants, the less they are subject to injury 

 by extremes of temperature, other condi- 

 tions being equal, and vice versd. 



Watering. In all cases where rare or 

 delicate - bodied seeds, uncertain in their 

 periods of germination, are covered with 

 prepared soil, as described in the fore- 

 going remarks, it is requisite that the pots 

 or seed pans thus sown should be carefully 

 well watered immediately after, to settle 

 the soil down to a uniform surface, suit- 

 able for after-waterings. As all seeds lie 

 dormant in the soil for given periods pre- 

 vious to the swelling of the inner sub- 

 stance, which is the first evidence of their 

 fermentation, it is not safe to give succes- 

 sive heavy waterings for a short time after 

 the first application, as referred to. Even 

 the softest seed should be but gradually 

 moistened, and not repeatedly gorged with 

 water, before they are able to digest or 

 decompose it through the medium of living 

 organs ; and from this fact it is legitimately 

 inferred that there should always be a due 

 period allowed between the first repeated 

 watering of seeds, to admit of a healthy 

 evaporation from the surface soil at each 

 watering, especially where the material for 

 covering seeds has been indiscriminately 

 applied, without previous exposure to the 

 ameliorating and purifying influences ol 

 sun and air. Daily or alternate waterings 

 are essential, as required, first known by 

 the gradual upheaving of the surface soil, 

 and secondly, by the bursting or expan- 

 sion of the seed-lobes above the soil. 

 Water may always be given more freely 

 wLh advancing growth to the most delicat 

 germs, admitting a healthy evaporation or 

 dryness of surface as the test of a furthe: 

 supply. The importance of uniform atten 

 tion to watering may be best learnt by 

 experience and observation ; but the inex 

 perienced cultivator may be reminded 

 that to omit a single watering overnigh 

 of young plant germs from seed, when in 



parched state, often leads to the even- 



ual loss of the whole, and, in many indi- 



idual instances, is the incipient cause 



f constitutional debility throughout the 



entire life of the plant. 



Seeds for Kitchen Garden. See 



Kitchen-garden Seeds. 



Seedsmen, Names and Ad- 

 dresses of. 



It will be useful to the reader to give 

 icre the names and addresses of a few 

 seedsmen in London and different parts of 

 :he country, placing them in alphabetical 

 order. There are, of course, many others 

 whom it is impossible to mention through 

 >vant of space, and the names that are 

 jiven are inserted merely for the benefit 

 of those who would rather have selections 

 of seeds for use throughout the year in 

 bulk ins-tead of purchasing them as he may 

 want them in his own immediate neigh- 

 bourhood : 



G. Barr and Son, King Street, Covent Garden, 



me. 



Isaac Brunning and Co., 3, Regent Street, 



Great Yarmouth. 



H. Cannell and Sons, Swanky, Kent. 

 Carter and Co., 237 and 238, High Holborn, 



W.C. 



Carter, Page and Co., 55, London Wall, E.C. 

 Viccars Collyer and Co., Central Hall, 



Leicester. 



G. Cooling and Son, Bath. 

 Daniels Brothers, Norwich. 

 W. B. Hartland, 24, Patrick Street, Cork. 

 Hooper and Co., Co-vent Garden, W.C. 

 Ryder and Son, Sale, near Manchester. 

 Richard Smith and Co., Worcester. 

 Stuart and Mein, Kelso, Scotland. 

 Sutton and Sons, Reading, Berks. 

 James Veitch and Sons, 544, Kings Road, 



Chelsea, S.W. 



E. Webb and Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 

 B. S. Williams, 'Victoria and Parodist 



Nurseries, Holloway, N. 



Seeds, Storing. 



In collecting seeds the greatest care is 

 required to have them ripe, and that the 



