CHAPTER III 



PLANTING SEED IN THE OPEN GROUND 



IS important for it is just the form that most 

 of the garden sowing will take. The sowing 

 of seed in hotbeds and flats in the house is of 

 much interest and importance, but the garden, 

 for the most part, will go directly into the open 

 ground, and upon the care and judgment with 

 which the planting is done will depend the suc- 

 cess of the season's work. 



The ground should be in as good condition for 

 sowing as possible — neither too dry nor too wet. 

 It should, and this is of much importance, be 

 warm. The best of seed will not germinate if 

 sown in wet, cold soil, especially is this true of 

 peas and beans, failures with these being almost 

 invariably due to too much haste in planting or 

 unfavorable weather immediately following. It 

 is no unusual thing in a cold, late spring for these 



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