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have reached maturity, have flowered and borne fruit in the school- 

 garden. While the deeper boxes may be used, it is perhaps better, 

 when seeds are to be planted, to use much shallower boxes. In 

 the absence of gardeners' flats, cigar boxes can be obtained from 

 some near-by dealer, or some grocer or fruit dealer will gladly 

 supply the school with fig boxes. The soil for these should be 

 about one part rich soil and two parts of sand. The seed should 

 be covered lightly, the very small seeds being merely pressed into 



A cheap box for a window garden — a "saw-box " with begonias, dracaenas, and umbrella palm. 

 The side of the box is covered with wandering jew (Tradescantia). 



the soil with a block or board. The boxes should not be allowed 

 to dry up ; the small boxes will probably have to be watered at 

 least twice a day. As the plants come up and grow they should 

 be put into flower pots or tomato cans, or, if they are to be trans- 

 planted into the garden, old strawberry boxes will be better. A 

 paper should be put in the strawberry box to make it tighter. 

 The soil for the transplanting of seedlings should be one part 

 soil, one part well-rotted manure and one part sand, and if the 

 plants are to be shifted and remain in the schoolroom, upon the 

 second shifting some fine bone-meal should be added to the soil. 



