Planting the Garden 



compact to retain moisture enough about the 

 seed to insure germination. The pressure of 

 the board imbeds it in the soil, and no cover- 

 ing will be needed. 



In proportion as seed increases in size, use 

 more soil for covering. Most seedsmen now- 

 adays print quite full cultural directions on the 

 package. These should be carefully read and 

 followed. You will also find general directions 

 for planting and after-care in the catalogues. 



Let me say something, right here, about the 

 kind of seed to use. Always get the best in 

 the market. But how can we tell which is the 

 best, may be asked. To which I answer: by 

 always buying of dealers of established reputa- 

 tion, men who have dealt so fairly and so 

 honorably with their customers that they hold 

 them year after year, and, in some instances, 

 to my personal knowledge, generation after 

 generation. I buy all the seed I use of a firm 

 from which my grandfather bought his. Of 

 course the original members of the firm have 

 gone, but the same honorable methods which 

 characterized its beginning have been continued 

 to the present time, and we know that what- 

 ever this firm sells can be relied on as absolutely 



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