122 THE SEED-GROWER. 



CULTURAL HINTS FOR THE ORDINARY 

 GARDEN. 



Most varieties may be forwarded by starting them in 

 a hotbed before spring opens, and in such case, or 

 when starting plants in open ground in a seed or nurs- 

 ery bed, seed should be sown thinly in narrow rows, 

 four or five inches apart, thinning out plants to quite 

 small distances apart when the first true leaf appears. 



Artichoke Seedlings or suckers taken off in spring 

 should be set out in rows 4 feet apart, 2 feet in the row. 



One ounce seed will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Asparagus Seed is slow to germinate, and may be 

 soaked 24 hours in warm water to hasten its sprouting. 

 Sow thinly in rows 1 foot apart, thinning out afterwards 

 to 4 inches in the row. Reset roots when one year old 

 6 inches below surface and 12 inches apart in the row. 



One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill; 1 pound will pro- 

 duce about 2,500 plants. 



Beans Make rows for bush varieties 18 inches apart. 

 Drop one bean every 3 or 4 inches, covering 2 inches 

 deep. Make hills for pole varieties 3 feet each way; 

 plant four or five beans to a hill. 



One pint bush beans will plant 100 feet of row. One 

 pint pole beans will plant 75 hills. 



Beet Sow table varieties in drills 18 inches apart, 1 

 inch deep; thin plants to 6 inches apart. Sow field 

 varieties in drills, 2 J feet apart, thinning to 1 foot apart. 



One ounce will sow 60 feet of drill. 5 pounds man- 

 gold wurtzel, 10 pounds sugar beet will plant one acre. 



Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts Set out plants from seed 

 bed in rows 2 feet apart, 18 inches in the row. 



One ounce will produce 3,000 plants. 



Cabbage Set out plants from nursery or hotbed in 



