THE HOKTICULTUKAL CLUB 161 



"When you start seeds in boxes it is only a little 

 while before your trouble begins. As soon as two or 

 three leaves have formed you have to begin to thin 

 them. You take out the little plants in between 

 until those that are left are two or three inches apart. 

 This is when they are growing in the house. When 

 they are growing outdoors you do likewise. 



"Then you think you are done thinning, but you 

 are not ; you have to do it again. Pretty soon the 

 leaves are near each other and the little plants grow 

 bigger. Then you take out the ones between until 

 they are six inches from each other, or, if they are in 

 flats, you have to pot them. -You can plant them 

 out of doors if it is warm enough. 



"A nice way to move seedlings, when they are out 

 of doors, is to take a tin box. The kind that saltines 

 come in is very nice for this. Then you put a little 

 water in it, and then, just as fast as you take the 

 seedlings out, you put them in the box with the 

 roots down and the heads up. Then the roots don't 

 get dry and the little plants are moved very com- 

 fortably. 



"You must take hold of a seedling just where the 

 roots begin. If you take them up by the top, some- 

 times the stem breaks and then it becomes dead." 



