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moist, in a temperature in the window of from 60 to 70 

 degrees, and your little trouble will soon be rewarded. 



In this way seeds should be sown thickly, and after they 

 have made the first rough leaf, should be again planted 

 out into the same kind of box, from one to four inches 

 apart, according to the kind, and placed in the window to 

 receive similar treatment as the seeds ; but as the season 

 advances, in mild days they should be set out of doors, 

 care being taken that they are brought in at night, and 

 that the soil in the boxes is never allowed to get dry. 



I know what is usually the first thing the novice in gar- 

 dening does if he gets any choice seed or favorite cutting ; 

 he has some how got the belief that there is some hidden 

 virtue in a flower pot, and he accordingly sows his seed 

 or plants his cutting in a pot, but in nine cases out of ten 

 they are destroyed, or partially so, by the continued dry- 

 ing of the soil in the porous flower pot. If early in the 

 season, let delicate seeds be sown in the kitchen or sitting 

 room window, in the boxes as recommended, or if late, in 

 the open boi-der; but seeds should never be sown in pots, 

 as even in experienced hands they are much more trouble- 

 some and uncertain than boxes. 



ROTATION OF CROPS. Cultivators of the most limited 

 experience soon discover that the same kind of crop can- 

 not be grown on the same ground for many years in suc- 

 cession, without deterioration. A great many theories 

 have been advanced assigning causes for this, but they are 

 as yet far from satisfactory, and as this is not a book of 

 theory but of practice, I will not further allude to them. 

 The following general rules will be found useful as a 

 guide : 



