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short one for working across beds. After use, 

 lines should always be neatly wrapped around 

 their stakes. 



3. When seeds are to be planted in a 

 garden bed proceed as follows : Stretch a line 

 across the bed, and, with the hand, open a 

 furrow in the soil along the line, making the 

 furrow of a depth suitable to the kind of seed 

 to be sown, two inches deep for large seeds, 

 an inch or less for small ones. Having made 

 one furrow move the line the required dis- 

 tance, fix it in position, mark out another 

 furrow, and so on. In regulating the distance 

 between the rows it is convenient to have a 

 piece of stick of the same length as the dis-* 

 tance the rows are to be apart, and to use this 

 as a measure to mark the new position of the 

 line every time it requires to be moved ; this 

 secures regularity and neatness of work. The 

 furrows being opened, scatter the seeds by 

 the hand along the bottom of each, care being: 

 taken to scatter them evenly and not too 

 thickly. When the seeds are in position 

 gently draw the soil over them, and after they 

 are covered apply a little pressure to render 

 the soil around them firm. 



4. Pots are sometimes used for sowing 

 seeds in, particularly large seeds. They are 



