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with spaces three fourths of an inch wide, 

 will provide the necessary drainage. The 

 soil for planting should be from six to 

 eight inches deep. This will allow ample 

 room for later surface dressings. When 

 the plants are to be grown in pots, six-, 

 eight-, and ten-inch ones are used. Three 

 plants may be grown to each of the latter 

 size. 



Before the plants have filled the soil in 

 their first pots completely with roots the 

 beds or boxes should be filled with soil in 

 proper condition as to moisture. Use soil 

 prepared as directed in Chapter II. The ball 

 of soil in which the young plants are growing 

 should be moist but not wet. For planting 

 in benches or beds have a piece of heavy cord 

 the length of the bed, and stick pins in it 

 at the distance that the rows of plants are 

 to be apart across the beds. Fasten the 

 cord about two inches back of where the first 

 row of plants is to be, at one side of the 

 bed, lengthwise. By placing a plant two 

 inches away from the line, and opposite 

 the point indicated by the pins, the work of 

 planting can be done rapidly. Set the 

 plants sufficiently deep to allow about one 



