WHERE TO SOW 



Use the nursery space for certain annuals in suf- 

 ficient number to supply the definite places awaiting 

 them in the garden, omitting from the nursery such 

 varieties as can better be sown in the garden-bed. 



The richer and finer the soil, the faster will the seed- 

 lings develop. Sufficient watering, not more and not 

 less, is another important nursery rule. 



Though the nursery start necessitates some extra 

 work on account of transplanting, to any valuable 

 possession a certain amount of trouble and respon- 

 sibility is attached; and a well planned nursery be- 

 hind a garden of continuous bloom means only a 

 reasonable expenditure of effort with endless satisfac- 

 tion as the reward. 



When the problem of limited space is absent, how 

 fortunate the gardener ! Under glass and in the open, 

 he may then sow freely for the garden, the "picking" 

 garden, and the friend's garden. 



SOWING IN THE GARDEN-BED 



As elsewhere stated, all annuals named in this book 

 excepting Heliotrope, Begonias, etc., may be sown 

 in spring where they are to bloom, when early flow- 

 ering is not required of them. See footnote, page 8. 



And again, it is perhaps needless to add, there are 

 some annuals which are always sown in the garden- 

 beds, because they do not transplant well. These 

 are Cleome, Poppies, Candytuft, Nasturtiums, an- 



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