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Just because the weather is cold, don't put off 

 sending your order. Mail it at once and avoid all 



chances of having 

 your seed delayed. 

 Keeping Seeds. 

 It is not easy to 

 destroy the vital- 

 A hand weeder and scarifier ity of seeds, but a 



little care will avoid trouble in the busy season. 

 When you receive your seeds store them in a cool, 

 frostproof place where they will be perfectly dry. 

 If you are troubled with mice and do not think you 

 can afford a proper mouse-proof seed chest, use an 

 old bread tin. 



Tools and Repairs. The chances are, that if 

 you haven't gardened before, you will not be sup- 

 plied with tools. Do not try to run your garden 

 with a spade and a hoe; but on the other hand, 

 you do not need a 2-horse 

 cultivator for a small garden. 

 The following tools I have 

 found very useful: spade, dig- 

 ging fork, manure fork, aspar- 

 agus knife, draw hoe, scuffle 

 hoe, hose and sprinkler, 12- 

 inch labels, garden line and 

 reel, raffia for tying, shovel, 

 trowel, watering pot and 

 wheelbarrow. A roller is also 

 very useful; if you do not 

 wish to go to the expense of 

 devised buying one, make it yourself. 



Trowels for special pur- 

 poses. The broad, general 

 purpose form is found in 

 every garden. The rounded 

 "Slim Jim" is useful in 

 setting bulbs and deep 

 rooted plants. The V-shap- 

 ed type is one of the hand- 



