Seed- Beds. 
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if there are any overhanging boughs from trees, 
they ought to be lopped. For, although the seed- 
lings will look healthy and run up under the shade, 
still, if they get any hot sun after being trans- 
planted, they will die at once. Many planters 
prefer very bad soil for their seed-beds, saying 
that when the plants are removed into better 
soil, they get a grand start, but although the 
theory is good, as a matter of fact, a weedy sickly 
seedling nearly always turns out a sickly plant, 
The seed should be planted 1 inch to 14 inches deep, 
and on no account, deeper, Seedlings never come 
on so wellin beds, that have been planted before, 
unless fresh soil is carried. If there is very little 
land available for seed-beds, you may plant twice, 
carrying some soil the second time, but after this 
stake up bed and leave plants to stakes, thus 
making a small extension, and this small extension 
can be utilized as a seed garden and grown accord- 
ingly. By this, I mean letting them run high 
and not picking leaf, but only seed. Seed is 
ready for plucking, when it turns brown and be- 
gins to crack. Only pluck bushes, that are very 
