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watered often enough to keep it continually moist, in 

 order to insure the prompt germination of the seed and 

 the rapid growth of the young plants. 



Fig. 218. — A Cloth Shade or Tent, here used as a Seed-bed. 



As a rule, brush and wood are burned on the chosen 

 spot until the soil has been well heated to a depth of about 



