SEEDS 



again. If the plants in a bed are all of the same 

 variety and color, and you wish only to mark 

 choice blossoms, a bit of colored worsted tied about 

 the stem will serve all the purposes of a tag. 



When you come to gather your seeds, you will 

 need a quantity of paper bags of at least three 

 sizes, small, medium, and large. Bags are made 

 for this particular purpose without any gum 

 on the flap. Do not buy the envelopes made 

 for holding coins, for they are sometimes not 

 thoroughly tight, and are apt to come apart if 

 the seeds are slightly damp. 



When you have a number of varieties of seeds 

 to collect which you wish to keep separate, and 

 can expect to get but a small quantity of each, 

 you will find it convenient to use these envelopes 

 for the seed-pods. Always mark the name on 

 the envelope before you drop in the first pod, 

 and then you will not be trying to remember 

 what particular plant it came from. Where you 

 have larger quantities to collect of a particular 

 flower, small tin boxes about five inches long, 

 three broad, and two deep, will be found useful. 

 Such boxes — which should have hinged lids, by 

 the way — can be bought for a trifle, or you can 

 use the tin boxes which once contained tobacco 



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