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soil. What sort of soil it is, or in what condition, 

 or at what depth or temperature the seed is planted, 

 are questions about which they do not trouble them- 

 selves to think. 



Two conditions — moisture and warmth — are nec- 

 essary to induce germination of seeds, no matter how 

 full of life they may be; and as was shown in the 

 preceding chapter the different varieties have some 

 choice as to the degree of each, especially of temper- 

 ature. This means of course that some commonsense 

 must be used in planting, and when planting out- 

 doors, where we cannot regulate the temperature 

 to our need, we simply must regulate our seed sow- 

 ing to its dictates, no matter how impatient we may 

 be. 



To insure the best possible germination, and thus 

 the best gardening, we must, first of all then, settle 

 the question of temperature when sowing out-of- 

 doors. For practical work it serves to divide the 

 garden vegetables into two groups, though in plant- 

 ing, the table on page 25, and special suggestions 

 in the following chapter, should be consulted. 



WHEN TO sow OUTDOORS 



Sow from the end of March to the beginning of 

 May, or when plum and peach trees bloom, the fol- 

 lowing : 

 Beet Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower 



