HERB AND FLOWER SEEDS. 
The general directions given in the preceding pages 
for growing commercial or field crops of seed of the 
different varieties of vegetables, as well as for raising 
choice stock seed, will also apply to the production of 
all herb and flower seeds. The operation is always to 
be governed by the character or nature of the variety 
and extent of crop proposed to be grown. 
After all, the process of saving seeds is simple and 
natural, It is merely that to obtain the finest seeds 
which shall insure the most satisfactory results, you 
should save seeds only from ideal specimen plants, that 
is, from plants which produce only perfect flowers and 
possess all the characters you would like to see in the 
offspring. Namely, all the true attributes of the vari- 
ety inclusive of a robust frame or stalk, and clean, 
healthy foliage. 
In addition, if it is desired to save a few strictly 
choice seeds, then only the first or earliest perfect flow- 
ers which develop on the ideal plant chosen must be 
allowed to go to seed, and this plant should be covered 
with mosquito netting to prevent cross-fertilizing with 
inferior plants which may be growing nearby. 
In saving seed on a small scale, the selected plants 
may be marked either with a wooden label or a stake 
driven alongside, and it is better to tie all such plants 
to stakes for support. 
In cases where the character of the variety be such 
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