Lesson I 



For Planting Seed: Take one part of 

 soil, two parts of sand. Mix well and sift. 

 Put the lumps in the bottom of the shallow 

 box, which is called a flat. Fill it nearly 

 one-half full of lumps or broken pots for 

 drainage. Then fill the fiat with the fine 

 soil and sow the seed rather thinly broad- 

 cast, one seed to every one-half inch of 

 space. Cover about one-eighth inch by 

 sifting soil on through a flour sieve. Press 

 down evenly and firmly with a block or 

 board. Mark the kind of seed and date 

 on a label and place it in one comer of the 

 flat. Take the flat to the greenhouse 

 walk and sprinkle very carefully till wet, 

 then place on the heating-pipes under the 

 bench.* Coarse seeds should be pressed 

 into the soil before covering. 



* These, when treated thus, must be watched 

 very carefully, and brought to light just as soon 

 as the seed begins to germinate. 



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