Chapter VII 



SOWING OF SEEDS AND ROOTING 

 OF CUTTINGS 



Fascinating Employment 



' I 'HERE are many other activities than those nien- 

 *• tioned in the previous chapter that may be en- 

 joyed by anyone having the ambition as well as the 

 garden facilities. The sowing of seed and the pro- 

 ducing of a real plant from its very beginning is, per- 

 haps, the most fascinating of all; being nearer to the 

 creative than any other. The successful rooting of 

 cuttings is also interesting. 



Raising Plants from Seeds 



Such plants as Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), As- 

 paragus of both kinds mentioned, Begonias, Celosia, 

 Calendula, Cosmos, and Impatiens may be raised 

 from seed and grown on all Summer in pots plunged 

 in the ground with the other flowering plants. In 

 the early seedling days, however, a cold Jrame is neces- 

 sary in order to control the shade and moisture conditions. 

 A frame made of boards or plank six feet square will 

 hold as much as the average amateur would need. 

 This should be made to slope to the south enough to 

 shed the rain; about a foot of head room is enough. 

 Two standard hotbed sashes will be needed and that 

 is all. A layer one or two inches deep of the soil 

 recommended for potting and finely sifted should be 



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