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good body and should be made rich 

 enough to enable the seedlings to make 

 rapid and unchecked growth. Soils 

 that are naturally in just the right con- 

 dition for either purpose can seldom 

 be found. But in most localities one 

 may readily procure materials to 

 make the right mixtures. The first 

 of these is fairly rich garden soil- 

 preferably a sandy loam that has 

 been well enriched for several years 

 but is free from weed seeds. You 

 may have to take a pick and break 

 up a few good-sized pieces of frozen 

 soil, which will thaw out in a box. 

 Also get a supply of old and thor- 

 oughly rotted manure. If your hot- 

 bed still contains the remains of last 

 year's heating material, that will be 

 just the thing. The third thing you 

 want is humus, in the form of chip 

 dirt or decayed sawdust or leaf mold. 

 These materials should be allowed to 

 thaw and dry out. They will then 

 be available for immediate use when 

 seed-starting time arrives. 



CABB-ftGL 



SUnMER CABBA&C 



CAULIFLOWER 



PARSNIPS 2 



dwarf peas 

 ^double: rows) 



SWEET CORN ^ 

 [ZVABIETIES-2P1-ANTIN&5) 



T0MATOE5 



POLE. 8EANS 



POLC LIMA BEANS 



DWARF BEANS 4 

 4VARIETIE5-2 SOWINGS 



DWARF LIMAS 



PEPPERS & EG-&PLANT5 8 



5QUASM 

 5(JMrlER BUSH 



SQUASH 

 WlfTTER BUSH 



OJCUneERS WATER MELONS 



Plan for a vegetable gar- 

 den IS X 7S feet. 



