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stand the winter in the open; but the most convenient way 

 of carr3dng them over is to set them a few inches apart each 

 way in a cold-frame and transplant them again early in 

 spring. 



There will still be several weeks for the Httle plants to 

 grow after this first transplanting and the ground should be 

 well enriched. Use plenty of old manure, a httle fine bone 

 and a very hght sprinkling of nitrate of soda. As the frame 

 may be dust dry at this time of the year, the best way to get 

 it back into shape for planting is to open up ditches with the 

 hoe as near together as you can make them, and turn the 

 hose in, letting the ditches fill up several times. Then fork 

 the ground up and if necessary repeat this operation. Get 

 the ground thoroughly soaked so that conditions may be 

 just right to induce rapid root growth on the newly set 

 plants. 



Pansies, and plants of similar growth, naturally make 

 stocky plants, and soon begin to crowd if not transplanted 

 as soon as they are large enough. Some things, however, 

 will grow up tall and spindling if left long in the seed bed; 

 to get good plants they should be transplanted as soon as 

 the third or fourth leaf shows. 



