THE HOME GARDEN PROJECT 303 



1. What are the most important fundamental considerations in 



the making of garden plans ? 



2. What should you know about plants, their habits of growth, 



temperature requirements, and time of maturity ? 



3. Make a plan of the garden which you will plant. Be original, 



but be certain you are right in the placing of each vegetable. 



7. Obtaining seed. — The utmost care should be exercised in 

 obtaining seed for the home garden. There may be speciaHsts 

 in the community who could spare a little seed of their choice 

 strains. It is often possible to procure seed of superior qualityi 

 from well-known specialists in other parts of the country. When 

 ordered by catalogue, we should be certain that we are patronizing 

 a reliable house that will send good seed of the varieties wanted. 



1. Where will you obtain the seeds required for your home 



project ? 



2. Prepare a complete list of the seeds required and determine their 



cost. 



3. Order seeds as early as possible after the new catalogues are 



received. Early orders are more likely to be filled with the 

 best seed. 



8. Making germination tests. — It is a simple matter to make 

 a germination test of the seeds to be planted. This may be done 

 by counting and planting twenty to one hundred seeds of each lot 

 in a box placed in a warm, sunny window. If preferred, the seeds 

 may be placed between blotters that are kept moist, or in a strip 

 of cloth that is rolled up and tied and then dipped in warm water, 

 more water being added whenever it is necessary in order to keep 

 the cloth moist. If the seeds are kept in a warm place they will 



