THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 221 
Place seeds in the box and cover all of them with soil, so 
that after it has been made firm with a flat piece of 
board, the box will be filled to within half an inch of 
the top. Water with a garden sprinkler and keep the 
box covered with a pane 
of glass until the seeds 
begin to come up. Keep 
the box at living-room 
temperature as nearly as 
possible. In schoolrooms, 
where the temperature 
is low on Saturdays and 
Sundays, seeds should 
be planted on Monday. 
This will give them an 
opportunity to germi- 
nate during the week, 
while the room is warm. 
Germination may also 
be hastened by soaking Fic. 123. A Plant grown from a Seed that 
the seeds for twenty- was planted too deep 
four hours before plant- Moe of te vali of he plat was si 
ing them. 
Sowing small seeds. Cabbage, lettuce, and other small 
seeds should have the soil prepared as for large seeds, ex- 
cepting that the box should be filled with soil to within 
half an inch of the top before planting. The seeds may be 
planted in rows or sown in the seed bed. If they are to 
be sown, divide the box into as many spaces as there 
