GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
haven’t the patience to wait for them to flower from 
seed, and instead try to get some roots from their 
more fortunate friends, or buy from a florist. But 
I will tell you more about this class in connection 
with the bulb and tuber families. 
THE SEED BED 
While a small number of these beauties will 
bloom the first year if started early in the spring, 
most of them make their début in garden society 
the second summer. Before that they have to be 
watched, or they might meet with accident. A good 
way, therefore, is to have a little bed (preferably a 
cold frame) for a seed nursery off to one side, in 
a safe place, where the baby plants can be cared 
for, protected from cold, and tended like the in- 
fants they are, until grown up and old enough to 
-enter the society of bed or border. In such a place 
the seeds should be planted in fine, rich soil, pref- 
erably from the middle of May to the 1st of July, 
and all carefully marked. Sow thinly, and then 
cover the seed by sifting over with fine soil from 
¥% to 4 inch deep. Sprinkle very lightly by means 
of a whisk broom dipped in water, so as not to 
wash out the seed, and if you possibly can, cover 
with a piece of glass. Keep in the shade at first, 
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