CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



SEEDS AND SBED-6K0WTH. 

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1. Seedling Variations 1 



2. Seed Variation of Cultivated Plants 2 



3. Commercial Seeds 2 



4. Seed-saving 3 



5. Seed-stratification 4 



6. Soaking and Scalding Seeds 5 



7. Fall Planting of Seeds 6 



8. Seed-testing 7 



9. Deptli of Planting Seeds 8 



10. Best Time to Plant Seeds 9 



11. Seeds in Shallow Boxes or " Flats " , 10 



13. Seeds in Hot-beds 10 



13. Shaded Beds for Seed-planting 11 



14. Retained Vitality of Seeds 13 



CHAPTER II. 



SEED-GERMINATION AND SEEDLING-GROWTH. 



15. Seed-germination 13 



16. Some of the Modes of Root-growth 14 



17. How Seedling Roots Grow 15 



18. The Office of Roots 16 



19. Root-protection 16 



30. Root-division 17 



31. Roots as Modified by Variety of Top 18 



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