CHAPTER IV 



Raising Plants from Seeds 



The seed soil — Flats vs. pots — Sowing the seeds — 

 Depth to cover — Watering — Pricking out the 

 young plants — Transplanting — Possibilities of the 

 window garden — Most easily grown plants. 



Many of the best house plants can be 

 raised from seed in the ordinary Hving 

 rooms, or where potted plants are grown 

 in a window during winter. It is a question 

 vvhether you actually save anything by 

 raising your own plants; in all probability 

 you could get them as cheaply and as good, 

 if not better, from the florist, but there is 

 no question about the fun in growing plants 

 from the seed. There is a satisfaction in 

 having things all your own, and the work 

 offers engagement indoors at a time when 

 gardening work outdoors is slack. 



HOME MADE " FLATS " 



Where only a few plants are to be started, 

 unglazed pots or seed-pans are often used, 

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