A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 



outdoors is pretty sure to be the end of 

 them. 



I would never advise trying to grow plants 

 from seed, in the house, unless the grower 

 understands beforehand the drawbacks to 

 plant-growth which prevail in the average 

 dwelling, and is willing to do all he can to 

 overcome them. Simply filling boxes or 

 pots with earth, putting seed into them, 

 and supplying water will not insure success. 



One of the unfavorable conditions which 

 seedling plants must struggle against is too 

 much heat, if they are kept in the living- 

 room. An undue amount of warmth forces 

 them into abnormal development in the 

 early stages of their growth, and a little 

 later on there comes a reaction from the 

 weakness thus brought about, and this re- 

 action is almost invariably death to the ten- 

 der plant. 



Another unfavorable condition is the re- 

 sult of indiscriminate watering. The soil 

 is either kept too wet or too dry. To grow 

 good plants there must be an even supply 

 of moisture. 



A third unfortunate condition is the result 

 of failure to give the plants a liberal supply 

 of fresh air. 



It is possible, however, to overcome these 



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