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IMPORTANT Mints— PLEASE READ- 



SOWING THE SEED AND PREPARING THE SOIL. These are very Important matter?- and care 

 should be taken to have your setd bedflnehj vaLed, ana free from all rubhibh and lumps, aud well (nriched 

 with well-rotted manure, and also not to sow seed ti.o early, or in other words, until the soil i ecouies s-"Jicie/ill!/ 

 warm aurl duj, so that it will work mellow and crumble to pieces wh^n t-truck with the spade. L>o not attempt 

 to raise fine flowers or good vegetables on a ) oor soil. Always keep a heap cf manure on hand for the next 

 season, Wh n it will be thoroughly rotted and ready for use. If these poiuts are overlooked, and the seed sown 

 too early, it is apt to rot or perish, aud co sequently involve a loss and sad disappoiitment cn tlie pait of the 

 cu tivator, and it is n t the lanlt of the seed or seeusme/i, ad it is unfortunately laid a great mary times. How- 

 ever, in all ca^es, follow at nearly as possible the directions of ea( h variety, ls ^iven in the Catalogue, and you 

 will have a marked success. By sowing everything, as much as possible, in drilii!, instead of b) oadcust, a great 

 deal of labor wdl be saved, as all can be kept clear of weeds l y the hoo and hand cultivator. 



HOi-B^DS. Thid hot-bed U made by forming a pile of horse manure with the straw used for bedding or 

 leaves, some three feet in height, and about 12 or 18 incnes larger all around than the size of the frame to be 

 used. Shake all together, so that the straw and manure will be equally m xed. It may be sunk iu the «rouud a 

 foot or eigateen inches, or made on the eurfa e. Place the frame on soon as the bt-d is made, and flfll in with 

 about 5 or 6 inches of good me low soil, keepmg the frame closed for a few days until fermeutati^n takes place 

 aiid the soil is quite warm. It is better to wait a day or two after this and then sow the seeds. The fr..me can be 

 construct, d by any handy man at very small expense. It consists of a wooden frame, from 3 to 6 feet wide, and 

 from 6 to 16 feet long, according to the supply of vegetables or flowers re uired. The backside should beat 

 least 6 inches higher than the front— the frame sub-divided by cross-bars aud each division covered by a glazed 

 8 sh. The frame should face the South or Southeast. From the time the seed is sown, attention to airing and 

 fading daring tho hot part of the day, aud covering up at night, is essential, and also that the soil be never 

 allowed to get dry. The watering should be done with a very tine rose watering pot, and w.th tepid water. The 

 temperature at night may range from 55 to 65 dogrees, and during the day from 70 to 80. 



COLD FKAivIti. Aculd //awe is so easy in construction and management as to be available to all. This 

 is simply a hot-bed frame with glazed sash, placed upon a bed of fine mellow earth, in some sheltered place In the 

 garden. After the frame ia secun d in its p ace. a couple of inches of tine earth should be i)laced inside, and the 

 frame closed up a ( ay or two before the seeds are planted. As the cold frame depends upon the sun for its 

 warmth, it must be started as soon as the hot-bed, and in this latitude the latter part of April is soon e: ough. 

 Watermg occasionally will be necessary, aud air must be given m bright warm days. Shade is also necessary. 



TrilHNIiNQ is a very important operation. Everything cught to be thinned very early, even in seed leaf, 

 if the plants stand toj close. Another thinning may be necessary when they are more ad auced, to give them 

 room to grow stalky. All plants, wheu crowded together, run up tall and slender, and never succeed we 1. 



TRANSi'LAN iTNG. In transplanting, the main points to bo regarded are, care iu taking up the plants so 

 as to avoid injury to tae roots, pi inting firmly so as to enable the plaiit to take a secure hold of the soil, reducing 

 the top t prevent evaporation, and t^hading t-) prevent tiie sun from withering and blighting the leaves. In 

 transplauuu;-? from a hot-bed, i ird> n the plants by letting them get quite dry a day or two before, but give an 

 abundancj of water every before they are taken out. It is most apt to be successful if done just at 



evenin.i,', or immediately befor or during the first part of a rain, about the worst time being just after a rain, 

 when the ground being wet it is impossible to sufficiently p^ress it about the plant without its baking hard. II 

 water is u^ed at all, it should be used freely and the wet surface immediately covered with dry soil. 



NOTICE. 



K^^T/" any of our customers receive any extra copies of our Garden Annual, 

 would they please hand to some friend interested in gardening. 



Or if they will send the names of a few of their neighbors, who would be " 

 to need a supply of good Vegetable Seeds, we shall be pleased to send s 

 Annual. ^^^^^^ 



