LAKE VIEW SEED FARM, ROCHESTER. N. Y. 
OUP OF ROSE: 
We have the cieam of the Roses. You cannot grow too rminy of them. See our list 
on page 32. 
HOW TO SOW AND PLANT SEEDS. 
Almost anyone would flatter himself that he could do so simple a thing as sowing a 
few seeds without instruction or help. But a few failures will convince him that a " little 
knowledge " is an unprofitable as well as a dangerous thing. I have had experienced men 
sow the best of seed in such a way that there was no possibility of its coming up. One 
man sowed Omon seed so shallow that a high, drving wind blew most of it out of the 
ground. Another sowed Tomato seed so deep that it was literally buried. Another 
planted Hubbard Squash during a dry time and neglected to firm the soil over the seed, 
and not one hill in twenty came up. I had the same field replanted with s ed from the 
same bag, and the seed tread in, and every hill grew. I could multiply such instances, but 
hese are sufficient to show that it requires both knowledge and care to sow seed in a way 
that will insure a crop. Seeds must be sown shallow or deep, according to their size and 
ability to push up through the soil. Small seeds are very apt to be sown too deep. If 
small seeds, like Celery, Lettuce, etc., were sown as deep as Union and Beet seed, very few 
would ever appear above the ground. Beet seed sown before a heavy rain is quite apt to 
fail unless the ground is raked over after the rain. If the ground becomes crusted over, 
even lightly, the probability is that the young shoots will not be able to push up through it. 
The remedy is to rake the ground over lightly with a steel rake. Many a gardener loses 
his crop of beets from this cause, and lavs bis failure to poor seed. *g 
«-» J„ i "T 18 diff r r : would b ' e sate in one season mi Sht prove a failure in a 
fif?™. f condition of the soil or of the atmosphere were different. When the con- 
ditions are favorable, I have had Onion seed come up in eight days; but when too dry and 
t ? d ? D n Wet 'J haV , 6 r bad !t iQ the ground thi »y da y* before coming up. When 
firm o^r n™ ft^r™' and Slashes ™* fail entirel y °^ss the soil is made 
rot f nWpri Zt [ ,? * trm ' a P ^JoU"]. and there is danger that all vine seed may 
and I Fm 'at™ \ ^ d 18 , and wet ' This is es Pecially true of Winter Squashes 
groSeS becomeTw aim' 0 ^ WhUe 0therS m t6nder ' and WiU r0t if ^ in the 
b~td°rl!ZTim^ S '-"VI bB , f- f , el J! sown earhjin the *P rin 9< « s torn as the ground 
becomes dry and settled, m this latitude (J,J dcg.) dnrin,/ tin- month of April: 
n'w. Cauliflower, Onion, Peas 
Mrrpt, Lettuce, Parsnip, Turnip. 
mor^t^XT HOt - be S0 '7 ! ""'/' ihe Wound has become dry and warm: ther- 
mometer in the shade averaging Go degs.. in this latitude not before the middle of May : 
Beans, Egg Plant, Peppers, 
Sweet Corn Melons, Pumpkins 
Cucumber, Okra, Squashes, 
the hoZ it f, e ?Sf„ ra n and E fS P^nl should be started early in a hot-bed or in a box in 
hem readv to set n ? wh g °°h P }° ^ , h °* of Lettuce P lant3 in the hou3e and haTO 
as Cabbaee and hev will ' garden '! made ' The plants can be as easi 'y transplanted 
acceptable 7 g a crop of Lpttuoe early in the season ' when a salad is 80 
