L. L. MAY & CO. 
ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Deep walks are not desirable as they tend to 
drain the water off the beds, just sufficient depth to mark them, 
is all that is desired. Beds should be laid out with the length 
running east and west, with rows planted across them, about 
one foot apart, allowing the sun to shine freely between the 
rows. 
PLANTING THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 
Many of the vegetables must first be planted in the house, 
if we would get an early start. For the school garden, window 
boxes may be begun as early as late February or March. 
Early Cabbage, Cauliflower, Egg Plant, Peppers and early 
Tomatoes will all flourish in the school room window. Flat 
boxes are easily procured from any florist for little or noth- 
ing, and busy little hands, under "teacher's" supervision, will 
do the rest. But as soon as the frost is out of the ground, 
and the soil ready, Beets, Carrots, Early Cabbage, Lettuce, 
Onions, Parsnips, Peas, Eadish and Spinach may be sowed. 
The rows should be about a foot apart running north and 
south that the sun may shine between them all day, and 
the seeds covered from a quarter to one inch deep according 
to the size of the seed. After the seeds are covered press the 
soil down firmly or pat it gently with the back of the spade 
if it is not too moist. Then watch until the fruit trees are 
in bloom, and the soil warm and mellow, and plant Beans, 
Cucumbers, Melons, Pumpkins, Squash and Tomatoes. Now 
transplant your little plants, that have been growing so nicely 
all this time in your window boxes, carefully, not to disturb 
or break the rootlets. 
PLANTING THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Some of the flower seeds, as well as the vegetables, should 
be started in the house, in order to hasten their flowering 
season, so, if you will have recourse to the flat boxes again. 
Asters, Carnations, Forget-me-Nots, Pansies, Phlox, Snap- 
dragons, Stocks and Verbenas will do excellently in them. 
Cover the boxes with a pane of glass to prevent the atmos- 
phere of the warm sun from absorbing the moisture from the 
soil and remove it when the plants are well grown. 
