Errors of Cultivation 
during January and February, and with correct 
cultivation produce sturdy little bushes for 
planting in the open in April or quite early May. 
Many perfectly hardy kinds, as Sweet Pea, 
Cornflower, Nasturtium, and Chrysanthemum, 
are also raised in this way, or, its near equivalent, 
the frame. 
Raising seeds under glass, therefore, be it 
greenhouse or frame, is possessed of many 
advantages. In the first place, the seed-pans 
or boxes are under control. Removed from the 
interferences of birds and animal pests, and 
secured from extreme changes of weather, a 
maximum seed-production results. These are 
important. It has, however, its drawbacks and 
disadvantages — pitfalls alike to the amateur 
and inexperienced, from which the more expert 
cultivator is immune. They are chiefly errors 
of cultivation : too much heat and moisture, 
and inability to anticipate the need for pricking 
off or transplanting at the right moment. There 
are errors of judgment, too, which, in conjunction 
with some or all of the above, may be attended 
by fatal results or poor success. The worst of 
these is a too early sowing of the seeds, and, 
transplanting neglected, thin, lank plants re- 
sult, and, becoming hide-bound as they not 
infrequently do, never subsequently develop. 
It is the over-anxious — often impetuous — and 
too enthusiastic amateur who invariably does 
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