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Garden Work 
Tomatoes are very easily raised from seed. This 
should be sown in a pot or pan towards the end of 
February, using a compost of 2 parts sifted loam, 1 part 
of leaf mould, and a little sand. A piece of glass and 
paper should be placed over the pot to prevent evapora- 
tion. In a short time the plants will appear, when the 
glass should be removed and the pot or pan placed on 
a shelf near the glass, to ensure sturdy plants being 
formed. As soon as the plants have made two rough 
leaves they may be potted up singly into 60s pots, using 
a similar compost, and placed on the shelf again. They 
may either stay in these pots until ready for potting into 
their fruiting ones, or they may be put into 5-in. pots, 
using a similar compost, with the addition of \ part of 
well-decayed manure. It is always well to remember 
when growing Tomatoes that it is fruit that is required, 
and not large, strong plants, and to treat them accordingly. 
If they are given very rich composts to begin with they 
are apt to develop rank growth, but if given just sufficient 
food for their ordinary requirements they become fruitful. 
A good time for potting them into their fruiting pots is 
when the first truss of flowers is produced; 12- or 14-in. 
pots are a suitable size. These should be well drained. 
The soil for this potting should consist of 6 parts of good 
fibrous loam, 1 part leaf mould, i part of well-rotted 
manure, and a good sprinkling of wood ashes and sand, 
with a 5-in. potful of bone meal to each bushel of soil. 
When potting, it is advisable to half-fill the pots with soil, 
the other part being added as a topdressing when the 
plants have made considerable growth. The soil must be 
made very firm with a potting stick. When the roots have 
