Lesson I 
For Planting Seed: Take one part of 
soil, two parts of sand. Mix well and sift. 
Put the lumps in the bottom of the shallow 
box, which is called a flat. Fill it nearly 
one-half full of lumps or broken pots for 
drainage. Then fill the flat with the fine 
soil and sow the seed rather thinly broad- 
cast, one seed to every one-half inch of 
space. Cover about one-eighth inch by 
sifting soil on through a flour sieve. Press 
down evenly and firmly with a block or 
board. Mark the kind of seed and date 
on a label and place it in one corner of the 
flat. Take the flat to the greenhouse 
walk and sprinkle very earefully till wet, 
then place on the heating-pipes under the 
bench.* Coarse seeds should be pressed 
into the soil before covering. 
* These, when treated thus, must be watched 
very carefully, and brought to light just as soon 
as the seed begins to germinate. 
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