Lesson III 
To Pot Seedlings: Mix one part soil, 
one part sand, one part well-rotted manure, 
and sift. Use one-and-one-half- to two- 
and-one-fourth-inch pots. Have them 
clean and dip in water* before using. Place 
a piece of broken pot in the bottom of the 
pot for drainage. Fill the pot one-third 
full of soil, then take the plant, hold it 
with the left hand in the centre of pot and 
fill in soil evenly on all sides. Press the 
soil down firmly, leaving it one-fourth to 
one-half inch below the top of the pot. 
Place pots in a flat, water, and put in 
partial shade for a day or two. Mark 
the kind of plant on a label and place in one 
pot of each flat. To lift the plants, place 
the trowel or stick straight down beside 
the edge of the flat till below the roots, 
* As pots are porous, if they are not wet they 
will absorb water from the soil that the roots should 
have. With new pots this may mean the difference 
between success and failure. 
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