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JOSEPH SOWING SEEDS 
spread newspapers over it if Mrs. Keith thought 
there was danger of frost. Mrs. Keith is more 
weather-wise than any one else at Nestly. 
Poor Joseph j I hardly see when he is to find time 
to make a cheese-cloth cover for his seed-bed, let 
alone covering the many seeds he has planted in 
the triangle. At this season of the year there is 
something to do every day in the garden, and, if 
he works all the time, I am afraid he will grow 
dull, like Jack who had no play. But Joseph could 
never be really dull. He is the kind of boy that 
likes to be busy every minute. It is only the ‘^sand- 
man’’ who makes him forget there are things to be 
done. 
After seed-planting, all gardeners must be on the 
watch against burning sun, heavy rains and high 
winds which are likely to harm the tender sprout- 
ing plants. Even if Joseph cannot find time this 
year to make the cheese-cloth cover, it is something 
that can be done in the house next winter. With 
its aid, he would have a better chance of success 
and might even start his seeds earlier out-of-doors. 
At Nestly Heights and at Miss Wiseman’s, 
many seeds are started each season under glass, and 
not until all danger of frost is past are the young, 
well-grown plants set out-of-doors. Since Joseph 
never expects to have glass houses at the Six 
Spruces, he must contrive in other ways to give his 
seeds an early start But then he is more ambitious 
even than the boy of his book. He hears of few 
