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hand, held very flat. The float is better, 
because it leaves no little furrows into 
which even a little water can wash the 
seeds. 
Soil that has been well watered the day 
before planting is in just the right state of 
moisture to receive seed and to be sprinkled 
over them. Water the flats after seeding, 
either with a fine sprayer that will spread 
the moisture in a mist, or else through 
two or three thicknesses of coarse cloth, 
like burlap, with a watering-pot. This is 
to prevent the force of the water from 
washing the seeds out and messing things 
up generally, as it most certainly will if 
poured from the pot directly upon the 
soil. 
Put the flats in a warm place — a sunny 
window will do if direct sun is kept from 
the earth surface by means of a semi- 
transparent curtain ; and keep them evenly 
moist — not wet — until the seedlings are 
above the surface. After they appear 
keep very careful watch upon their 
moisture supply and water them whenever 
the soil is dry , before they have had a 
chance to wilt. Give as much water at 
such times as the soil will take up — then 
