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round the garden, then to sit down and shake 
out the seed on to a piece of paper, blowing 
away any chaff, and with some of the larger 
seed-vessels (especially poppies) being careful 
not to collect an earwig at the same time as 
the seed! It must then be put into neat little 
packets, and the name and date written on 
each, and stored away in some dry place (a 
box taken care of in the house) for the winter. 
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SEED PACKETS 
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The way to make the best kind of seed packet 
is to take a piece of paper according to the 
size and quantity of the seed (a half sheet of 
note-paper torn in two across the middle is a 
convenient size); fold this in two (Fig. 1), and 
double a narrow piece of the two edges together 
(Fig. 2), folding neatly twice (as you do when you 
turn down a hem); turn the paper over so that 
the “hem” is underneath, then fold back a three- 
cornered piece at one end, so that a small piece 
