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PLANTING HOME GROUNDS 
should be well watered the night before the transplanting 
is to be done so the soil will be in the best possible condi¬ 
tion to receive the plants. 
The following table indicates the number of plants 
which can be set in a circular bed of a certain size: 
Diameter 
6 in. 
12 in. 
18 in. 
24 in. 
(feet) 
apart 
apart 
apart 
apart 
4 
50 
13 
7 
6 
118 
30 
15 
”S 
8 
206 
52 
25 
13 
10 
325 
82 
40 
20 
12 
456 
115 
57 
30 
14 
615 
155 
78 
40 
16 
810 
202 
100 
50 
18 
1020 
255 
126 
64 
20 
1260 
315 
156 
78 
A square bed will take about the same number of plants. For an oval 
bed, add length and breadth and divide by 2. For example, an oval 9 feet long 
by 7 feet wide will require same number of plants as circular bed 8 feet in 
diameter. 
PLANTING FLOWER SEEDS OUT-OF-DOORS. 
Most Rower seeds can be safely planted out-of-doors 
after May 1st. The ground should be prepared as de¬ 
scribed above, the seeds sowed in drills to a depth of about 
4 times the diameter of the seeds, and the soil pressed 
down well about the seeds. 
The plants will perhaps come up too thick for perma¬ 
nent arrangement, and so they should be thinned to the 
proper distance. While no accurate rule can be given as 
to the proper distance apart the plants should be thinned 
the following spacing is about right for most plants: 
Height 3 to 
6 
inches. 
Height 6 to 
12 
inches. 
Height 1 to 
1 % 
feet. 
Height 2 to 
3 
feet. 
Height 3 to 
4 
feet. 
Height 4 to 
5 
feet. 
Thin or transplant to 4 inches apart. 
Thin or transplant to 6 inches apart. 
Thin or transplant to 8 inches apart. 
Thin or transplant to 14 inches apart. 
Thin or transplant to 18 inches apart. 
Thin or transplant to 22 inches apart. 
This table is prepared for plants of average spread. 
Tall slender plants such as Hollyhocks should be planted 
closer than the table indicates. Plants having an excep¬ 
tionally wide-spreading habit of growth should be planted 
somewhat farther apart than indicated in the table. 
