
Preparing the Soil 

The ideal soil for seed is light 
and porous but will hold moisture 
enough to permit good germina- 
tion. 
A good soil mixture for seeding 
either indoors or outside is: % 
light loam, %4 sand and % granu- 
lated peat moss. The addition of 
leaf mold improves the mixture. 
The top 2 inches of a seed bed 
should be screened through a 
%4-inch mesh screen. The ingre- 
dients should be thoroughly mixed 
and, just before sowing, firmed 
down with a flat block of wood or 
similar implement. 

THE FLOWER BorDER, 
Plan shows how plants are selected 
and arranged in ‘drifts of one kind 
each, selecting varieties and colors 
fo suit. Keep rites for use in making 
changes next season. 
“Accent s*are plants oifferent jn 
appearance from neighbors in 
form, coor and texture. 
Add bulbs for spring and mif- %* 
sumer L/O0r/T: 
Flower beds narrower than indicated should be of fow 
and medium height or of only one height: 
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Sowing the Seed 

Mark the surface of the flat or 
seed bed by pressing a narrow 
edged ruler or garden label lightly 
into the surface. Sow the seed 
thinly in the depressions, either 
directly from the seed packets, or 
by sifting it out between your 
thumb and forefinger. The seed 
should be covered lightly. A fine 
meshed kitchen screen serves very 
well for this purpose. Place a 
handful of dry soil mixture in the 
screen and sieve onto the seed drill. 
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BLUEPRINTS FOR 
THE PATIO—YOUR OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM. By all means, provide some 
living space in your garden, if you want to get the most enjoyment out of it. Pav- 
ing materials such as porous bricks or sand stone are usually the best. Wet the 
paving on warm days and enjoy the cooling effect of the evaporating moisture. 
If you are not fortunate enough to have a shade tree in your patio, be sure to 
plant one and use a beach umbrella for shade while it is growing up. 
Basket Weave 
Brick Pattern 
Enriched Soi/ 
Pee eae Plonting bed "A" 2\ 
peat. d Shade pree \ 
Segorra, Geranium. — 
Plant in standard clay pots Which may be 
set mm ornamental containers. 
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THE FLOWER BORDER can be the most interesting feature of your garden with 
its ever changing aspect of masses of color. By using annuals, biennials, perennials 
and bulbs, the opportunity to create pleasing and unusual effects is unlimited. Be 
sure to select plant materials that will give you flowers over a long period of time. 
Background Shrubs, Fepce, Wall or Hedge. 
La den Pose oh ground 
A % outlire beds. 
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For growing seeds indoors either 
pots or shallow boxes known as 
flats, are satisfactory. Whichever 
you use be sure the drainage is 
good. In the case of flats see that 
the boards on the bottom are 
VEGETABLES—WHY NOT? A well spaced about a quarter of an inch 
2 ~ . ‘ apart. When filling the seed flats 
planned vegetable garden will provide pinoe comennaterialts dente ee rae 
pleasure for every member of the family. ulated peat moss along the cracks 
The most modern methods of handling to prevent the soil from washing 
commercially grown garden produce can through the bottom. On the bot- 
Uinuievecctablastonercareranioninat tom half inch of the flat place 
ae Se: S y gravel or soil screenings to help 
will match the freshly gathered home the drainage. If pots are used be 
grown product for eating quality. sure to put some drainage ma- 
terial in the bottoms. 

VEGETASLES-Wiy NOT 2 Sr eof) 
hows run north and south to fake Perenrial Vegetables 
advantage of necessary surhght. 
Select kinds and varieties desired 
Sow in GRound: Beons, Peas, Corn, 
Carrots, Beets, Melons, Omon, Lettuce. 
Sow iw FRAME: (or flats in cold frame) 
Tomato, Pepper, Celery, Eggplant, 
Cabbage and Caultiower and 
Tronsprarit. 
Prepare soil and replant after 
crop has been harvested. Radish , Leof Lettuce, 
Greer Onions 17 beds: 
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Corn Minimum rows 
Strowberries 

TREAT SWEET PEA SEEDS WITH NITRAGIN 
