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Water the seed bed thoroughly, 
but gently with a fine spray. A 
coarse spray or stream of water 
will wash the seed out of the soil. 
For this reason, when using an 
outdoor seed bed, it is well to have 
a cover available to place over the 
seed bed during rainy spells. This 
should be supported several inches 
over the seed bed to allow free 
circulation of air. 
Be sure to keep the seed bed 
moist. Excessive dryness will pre- 
vent germination. 
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 
spaced about a quarter of an inch 
apart. When filling the seed flats 
place some material such as gran- 
ulated peat moss along the cracks 
to prevent-the soil from washing 
through the bottom. On the bot- 
tom half inch of the flat place 
gravel or soil screenings to help 
the drainage. If pots are used be 
sure to put some drainage ma- 
terial in the bottoms. 
Low-growing flowers for edging are listed in the special column on page 16. Where 
space permits, low-growing borders may be backed with medium and even tall 
growing flowers as indicated in the picture above. 
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