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‘rrl’l~r rwepta(+5 in ?vltic41 ills> sc~vl is to he sown need t.o be selected
.
IYlttl SOill(’ (‘ilIT’. 1Sos~s or palls :i in&s or rather more in depth are preferred
hy many ; hut where only
a little seed of a kind is needed,
an ordinary flower-pot, 5 inches
or 6 inches in diameter at the top,
ans\vers Lvell, and does not take
up a lot of room. N’hatever is
FIG. 2X. Seed-has, wit,h side removed to used must be scrupulo~~sly clean
show thr drninagc :~l~l rough material in and have ample outlet at the
the bottom and the fine soil on top.
bottom for waste water; stagnant
moisture in the soil kills more seedlings under cool conditions than
anything else. The 1~~s ought, to have holes three-quarters of an inch
or 1 inc+ in diameter in their bottoms, five holes not being too much for a
box measuring 1.7 inches by 12 inches. Over these holes a layer of broken
pots, or vroc*k$ as they are termed, must he placed, then some rough
fibrous material, and, finally, the fine, sifted soil. Fig. 23 shows a box
with one side renic )ved. Xote the crocks a.nd rough and fine soil. This
is a large box; consequently a dividing board is placed across the center
so that two kinds of seed may
be sown in it, one at, each end.
“The soil for seed-sowing is
quite as important as the
drainage. For the majority of
the seedlings that the average
beginner is likel>y to want to
raise, the following mixt.ure
u-ill answer ~11 : Good turfq- FIG. 2!). The sowing in the seed-box (Fig.
loam, well cahopped and passed 28). Large seeds may be placed separately,
thrc)ugh a l-inch meshed sieve, as shown at the right. The small ones may
two parts; leaf-soil, well dc- be mixed with dry sand and firmed into the
earth by means of the press-block.
cayc~f and sifted through the
same sieve, half a part ; and coarse sand, half a part. Retain the coarse
material that is left in the sieve for placing over the drainage. In some