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48‘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 preferredhy many ; hut where onlya little seed of a kind is needed,an ordinary flower-pot, 5 inchesor 6 inches in diameter at the top,ans\vers Lvell, and does not takeup a lot of room. N’hatever isFIG. 2X. Seed-has, wit,h side removed to used must be scrupulo~~sly cleanshow thr drninagc :~l~l rough material in and have ample outlet at thethe bottom and the fine soil on top.bottom for waste water; stagnantmoisture in the soil kills more seedlings under cool conditions thananything else. The 1~~s ought, to have holes three-quarters of an inchor 1 inc+ in diameter in their bottoms, five holes not being too much for abox measuring 1.7 inches by 12 inches. Over these holes a layer of brokenpots, or vroc*k$ as they are termed, must he placed, then some roughfibrous material, and, finally, the fine, sifted soil. Fig. 23 shows a boxwith one side renic )ved. Xote the crocks a.nd rough and fine soil. Thisis a large box; consequently a dividing board is placed across the centerso that two kinds of seed maybe sown in it, one at, each end.“The soil for seed-sowing isquite as important as thedrainage. For the majority ofthe seedlings that the averagebeginner is likel>y to want toraise, the following mixt.ureu-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 maytwo parts; leaf-soil, well dc- be mixed with dry sand and firmed into theearth by means of the press-block.cayc~f and sifted through thesame sieve, half a part ; and coarse sand, half a part. Retain the coarsematerial that is left in the sieve for placing over the drainage. In some