Show o 0 o I HINTS I n fly I FRANK iwic RIDGWAY A Y CI City gardeners who have only a asmal small smal plot of ground will find the tho see seed box or flat at a good substitute fo forthe for tho the hotbed in starting seed to raise rals oarl early crops The Tho seed box Is I a miniature hotbed It I must be kept in a room 50 degrees degree Fahrenheit lt or more because unlike the tho hotbed manure is not used to keep the seed bed warm Sunshine Is necessary necessary necessary sary for Cor the best development of oC th the thep p plant i antS Flats are Inexpensive A wooden bo box of oC convenient size will serve th the purpose The box should be small smal smal enough to be bo moved easl easily Boxes Boxe two and a a. half hal feet long and about abou one ono and a R half aI feet wide wide- are arc cas easy to obtain Spread fine gravel ravel or cinders in inlayer a layer laer of or about one Inch thick over th the tho bottom o of the box boX then lien fill CI with wih ric rich richard garden ard 1 soil soil A good soil soi for Cor the seed seedbed bed may mav be made by mixing equal parts of oC sandy soil and well ell rotte rotted leaf mould This makes a R light an and spongy soil solI which is I desirable for foi o sprouting sprouting- tn tiny seed The layer of or soil soi foi need not bo be more than three Inches deep and should be pressed down don firmly but not packed paced Before BeCore th the seed is s planted the tho soil should be leveled leveled lev las with a a. board Cabbage lettuce tomato pepper radishes and various kinds of ot flowers flowers flow flow- ers may bo be started in the tho seed bo box and anc later transplanted outdoors The seema seed see ma may be planted In rows or sown own broad- broad cast It I is perhaps best to drill then them In rows not more than tha ten tea seed t U I the tho inch Tho The soil 01 must be neither too dry o no o otoo too wet or the seed see will wi After ACer the tho seed sed aro sown so tho the soil sol should be sprinkled l lightly with wih water waler a anc c. c if i the tho box is covered with glass thi th soil soi will wil hold the moisture but but remember re remember member the plants must have air Keep the temperature around 60 degrees degrees de grees Fahrenheit if ir possible possible |