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Seed Seeda I . -a a - , ' " ? , ; f J : l a 7 7i 7f 7n I IPboto f n $ f1hfr$1YiJT f1hfr$1Yi f1hfr1Yi JT JTf JTfY fY fYV f V We f 1a 4 4y 4Pboto y -Pboto Pboto - Courtesy Ferry Morse Sced 8ced 00 Co 00You CoYou You can save considerable garden money and andadd add addnew new zest to your yourgardenmg yourgardening gardenmg gardening by growmg growing your own perennial flowers towers from seed The best bestqualIty bestquality qualIty seeds cost only a few cents a packet and Wlth with sLmple simple care will willproduce willproduce produce scores of plants to brmg bring color and beauty to the garden for foryears foryears years to come Most pelennlaIs perennials grown trom from seed bloom the second after sowmgSeed sowingSeed sowing sowmg sowingSeed Seed should be started at about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the same time tLme as that of the an- an annuals annuals an annuals - nualssuch nuals such as zmnias ZIIIIIlas unmas and mari mari- marigolds marigolds marigolds - golds The secret of success is to toget toget toget get the seedlings seedhngs to transplantmg transplanting transplantingsize transplantmgSiZe SiZe early enough so that when set setm setin setin m in their permanent places in m garden gardenor or border they will w1l1 get a good root- root roothold roothold root-hold root hold - hold before cold weather comes onA onA on onA A specially preparedseed prepared seed bed or orseed orseed orseed seed box is best for starting startmg peren peren- perenmal perenmal perennial - nial mal seeds A seed bed can be ea51ly easily ea51lyprepared easilyprepared easilyprepared prepared by knocking Imockmg the bottom bottomout bottomout bottomout out of a goodsiZed good siZedshallow sized shallow wooden woodenbox woodenbox woodenbox box and sinking smkmg the sides into mto the theground theground theground ground . . . The top should beabout be about abouttwo abouttwo abouttwo two or three thrf'e thrfe ' inches lIlches above the sur- sur surface surface sur surface - - face Use finely fngly fin ly prepared crumbly crumblygarden crumblygarden crumblygarden garden loam conta containing = g plenty of ofhumus ofhumus ofhumus humus It is important Lmportant to locate the theseed theseed theseed seed bed where it will be sheltered shelteredtrom shelteredfrom shelteredfrom trom from strong winds WlIlds and from sunlIght sunlIghtdurmg sunlightduring sunlightduring durmg during the hottest part of the day dayA dayA dayA A seed box or flat may also be used usedWIth usedwith usedwith WIth holes bored in m the bottom for fordramage fordrainage fordrainage dramage drainage This has the advantage advantageof of bell beu beirg ' g movable to sheltered loca- loca locatIons locations loca locations - tions when necessary So Some Some e perennialseeds perennial enmal enmalseeds seedsare seeds are very verysmall verysmall verysmall small Mix them with Wlth sandso sand so that thatthey thatthey th tthey they willnot will not besown be sown too qwckly quickly quicklyin qwcklym m in the row and andmerely nd merely press them themmto theminto theminto mto into the solilIlstead soilinstead soil soli instead lIlstead ofcovermg ofcovering of covermg covering coveringtl- coveringtl covermgU coveringtI coveringtlem U tI - em Larger seedsneed seeds need a shallow shallowcovermg shallowcovering shallowcovering covermg covering of soiL soll . Firm Fll"m Fllm " the soil soli down downon downon downon on them so that they will wifl make u 1M- 1M 1Mmed im-rned im rned n- n nmed - med ate contact with Wllli the mOISture mOIStureand moistureand moistureand and plant food Keep the soilmOISt soil mOISt mOIStbut moistbut moistbut but not wet until unbl the seeds sprout sproutSome sprout.Some sproutSome . . Some gardeners spread damp burlap burlapover burlapover burlapover over the surface to furmshneeded furnishneeded furnish furmsh needed neededmOISture neededmoisture neededmoisture mOISture , removing it at tl > the e first firstSign firstsign firstsign Sign of sprouting sproutmg sproutmgHere sproutingHere sproutingHere Here are a number of perenruaIs perennials perenruaIsthat perennialsthat perennialsthat that beginners can start from seed seedwilli seedwith seedwith willi with almost sure success Colum Columbme Columbine Columbine bme bine gaillardia gaJ1larcha gasllardia , , coreopsis hollyhock hollyhockpamted hollyhockpainted hollyhockpainted pamted painted da sy sweet : . William will.tam willtam hardy hardypmks hardypinks hardypinks pmks pinks hardy alyssum and the ViolasPerennIal violasPerennial violas violasPerennial Perennial seeds usually take some some- somewhat somewhat somewhat - what longer to germinate germmatc than iliose those ilioseof thoseof thoseof of ofannual annual flowers Don t be discour dIScour- dIScouraged discouraged discouraged - - agedif aged if the ilie tiny tmy sprouts do not .how how show .howthemselves showthemselves ! . showthemselves themselves for two or three weeks weeksafter weeksafter weeksafter after the theeed -eed eed ceed reed < - is us sown . . , |