Show I TIME fOR PLANTING flOWER GARDENS Seeds Should Be Started Indoors At Once PLAIN DIRECTIONS GIVEN Prof of ot tho jib A it C 0 inkes SUI for State Normal X Classes Prof Prot Northrup of time tho Agricultural college gayo timely suggestIons before eVI the tutu nature amaturo study classed at nt tho time university sity elty on Monday Time Tho beginning benning for a flower and ld vegetable garden at tile the i home or tho time school was the tho subject t l I of ot his remarks which ero substantial substantially ly Iy ns as Il follows CHOOSING G TUB TilE SEED Testing seeds seo s before le tore sowing lowing Is feces necessary sary sa in order to show whether or not nut tho time seeds are ure viable full of ot life tuiti lUl growth It Is now too late Into for that tha but the tho weight I of ot o ds is a good gd Indi Indication lut cation of their worth The he heavy sc eOd dl mo limo usually more vigroUs vigorous and ana give a 1 quicker growth Yet Yot In tho case coso C of ot certain plants wo We reverse this order ol cr and tho time weakest wel and nd smallest seeds The ho reason for this i 1 1 that the tIme tendency of at cultivation Is to malce the tho flowers double or tho ito flower larts ot of large largo size and this timis again dwarfs d the seeds Therefore In Ihm select I trig ng time tho smaller flower Hower seeds we may bo ho 10 the larger flowers L When en wa we O OL grow plants mar lor or vuu t on the other oilier hand we ire se so act tho the heaviest sends semIs who In flower growing we often oten prefer tho time lightest fr or tho plant often oten produces ho limo finest flowers though quite unable o 0 PI CO fruit trul The Tho requirements toE for tIme tha th germina germination Ion tion of o seeds are three thre Oxygen mols turo turc uro and Wid Id heat Certain seeds will wU ger germinal minal with wih less air nr than others but butas butas as ns IL a rule ulea a packed clay cilY soil so prevents good ged germination Take Tako two wide god mouthed bottles botes and till 1111 Il with peas JI bottle and amid covered cov ed by water Cork one cao tho time other open The Time seeds In time he open bottle botlo will wi germinate freely frely in the corked bottle bottlo will wU merely a I beginning or wilt will wi fall fail tal alto at This shows that air nil Is necessary Tho Thu Thusn spry sary for germination sill sn SOr therefore must bo be worked up and an loose lose and open upen by plowing or 01 spading bolerO before It I Is planted CONSERVING TIE TI E MOISTURE All seeds need neld moist moL t soil but not free trec Water voter Al Capillary moisture about tho thorl toll sail grain Capla Is what Is required Free rl vater uter makes maltes tho time soil too cold A We o 0 have havI that by b mulching time the soil sail sl or manic mak Ing imig ng It loose on top the tho moisture will willjo wi prevented be jo from tram evaporating But Dut the tho seed must not Ho lie 10 loose loso in time tho soil sol Time Tho soil oli must bo be packed close to It Tills This can CI bo be done do no by step stop upon time the planted seed eed bed bd the time gardners Gardners boat beet tool Is his foot toot By D pack palt lag ng the time soil sol about abut the to planted seed mcd tho time latter Is supplied with the tho capillary that clings about time tho soil grains soi In practise time the packing Is done dono by bya byn a n roller that follows limo tho seed meed drill 1 ri and tho the mulch Is formed by sweeps or rakes mItes attached to tho seed drill to loosen the tho soil sol on top After Atter pack packIng pak Ing lug the tho toll soil therefore wo we must ralto malto und mind loosen the thu surface layor layer to lessen evaporation In and so to keep In tho time mois mols moisture turo ture Seeds require heat heal in order ardor to ger germinate germinate minate As A to tho the heat hoat required for germination sorTie some t weed seeds will wi ger germinate er minate minata between two blocks of at ice Ico 10 Or 01 n beans intent tat rot rather iI than grow glow wili If it planted this week we But I lettuce cabbage peas pel and nd radishes aro are more hardy The Time seeds seed I to o bo be sown In tho time garden will wi require tempera temperatures temperatures tures varying grden with tho the seeds used usell but hut averaging about 70 degrees F P for best boat results Most oost of ot the tho annual flowering plants cannot lie ho safely planted out outside side ido early enough to Insure an aim early carly summer Hummer bloom blom therefore they the should bo be started indoors in boxes This Is tho the case CaO seeds with wih most mos ot o tho time common flower UNIFORM CONDITIONS Ono One of or the time most Important principle in horticulture is to keep keel time tho seeds seed under conditions as t nearly nol uniform as M possible Plants Plats aro are like ourselves If It I we eat elt candy cundy then omit a a meal mel then overfeed etc ete wo we shall not thrive So hi tho time plant If I It Is now warm now cold now moist maoist now dry 11 etc elo wilt will 1 become sickly and amid lack color boome ard Time The ho region at which the tho feeding takes place Is II Just behind the time tips of the thu smaller roots Uy Dy growing In II tho the house and amid then transplanting wo we gout got gotbetter git better roots systems For or when wo we wout cut beler ut oft off of the tho tips of or tho lie roots tho the latter lattur latr will branch and make moke mae a t mass S of ot root wl growth Transplanting to time the garden gurden thus limU develops time the roots and amid insures good gOd growth but bul It must mut not nOl be 10 done dona until the tho season scalon is III far enough advanced cd ed to Insure uniformity of ot conditions For Indoor culture use u a I good garden b loam baum loal ono one part and amid sinaI sand ald one part part Tho Thi sand admits air nil but lacks fertility Therefore we wo add ono ommo part purl of ot rotted otel manure fo so fO far decomposed that that It rc re leafy leny soil ol This gives to o time the to toll nail 11 fIber liber as its well wel as Ut a fertility rile Tha aver ago school ground Is iii solid 1011 and 11 alI needs deep deol spading and amid before transplanting tho the seeds from the boxes to tho ho gardenIn garden In Iii using time tho llo window boxes fill fl them with the mixed soil pressed down bj by b tt a I aboard board that Jt Ills Into limb time the box plant time the flower seeds meed under tho time smallest layer layor of if l tower soil leela or In II the time case caso of ot petunias und anti small smal seeds do dl not cover covel them at atall l all al But Dut cover conr tho thu soil poll with wih a Piece ploce of ot perforated paper papel so that In II pouring tile the will not be ba washed In time the water soil noil sol wi away All Al sends semis lell must have hlo some seine cov coy covering ering and amid ali tho time moist paper often oCten serves this 1111 purpose Time Tho poll 01 must not riot ba bo allowed to heroine become dry dl Water Urn time box bux etory oer day lay but utter tho tIme plants comas coma COIMI up mill I keep the time soil dry ABOUT SEEDS SIEDS Tho Thu amount ot of need to sow MW Is not capable of ot demonstration In iii advance Time The ho best plan pun la is 11 to sow now IW heavily BO so that If It a considerable number fall fal there thero will Wi still ho lam Buy nU seeds from reputable alone Most seeds should herO have n a I gree grec Seeds Seed grown horo hero would not nee noc grow elsewhere or even hero here Thus In tho hG case of ot bulbs those from l time the low countries of or Europe Ito are time the best though they timey the often otten look Ilok Inferior Interior Those grown In iii II this country are arc likely to fall tal |