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Show Agronomist Tells How to Grow Seed in Flower Bed In order to get the best results, all flower seed must be sown very carefully and each variety given the treatment it particularly needs, advises ad-vises Professor J. C. Hogenson, extension ex-tension agronomist of the Utah State Agriclutural college. Failures of flower seeds to grow can be attributed largely to sowing them too deep. Remember that the little sprouts are real small and delicate del-icate and cannot push up through much soil. . There are many varieties which eive much better results if the seed is sown on top of the seed bed and not covered with soil. Make a well prepared rather firm seed bed with finely pulverized soil on top. ouw tne seea on this and simply , press it into the surface with a piece ; cf board. If the bed' is kept shaded and moist the seed will soon germinate. germi-nate. Varieties for the planting according ac-cording to this method are: ' Petunias, Pe-tunias, verbenas, lobelia, salpiglos-sis, salpiglos-sis, begonias, portulaca, Riapdrag. ons, pansies and stocks. The next common cause of failure fail-ure is sowing flower seed to early They will not sprout in cold wt sou, warus Professor Hogenson. It this, lattitude and altitude, the fore part of May is about the right time to sow most varieties of flowers. More satisfaction will be obtained if the seed is sown carefully in rows which are kept labelled. The soil should be moistened thoroughly before be-fore the seed is sown. Watering dry soil directly after the seed is sown will usually wash it away. It is always advisable to provide a shade for sowings of flower seed if possible. If the soil is kept shaded, shad-ed, it will retain a natural mnicf,,. a hard crust will not form; the sowing will bep rotected from beating beat-ing rains, and the soil temperature will be more constant. The shadim? shiu'd be gradually removed as soon as the seed begins to germinate. If not shaded keep the surface well-cultivated well-cultivated to prevent crusting of the -oil over the seed. Annuals bloom the same year as Planted from seed and do not live over winter. Most all varieties can be grown successful'v from seed own out-doors in the late sprine. These that can be sown early are: Balsom. godetia. sweet peas, cos-mns. cos-mns. four o'clock, centaurea. lark-snur, lark-snur, lupine, gysophila. calendula allys-um and candytuft. |