EASILY-GROWN ANNUALS
Seed That Can Be Sown Now Calendulas, cornflowers, annual chrysanthemums and clarkias are very hardy. All that is necessary in their case is to sprinkle them thinly on the surface and just cover by light raking. If yon are sowing in drills, make these three-quarters of am inch deep with the point of your draw-hoe, distribute the seed thinly in them, and till up gradually with tine soil. Take care in the former method —broadcasting—not to d(g in the rake teeth, with the result that clusters of seed are brought together in the ropes of soil with which the surface of the ground is honeycombed. This trouble never occurs when you use the rakes lightly, allowing the handle to move wbout freely in your hands, and just touching the surface with the points of the rake teeth.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 286, 30 August 1941, Page 14
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139EASILY-GROWN ANNUALS Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 286, 30 August 1941, Page 14
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