Parsnip.


[Illustration: FIG. 45.
To show the use of the kernel to the young corn-plant. The kernel was
carefully removed from the plant on the right when both plants were of
the same size. The result is a dwarfing of the plant.]

[Illustration: FIG. 46.
To show how deeply seeds should be planted. Seeds 1 and 5 did not
sprout because they were not deep enough to get sufficient moisture.
The corn-plants from sprouting seeds 2, 3 and 4 all pushed their
slender growing points to the surface. Of the beans, No. 6 succeeded
in pulling the cotyledons to the surface, and has made a good plant.
Nos. 7 and 8, although they made a hard struggle, were not able to
raise the cotyledons through so great a depth of soil, and finally
gave up the struggle.]


TRANSPLANTING

The seeds of some crops--cabbage, tomato, lettuce, for example--are
planted in window boxes, hot-beds, cold frames or a corner of the
field or garden. When the seedlings have developed three or four
leaves or have become large enough to crowd one another, they are
thinned out or are transplanted into other boxes, frames or plots of
ground, or are transplanted into the field or garden.

The time and method of transplanting depend largely on