"Won't transplanting them twice set them back?"
"If you take up enough earth around them they ought not to know that they've taken a journey."
"I've done a lot of transplanting of wild plants from the woods," said Stanley, "and I found that if I was careful to do that they didn't even wilt."
"Why can't we start some of the flower seeds here and have early blossoms?"
"You can. I don't see why we can't keep it going all the time and have a constant supply of flowers and vegetables earlier than we should if we trusted to Mother Nature to do the work unaided."
"Then in the autumn we can stow away here some of the plants we want to save, geraniums and begonias, and plants that are pretty indoors, and take them into the house when the indoor ones become shabby."
"Evidently right in the heart of summer is the only time this article won't be in use," decided Stanley, laughing at their eagerness. "Have you got anything to cover it with when the spring sunshine grows too hot?"
"There is an old hemp rug and some straw matting in the attic—won't they do?"
"Perfectly. Lay them over the glass so that the delicate little plants won't get burned. You can raise the sashes, too."
"If we don't forget to close them before the sun sets and the night chill comes on, I suppose," smiled Ethel Blue. "Mr. Emerson says that seeds under glass do better if they're covered with newspaper until they start."