[Illustration:  Pattern for seed envelope

Katharine made this seed envelope of rather stiff paper So it was of real service]

Draw dotted lines through 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 5 and 7, 6 and 8.

Measure 1/4 in. toward the right from points 5 and 7 and place a dot.  Draw full lines toward the left to the intersection of the dotted lines.  Measure 1/4 in. down from 1 and 3, and place dots.  Draw full lines upward to the intersection of the dotted lines.  Measure 1/4 in. up from points 2 and 4, place dots, and draw full lines downward to the intersection of the dotted lines.

Draw a full line from points 6 and 8 to the intersection of dotted lines.

Cut on full lines.

Fold on dotted lines.

Fold A, B, and C, in this order, and paste, leaving D for flap to be pasted down when the envelope has been filled with seeds.

DIMENSIONS OF MARKERS

The right marker is 3-1/2 in. long.  The distance from head to central point of notch is 1/2 in.  The distance between notches, or from the central point of one notch across the marker to the central point of the other, is 3/8 in.  The width is 1/2 in. and the thickness 1/8 in.

The middle marker is 4-1/2 in. long, 1/2 in. wide, and 1-1/16 in. thick.  Allow about 5/8 in. for the pointing at the end.

The left marker is rather larger and stronger; it, too, may be pointed and not notched, so acting as a good pot-marker.  Make it 5 ins. long, 7/8 in. wide, and 3/15 in. thick.  The line between the notches measures 5/8 in. and is 1 in. from the top of the marker.

[Illustration:  Such labels as these, made of thin wood, serve as plant labels as well as being useful in the outdoor garden]

    A garden sieve—­materials

2 small boards 13 x 2-1/2 x 1/2 in. 2 small boards 7 x 2-1/2 x 1/2 in. 2 strips of wood 12 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. 2 strips of wood 8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.  Fine wire netting 13 x 8 in.

[Illustration:  Josephine’s box had too limited a drainage area]

[Illustration:  Make a flat like this one of Eloise’s and so provide plenty of drainage space]

Make the framework of a box without a lid, using the 13-inch pieces for the sides and 7-inch pieces for ends, putting the ends between the side pieces.  Use the wire netting for the bottom of the box, nailing it on with the strips of wood.  Paint the sieve with two coats of dark green paint.

A BULB FLAT

The dimensions of the box are the same as those for the sieve except for the depth, which is three inches instead of two and a half inches.  Of course the bottom is wood with three drainage holes bored in it.  A flat may be constructed without the drainage holes as shown in the cut.  In this case make the bottom of small pieces of wood leaving an inch space between each piece.  This is Eloise’s kind of a bulb box.