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prevent its being drawn to one side by turning it around every 

 day unless it gets light equally from every side. Finally grow 

 your plants well, first, last and all the time, and you will enjoy 

 them and they will give you an abundance of bloom. Time will 

 not permit me to give you a list to grow, so I will close by saying 

 to the new beginner, do not try too many varieties at first, and 

 start in with common ones, such us geraniums, pelargoniums, helio- 

 trope?, lantanas, fuchsias, tea and bourbon roses, and as you get 

 experienced you may add to your collection the rarer gems. 



In reply to an inquiry, Mr. Harris said the water should be in 

 the inner pot, and that if kept full, or nearly so, the moisture 

 would ooze through the poies of the pot in sufficient quantities 

 for the cutting. He thought it was much better to make the cut 

 square across the slip, as there was less danger of bruising the 

 bark, which would induce decay. No callous can be formed 

 where the bark or tender wood is injured, and no roots will start 

 out unless this callous or ridge is first formed. Some thought it 

 made no difference where the slip was cut off between the buds, 

 but he had the best result when the bud was near the end of the 

 cutting; the callous developed quicker and ro:>ted more readily. 

 He thought it better, in raising specimen or perfect plants, to 

 repot often, increasing the size of the pot but a little each time. 

 If too much earth was added at a time it would be apt to sour, 

 and the plant could not make a healthy growth. One well grown 

 plant is worth a dozen poor ones. We should try to develop the form 

 so as to make each plant symmetrical in shape and stocky. This is 

 to be done by pinching back, checking any distorted or excessive 

 growth. Many who raise plants dislike to do this. Tdey like to 

 see their plants grow rapidly, thinking that if they run up they 

 will come to maturity or blossom earlier. They miy throw out 

 one or two blossoms a little earlier, if left to grow as they please, 

 but by pinching off the ends of the shoots it causes three, four or 

 half a dozen more to form, giving a s';ronger ani a stocky growth, 

 a better form, and much larger and stronger fl jwer buds. Where 

 such plants are bought of professional growers, we have to pay 



