RAISING PLANTS FROM SEEDS 4/ 



size pot will be sufficiently large for the plants 

 all next winter. If the growth is too long 

 and straggly, pinch back, as is necessary. 

 In the summer time you must decide how 

 you wish to grow the plants — as dwarfs, 

 or as vines. 



To grow a handsome pot plant which can 

 be used for decoration anywhere in the house, 

 shift the young plants to a five or six inch 

 pot, and use a good, rich, but well-drained 

 soil. When the new growths are a foot or 

 so long pinch out the ends. This will keep 

 the plant dwarfed and shapely. 



To grovv^ as a vine, plant in boxes just like 

 smilax, and be very particular that the soil 

 and boxes are well drained. 



The seeds of this asparagus are expensive, 

 because it does not fruit freely. 



IN FLOWER ALL THE YEAR 



Of course you will want flowers, as well as 

 green foliage. Perhaps the very best all- 

 purpose flowering plant is Primula obconicay 

 var. grandiflora, which is not tender, and 

 blooms the whole twelve months. It is the 

 most graceful of all primroses. Its large, 

 single flowers are borne in clusters on the 



