224 HOUSE PLANTS 



The use of anaesthetics shortens the time of 

 forcing twenty to thirty days. 



THE ITEMS OF COST AND PROFIT 



2 azaleas [i2-inch plants], named varieties . . $1.50 

 2 lilacs [Marie le Gray and Charles X.j . . . 2.00 



2 Deutzia Lemoinei 1. 50 



Ether [average 15 cents per plant] 90 



55.90 



" For less than ^6 and practically no work 

 we had flowering plants at Christmas worth 

 $1^ to fco. Ether sells at 75 cents a pound. 



