200 



WINDOW GARDENING. 



cut the top off entirely. Turn out of the pots and trim some of the straggling 



roots, and put it in a twelve to fourteen inch pot ; prepare soil of rotted turf and 



hot bed manure, or well decomposed cow manure, with a small handful of sand. 



When potted, water with warm water, and thoroughly sprinkle once a week. 



Fig. 72.— A well grown Specimen Plant of the Fucliaia. (From a Pliotograph.) 



Always encourage the main stem to grow straight, and tie it to a stake ; then 

 form your plant as you please. Often you will have to cut back so as to make a 

 skeleton from which the branches can start as you choose to have them. 



