OTHER DESIRABLE PLANTS 



back they can be made to take on a bushy 

 habit. You want all the branches you can get, 

 for the more branches there are the more flow- 

 ers you will have. 



After the flowering season is over, cut back 

 the plants till there is nothing left of them but 

 a stubby stalk. Use the branches cut away 

 to make cuttings. During the summer water 

 very moderately, thus encouraging the plants 

 to remain nearly dormant. Keep in a cool 

 room when brought into the house in fall. 

 They will generally begin to make vigorous 

 growth by the holidays. As long as it is strong 

 and healthy use no fertilizers. Hold them in 

 reserve for the time when buds begin to show. 

 Plants of very rapid growth often refuse to 

 bloom, their strength being expended in the 

 production of branches instead of flowers. 



As a general thing young plants will be found 

 more satisfactory than old ones. 



If there is an aphis anywhere about the 

 place he will be sure to locate himself on this 

 plant. You will have to fight long and hard 

 to rout him, but the liberal use of Nicotocide 

 will do the work. 



The popular name of this plant is Lady 

 Washington Geranium. 



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