FOR AMATEUR CULTURE 



strength, will have a marked effect on the size 

 of the flowers. 



Salvia. — This is another garden flower that 

 can be made to do excellent work in the house 

 in winter if properly treated. 



Look the old plants over, and select a shoot 

 of small size that can be broken away from 

 the parent plant in such a manner as to bring a 

 piece of root with it. Pot this in soil taken 

 from the garden where the old plants grew. It 

 will be inclined to make a branchless growth 

 if left to its own devices. Do not allow this. 

 Nip off the top of it when it is a foot high, and 

 thus force branches to develop. Ever after 

 you take the plant into the house keep watch 

 for the red spider, who seems to have an 

 especial fondness for this plant. Shower it 

 as often as possible, and give it a dip-bath 

 once a week. 



Along about holiday-time it ought to come 

 into bloom. Its long spikes of scarlet flowers 

 are as bright as fire, and they will rival the 

 most brilliant Geranium on the list in making 

 gay the window in which they grow. 



This list would be incomplete if mention of 

 a few of the best plants for hanging baskets 

 were not made. 



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