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As much is to be placed on each pot as will 
remain and not wash off. The soil is to be 
examined to see that it does not get too wet. 
In ten or fifteen days after the plants are 
placed in the house they will begin to show 
plenty of blooms, and will continue to push 
forth buds all the winter. By the first of 
December, if the plants are doing well, they 
should have a little weak liquid manure. 
Place one-half bushel of fresh cow-manure in 
a barrel containing fifty gallons of water; 
stir it thoroughly and let it stand two days 
before using. The plants may be allowed to 
become a little dry before the liquid is ap- 
plied; it can be used once a week. Chicken 
manure is also excellent, applied in the same 
way, but as it is stronger, about twice the 
amount of water should be used. When 
neither of these fertilizers can be had, Peru- 
vian guano, two pounds to fifty gallons of 
water, may be substituted. <A peck of soot 
tied in a coarse bag and allowed to stand in 
water for several hours, is alsoa useful stim- 
ulant. To destroy worms and keep the soil 
sweet a dose of lime-water may occasionally 
be given with excellent results. One peck of 
fresh lime is placed in a barrel, and enough 
water added to it to slake it, as a mason 
would do in making mortar. When the lime 
