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the young shoots pinched out occasionally 

 until August. The flowers stems must also 

 be kept picked off" until September to ensure 

 good flowering results in winter. 



It is not too late to sow a pot of East 

 Lothian stock seed. Pot the plants singly 

 into 4-inch pots and plunge pot and all into 

 the open ground until fall. The plants can 

 then- be potted into 6-inch pots and taken 

 into the greenhouse. By March or April 

 they will give you some grand spikes of 

 their deliciously perfumed flowers. The 

 white variety is the best. 



The Window — Many of the plants that 

 have occupied the window all winter will be 

 better stood outside in a shaded place. 

 Cactus and epiphyllums that have flowered 

 during the winter or spring, calla lilies, old 

 plants of geraniums tbat are wanted for next 

 winter's flowering, can be treated in this way. 

 Fuchsias will probably do better stood out in 

 a shady place during the summer. 



Plants for the window boxes outside will 

 soon be required. For sunny positions use 

 geraniums, cordylines and coleus for the 

 centre, and vincus (periwinkle), German ivy, 

 nasturtiums, Othonna grassifolia, Madame 

 Saleroy geraniums, petunias and a few other 

 sun resisting plants for the edge of the box. 

 If the position is nicely shaded, fuchsias, 

 tall growing abutilons, summer flovi^ering 

 begonias, foliage begonias and similar tender 

 plants for the centre can be made use of, 

 whilst ferns, tradescantias, Isolepsis gracilis, 

 Festuca glauca, etc., will be found satis- 

 factory for planting around the edge of the 

 box. A slight shading to window boxes at 

 mid-day in sunny positions will be beneficial 

 to the plants. 



The Garden — The flower bed and borders 

 should have a light coat of well rotted man- 

 ure forked into the soil if it was not done in 

 the fall. The beds and borders should in 

 any case be forked over just before their 

 summer occupants are placed in them. The 

 herbaceous border should be treated in a 



Fig. 2057. Si'iKE OF East Lothian Stock. 



similar way. Any large clumps of peren- 

 nial phlox, campanulas, etc., that need 

 dividing up should be attended to early in 

 May. 



Annuals and the hardier kinds of bedding 

 plants can be planted out as the weather 

 permits. Water and shade all newly plant- 

 ed seedlings carefully for a few days after 

 transplanting. 



Put the brushwood sticks or other sup- 

 ports to sweet peas before they commence 

 to run. If left later the vines are oftentimes 

 injured. 



Give the rose bushes a sprinkle of dry 

 hellebore before the buds are developed. A 

 second application may be necessary. This 

 will keep down the rose slug or maggot. 

 Half a teaspoonful of Paris green, well mix- 

 ed in a small quantity of water first, and 

 sufficient water added to make two gallons 

 of the poison liquid, will answer the same 

 purpose sprinkled on the rose bushes. 



