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are stronger growing than the double, 2 feet each 

 way will not be too much. Immediately the planting 

 is completed a thorough watering should be given, and 

 the plants should quickly become established. 



In dealing with the double varieties, it is advocated 

 by some growers that the best method is to pot up the 

 divided pieces into pots 3 inches in diameter, using 

 a compost consisting of loam, leaf-soil, and sand in about 

 equal quantities. When these pieces have become estab- 

 lished and have grown into thoroughly strong plants, 

 plant them out in their summer quarters. It is a question, 

 however, whether there be any real advantage attaching 

 to this method, though in the case of crowns with 

 very few roots there is a better prospect of their rooting 

 quickly and becoming established with more certainty 

 of success. After these growths have been potted up, 

 and having been well watered in, they should be arranged 

 in a sheltered position and shade afforded until established. 

 It should not be long before each piece has become a 

 strong and healthy plant. 



GENERAL CULTIVATION DURING THE SUMMER 



Much good may be accomplished by attending to the 

 plants' welfare by the means of watering, hoeing between 

 the rows, and syringing. In dry weather water should 

 be given freely. If the plants are affected by mildew 

 or red spider, a good dusting with sulphur will eliminate 

 the former, and a dressing of lime and soot the latter, re- 

 peating the dressing until the pest is eradicated. 



No runners should be allowed to grow during the 

 summer months (these are shoots issuing from the 

 "crowns") for they serve only to impoverish the plants, 

 and have the effect of causing them to produce but few 

 flowers, and these of poor quality. These runners, how- 

 ever, instead of being destroyed may be planted in a 



