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the effect of having been trained to grow in 

 pendent form, but it is the profusion of bloom 

 that causes them to droop. This variety is far 

 more floriferous than any other I have ever 

 grown, and no well-regulated window-garden 

 can afford to be without at least one specimen 

 of it. Young, vigorous plants are now offered 

 for sale each fall by nearly all florists, and 

 these are the plants to depend upon for winter 

 bloom. I would not advise the amateur to 

 attempt growing this variety from cuttings, 

 because he will fail ninety-nine times out of a 

 hundred. But he may feel reasonably sure of 

 success with plants grown to flowering size by 

 florists who have a knowledge of the plant's 

 requirements in the earlier stages of its devel- 

 opment. 



The Heliotrope is one of our most neglected 

 flowers. But it always comes in for a great 

 deal of admiration when well grown, and it can 

 be grown very satisfactorily with but little 

 trouble. It should be given a soil full of 

 fibrous matter, with a good deal of sharp, 

 coarse sand worked into it enough to make it 

 so friable that a handful of it, after being 

 squeezed together, will fall apart readily when 

 pressure is relaxed. It should also be given 



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