24 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 



Water the pot thoroughly after all the slips have been 

 planted. The sprinkler should be held at some distance 

 above the pot, so that the water will come down with 

 some degree of force and cause the sand to settle around 

 the slips. The pot is now ready to be placed in a win- 

 dow. A china plate or a granite-iron or fiber pan should 

 be put under it to catch the drainage. The ordinary 

 clay saucers used under flowerpots are so porous that 

 they allow moisture to pass through and injure the 

 window sill or the table. 



Geranium slips will do well in the usual house tem- 

 perature of from 68 degrees to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. 

 They should be watered daily, but water must not be 

 permitted to stand in the pan, thus keeping the soil 

 soaked. Protect from strong sunlight for several days. 



Leave the slips in the pot until they have grown two 

 or three inches, when they may be transplanted to three- 

 inch flowerpots and distributed among the pupils. If 

 an attempt is made to start a slip for each pupil in the 

 room, there must be several extra ones, as some usually 

 fail to grow. 



POTTING PLANTS 



Geraniums grown from slips. The materials needed are 

 four-inch flowerpots, pebbles for drainage, and fine soil 

 consisting of equal quantities of garden soil, well-rotted 

 manure, and sand. After the compost is well mixed it 

 should be passed through a quarter-inch screen, in order 

 that all the lumps in it may be removed or broken. The 



