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and, when planting has been done, a liberal watering is 

 given to settle the soil about the roots. The gentle heat 

 created by the bed of leaves soon promotes root growth. 

 The lights are left off until the approach of frost, and 

 although the bed is well filled with young, healthy roots, 

 the plants have so far made very little top-growth. Violets 

 treated in this way provide flowers all through the winter. 

 Ventilation is given freely, and watering is done thoroughly 

 when this is necessary, which is not more than three or 

 four times during the winter months. 



" At Windsor, 3000 Violet plants are cultivated in pits, 

 and the success achieved is largely due to the liberal use 

 of leaf-mould, and the system of propagating the plants 

 in September. 



" Only three varieties are grown ; these are Princess of 

 Wales, Lady Hume Campbell, and Marie Louise." 



CULTURE OF VIOLETS IN POTS 



Having said so much about the cultivation of Violets 

 in the open ground and in frames, brief reference may 

 be made to yet a third method by which plants are cul- 

 tivated for supplying blooms in winter. Although the 

 public is not accustomed to see Violets growing in pots, 

 the plants nevertheless succeed as well as other kinds when 

 grown in these convenient receptacles ; and there are few 



