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to the artificial climate of an inhabited room. 

 Take good care not to buy them in bloom, even 

 though you should be able to get them in full 

 flower; take them at most in the bud; it will 

 be much more agreeable to make them bloom 

 yourself. 



Climbing Double Violet. 



Possibly you may never have seen a violet 

 climbing on a trellis. The culture of the double 

 violet in this form is very common in Belgium 

 and in all the north of France. It is not difficult. 



The double violet produces naturally, every 

 year, a certain number of runners, like those by 

 which the strawberry is propagated. Attach to 

 the trellis those runners which are so situated as 

 to be able to take hold of it easily, and destroy all 

 the others. The tufts in which each runner ter- 

 minates will flower abundantly in this position. 

 After they have bloomed, other runners will come 

 out, which you must attach to the trellis as you 

 did the first ; so arranging them as that they shall 

 not take possession of the space reserved for the 

 other climbing plants. By this system, continued 



