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fe s always ask ng how 



th ek rh zomes always s gn f\ that the plant was obliged, 

 u t n t e hi nt tocarry Iself over an unpropitious 

 1 tl St s very necessary, if not abso- 



II I 1 loi est cat on Instinctively, we 



I I ]I They usually rest in our winter 



II I an 1 s uraer but some of them 



• U go to 

 a dbet- 

 at fac- 



Ihe o e- 

 1 w ben h, 



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t It 



t 3 the hab t 



e t n th n e of re up t on but 

 u tom of th plant Fo ages most 



1003. Violet house with water heating, 

 plants hivp bppn fori'prl to cpisp thpir activitios hrpiiis 



leaned In general, experience is the onh guide as to 

 whethei a plant needs rest, but bulbs and tubers and 



' iral T abilat of the plant is significant to the 

 e It V tor tt give's a s ggest on of tte treatment under 

 I I el tl e pla t mil be I kelj to thr ve. Unconsciously 

 the plai t grower str ves to m tate vhat he conceives to 

 be the conditions, as to temperature, moisture and sun- 

 light, under which the species grows in the wild. 

 We have our tropical, temperate and cool houses. Yet, 

 it must be remembered that the mere geography of a 

 plant's native place does not always indicate what the 

 precise nature of that place is. The plant in question 

 may grow in some unusual site or exposure in its native 

 wills. In a general way, we expect that a plant com- 

 ing from the Amazon needs a hothouse; but the details 

 of altitude, exposure, moisture and sunlight must be 

 learned by experience. Again, it is to he said that plants 

 do not always grow where they would, but where they 

 must. Many plants which inhabit swamps thrive well 

 on dry lauds. 



The. upshot of all this is, that the habitat and the 

 zone give the hint : with this beginning, work out the 

 proper treatment. Examples are many in which culti- 

 vators have slavishly followed the suggestion given by 

 a plant's nativity, only to meet with partial failure. Be- 

 cause the Dipladenia is Brazilian, it is generally sup- 

 posed that it needs a hothouse, but it gives best results 

 in a coolhous Pe on ofte m ke a s m lar m stake 

 in g ow ng the pep no warm 1 e au e t s Central and 

 South Amer can I a s g ne ally reg r 1 i n the 

 North as only a gla b e 1 1 t 1 au e t a Cape 

 bulb yet t thr e n tl i i t f Ivew En land, 



when well cove d 1 t 



6 s/ 



lit t al 



I II and 



1 I ften 



1 In 



] I J. [ r ma- 



1st U I h 1 gun 



h len N an 1 th n b tter 



1 1 1 It r 1 f om d n w th i nn als, 



1 II nd 7 ; f S Itn 



1 to n of th p n pi s wh ch u derlie 



nag u at f the ho e t may be d, 



1 the we h 1 1 tt pt to late a 



Th e sho Id be th f U complera t of 



( m unl ht the e should be pe od t in 



temperatu e F o n the low t temperature 1 efore 



dawn, theie shou.d be a gradual rise to midday or later. 



