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ally ; fill in soil around them until the pots are full, 

 without covering the roots where they join the stem 

 more than half an inch deep ; press the soil down firmly, 

 but not so hard as to break the roots. When the plants 

 are potted, place them again in the frames, give them 

 water to settle the soil about their roots, and keep the 

 air somewhat confined for a few days, until they have 

 become well established in the pots, when a little more 

 air may be given them. Keep the temperature at 85 to 

 95 during the day, and 60 to 70 at night. When the 

 plants have made four to six inches of stem they may be 

 taken out of the frames and placed in another house, 

 which, if they are to remain under glass during the sea- 

 son, should have been made ready for their reception. 



Some propagators do not use frames within the 

 house at all, but depend entirely upon keeping the air 

 moist and hofc, as well as sufficiently confined, by the 

 ordinary methods of heating and ventilating the house. 

 While an experienced propagator will usually succeed in 

 this way, for those who have not had experience in prop- 

 agating the frames are much safer, and are enough bet- 

 ter to pay the extra cost, even for the use of the most 

 skillful. 



When the plants are first potted in the small pots 

 they will require so much more room than before, that 

 it will often be found inconvenient to furnish frames 

 enough to hold them ; in such cases they may be set 

 upon shelves in the open house, and they will do well in 

 such a position if care is given in keeping the atmos- 

 phere within the house moist and warm, as well as in 

 shading the plants and avoiding direct currents of cold 

 air from the outside through doors or when ventilating 

 the house. 



To get good, large, and strong plants, they will 

 require repotting at least three times during the summer. 

 At each change the pots used should be increased in size 



