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GARDENING BY MYSELF. 



manding" more room. For quick success, 

 an^ strong, thrifty young plants, I have 

 never tried anything so sure as the saucer 

 of sand. 



Another plan which I have found good 

 for roses — and have seen used for oleanders 

 and other hard-stemmed plants — is to fill a 

 common phial with water, put the cutting 

 in an inch or so deep, and then tie a string 

 round the neck of the phial and hang it up 

 in the warmest, sunniest place you have. 

 This is a good variety for sick-room gar- 

 dening. I have a little rose-bush now — ■ 

 one of the very finest in my garden — that 

 during its cutting -life hung for weeks in 

 the sunshine at my window, while I sat in 

 the shade. 



Cactus cuttings need a treatment of their 

 own. The least bit will grow, even the 

 green fruit below the flower; but before 

 planting, lay them by in a dry place for a 

 week or two to let them wilt a little. If 

 planted at once, in their full succulence, 

 they may decay. Let the' pot be well drain- 



