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place to complete their period of rest until about a 

 month before they are to be flowered, when they should 

 he placed about an inch apart in boxes of sand or sandy 

 loam, with the pips about half their length, in the soil. 

 r . hey should be placed in partial shade (Fig. 32), where 



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they can have a strong, bottom heat of nearly one hun- 

 dred degrees. If the pips can be kept in a cool pit, 

 where the temperature is about thirty-five degrees, until 

 ready for forcing, flowers can be obtained in three weeks, 

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