THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



work can be accomplished, when familiarity 

 has made the handling of such fragility an 

 easy task. 



After the middle of October spraying the 

 foliage is omitted entirely, water being sup- 

 plied only to the roots. 



Heat and ventilation commences to be a 

 problem as the season advances, for violets 

 must have quantities of fresh air, and cannot 

 stand much heat; therefore, forcing them for 

 winter blossoms presents difficulties not ex- 

 perienced with other hot-house plants. To 

 supply fresh air in a conservatory, when the 

 outside air is below zero, requires the exercise 

 of much gumption, especially as the house 

 thermometer should never go above sixty de- 

 grees and five lower are to be preferred in 

 the daytime; during the night forty degrees 

 is maximum. B. T. Galloway, to whose valu- 

 able book we owe much of our success and 

 pleasure, gives, as a safe standard, ten degrees 

 above freezing. 



Cultivation of the beds commences when the 

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