224 HOUSE PLANTS 



The use of anaesthetics shortens the time of 

 forcing twenty to thirty days. 



THE ITEMS OF COST AND PROFIT 



2 azaleas [i2-inch plants], named varieties . . i^i.50 



2 lilacs [Marie le Gray and Charles X.^ . . . 2.00 



2 Deutzia Lemoinei 1. 50 



Ether [average 15 cents per plant] .90 



1^5.90 



"For less than ^6 and practically no work 

 we had flowering plants at Christmas worth 

 ^15 to ^20. Ether sells at 75 cents a pound. 



