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fitted for it, and only enough, supplying it with clean 

 sand that helped to hold the warmth for the seedHng 

 and also to shed excess of water. Now the Httle plant 

 is ready to make some resistance to disease and must 

 have a larger pasturage for its roaming roots. So 

 we will use one part sand instead of three as before, 

 add one part of soil, and make up our whole by adding 

 a third part of well rotted manure. If absolutely 

 necessary, or for convenience in handling, its equiva- 

 lent in commercial fertilizer may be used, and all be 

 sifted together. 



For Pots: Use the one and a half inch or two inch 

 pots. As they are very porous and would rob the 

 plants of all the water with which they are wet the 

 first time, the pots must be thoroughly soaked; they 

 must also be thoroughly clean before using.* First, 

 wash them lest they have any dirt or mould to harm 

 their new tenants. Then in the bottom of each pot 

 place bits of stone for drainage. Fill the pot about a 

 third full of the prepared soil, using only the finer 

 siftings. Lift the plant or plants carefully, taking 

 one at a time, hold it with the left hand in the center 

 of the pot, and fill in the soil evenly on all sides, press- 

 ing it firmly until it comes to within about one fourth 

 or one half inch of the top of the pot. Label. 



Water: It is better to do this by placing the pots 

 in water and allowing the moisture to soak up through 

 the pots. Set away in the shade or cover with a paper 

 until the plants have established themselves. 



Shifting or Repotting. — Soil: Here again the soil 



* Many times the cheaper paper pots at small cost per hundred 

 may be used. These may be later buried in the ground and allowed 

 to decompose. 



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