THE GARDEN PRIMER 



FEBRUARY 



NOW is the time to take cuttings of your Stevia 

 (Piqueria trinervia), or as soon as it is through 

 its Christmas flowering. From time to time shift them 

 until they are ready for 6-inch pots. Then plunge 

 them outdoors in ashes when all danger of frost is past, 

 turning the pots every day to keep them from rooting 

 into the ground. Induce a bush form by pinching out 

 the growths. Store the plants in a light cool place as 

 cold weather comes on, and bring a few of them at a 

 time into the flower room. Thus, in succession you 

 will have the Stevia for November, December and 

 January. 



Don't forget that you may have some spraying to do 

 in February. 



Hotbeds will hardly be started as early as February 

 in parts of the country north of Philadelphia, surely 

 not near Chicago, Detroit or New York. 



If you are intending to start a Mushroom crop you 

 have no time to lose now. 



Cuttings may now be taken for Paris Daisies, 

 Chrysanthemums, and Begonias for October and later 

 flowering. It would be well to buy small greenhouse 

 plants at this time to be grown through the summer to 

 maturity. 



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