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A. As the wood is well ripened you should plunge the pots in 

 ashes or tree leaves during the winter, and then put the plants in 

 warmth in spring, in order to get flowers by the middle of May. If 

 you can spare a cool frame, put the plants in it, and protect them 

 only from frosts. It will not be necessary to cut down the plants 

 really, but to lengthen the flowering period you may cut down some 

 of them to good basal buds when you place them in heat in the new 

 year. Feed liberally when the flower buds commence to develop. 



Keeping Pansy Cuttings through the Winter 



Q. I wish to know if the cuttings from Pansies will keep during 

 the winter in an attic, and if so, should I cover with anything to 

 protect from cold ? I do not possess a greenhouse. (7. /. W. t Kent. 



A. It is not necessary to put Pansies in either a greenhouse or 

 attic in order to keep them through the winter. If subjected to such 

 treatment the plants would be greatly weakened. Make up a nice 

 bed- in the garden, and grow the young plants there. If very severe 

 weather comes fix a few arched sticks in the border and then put 

 mats on them. 



Cineraria and Calceolaria during Winter 



Q. Can I keep these plants during the winter without artificial 

 heat 1 Enthusiast, Doncaster. 



A. The Calceolarias will withstand a lower temperature than 

 Cinerarias, but neither will survive being frozen. If the winter 

 proves to be a mild one, and you make provision for placing mats 

 over the plants in frosty weather, you may succeed in keeping these 

 plants through the winter in an unheated greenhouse. 



All about Fuchsias 



Q. Would you give a few practical notes on growing Fuchsias 

 as I am anxious to take up their cultivation 1Sunbury. 



A. Fuchsias may be grown in pots for the greenhouse or window ; 

 in window boxes either as tall plants or trained to hang down over 

 the front of the boxes; in baskets hanging from the greenhouse 

 roof, in the flower garden, and in tubs. A half shaded position is 

 one in which few flowering plants do well, yet for a window box with 

 a northern aspect Fuchsias are the first plants I would recommend. 

 Varying weather conditions in summer have comparatively little 

 effect on Fuchsias. They are increased best by cuttings. Spring is 

 the best time to put in cuttings. Vigorous young growths should be 



