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two-inch pots using soil composed of three parts turfy-loam, 

 one part sandy leaf-mold and one part old, well-decomposed 

 horse-manure, with a little bone-meal. Be careful that all the 

 ingredients are well-mixed together and see that proper drainage 

 is afforded. Pot the plants firmly and return the plants to the 

 cold frame; keep them close for a few days and syringe them 

 lightly overhead at least once a day. Should the green fly 

 appear, dip the heads of the plants in softsoap and water. 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine and other fibrous-rooted Begonias 

 will now require attention. Having washed clean a sufficient 

 number of thumb-pots and attended to the drainage, fill each 

 pot loosely with sandy leaf -soil to the rim; make a hole in the 

 middle, insert a cutting and fill the hole with silver-sand, making 

 the soil firm about the cutting; plunge them in a place where 

 they will get a little bottom heat, say about eighty degrees 

 Fahrenheit, standing them closely together. Each cutting being 

 struck singly in a pot, it is not necessary to disturb the roots at 

 next potting. 



Sow seeds of Primula sinensis in well-drained, shallow pans 

 filled with soil composed of light loam, leaf-mold and silver- 

 sand mixed in equal parts and sifted through a sieve with a half- 

 inch mesh. Having made the soil firm and level, sow the seeds 

 evenly and press them into the soil with a piece of smooth dry 

 wood; cover the seeds lightly with fine particles of sandy leaf- 

 mold ; water with a fine rose and cover the pans with a 

 piece of glass on which place a thin layer of moss. Keep the 

 moss damp until the seeds germinate; place the plants in a tem- 

 perature of about sixty degrees Fahrenheit; shade them during 

 the sunshine and see that the soil does not become dry. Gradu- 

 ally inure the young plants to light and air, and, when they make 

 four leaves, transplant them into shallow pans, an inch or two 

 apart, using the same soil as recommended for the seed. 



It is now also the time of year to put in cuttings of Coleus, 

 Acalyphas and other soft-wooded plants. See that the young 



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