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is of proper texture and good drainage has 

 been provided. 



WHEN TO REPOT AND SIZES OF POTS TO USE 



If proper care is given, the plants will 

 make roots rapidly, and should be repotted 

 as soon as the ball of earth has become fairly 

 well filled with them. Do not at any time 

 allow them to remain in the pots until 

 nothing but a mass of roots can be seen 

 when the plants are turned out of the pots. 

 This condition is what is termed "pot- 

 bound," and will cause the growth to be 

 checked to a greater or less extent. Ex- 

 amine the plants frequently by turning some 

 of them out of the pots. When potting, 

 ample room should be left from the surface 

 of the soil to the top of the pots, for water. 

 This will vary from one half an inch for the 

 smallest pots to two or three inches for the 

 largest size. The soil for potting (or plant- 

 ing) should be in only a moderately moist 

 condition, so that if taken in the hand 

 and pressed firmly it will, when released, 

 retain the imprint of the hand, yet fall 

 apart readily. Such soil is in ideal 

 condition. 



