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generally used for the second potting and 

 are probably better than a larger size for 

 the purpose, although I have had equally 

 good results by using six-inch. More care 

 will need to be exercised in watering when 

 the larger size is used. 



This repotting, or "shifting," as it is 

 termed, must be repeated as the plants 

 require, using pots about two inches larger 

 at each repetition, until the plants are in 

 eight-inch pots. From these they should be 

 shifted into the pots in which they are to 

 flower, which may be either ten, twelve, or 

 fourteen-inch. The last is not too large for 

 healthy plants, which should produce from 

 two to three hundred good flowers. After the 

 plants have been potted into pots larger 

 than eight-inch they cannot be repotted 

 with safety, the body of soil being so heavy 

 that it is liable to fall apart, damaging the 

 roots. At the last potting some additional 

 fertilizer may be added to the soil. A 

 quart of bone meal and a shovelful of good 

 manure to each barrow load of the compost 

 prepared for general use will be safe and 

 prove beneficial. The coarser portions of 

 the soil should be selected for this potting. 



