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formed by subsequent stopping and tying. 

 A strong stake must be set beside the stem 

 of the standard and the stem tied to it. 



PREVENT THE PLANTS FROM BREAKING 



As soon as the summer training is dis- 

 continued, place four or five stakes closely 

 about the plants and run some cord around 

 them, tying it to the stakes in such 

 manner that it will relieve any weight that 

 may fall upon the branches. The plants 

 are very easily broken at this time, and the 

 loss of a branch will ruin a plant. 



After the plants have been in their flower- 

 ing pots long enough to have fairly well filled 

 the soil with roots, it is a good practice to 

 arrange the pots so that some material 

 may be placed about them to protect them 

 from the sun and heat. During the hot, 

 drying days of August and September, 

 when the soil in the pots is completely filled 

 with roots and the sun striking on the pots 

 causes the soil near the outside of the pots 

 to dry out very rapidly, the main body of 

 soil will remain sufficiently moist, but the 

 roots at the outside of the pots will suffer. 

 Boards placed about them will afford shade 



