HINTS AND 



about its requirements. The florist will tell 

 you what kind of treatment it needs, if you 

 ask him. If it is a treatment you can not give, 

 forego your inclinations in the matter, and 

 concentrate your money and your attention 

 on plants adapted to the conditions which pre- 

 vail in the home. 



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 When you prune your plants, never throw 

 away anything that can be made into a good 

 cutting. If you have no sand-box in which to 

 start it, insert it in the soil of the pot in which 

 the plant from which it was taken is growing. 

 Nine times out of ten you will be successful in 

 propagating plants in this manner. If you do 

 not need another plant of that variety for your 

 own collection, some flower-loving friend will 

 always be glad to get it. Or you can grow it on 

 until summer and give it a place in the garden. 

 A better plan, however, is to distribute the 

 plants among the poor children of the neigh- 

 borhood, with instructions as to how to grow 

 them. 



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It is not enough to see that our plants are 

 kept clean and free from insects. The walls 

 and benches of the places in which they are 



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