WINTER PROTECTION 



possible and watered by standing in a basin of water. 

 Such a condition, however, indicates the use of poor 

 soil, soil containing too little huraus, and it would be 

 well to repot with a good compost containing one part 

 leaf mold, one part sharp sand, one of good garden 

 loam and one of ;old, well-rotted manure. 



Plants are in much better condition for watering 

 when the surface soil is kept loose and friable. Plants 

 which have been repotted in good, rich soil in late 

 summer or fall should not need fertilizer during the 

 winter, but where they are growing and blooming 

 freely it sometimes seems called for, and for an indoor 

 fertilizer I have found nothing better than the fol- 

 lowing. 



One and one-half part (ounces or pounds) Nitrate 

 of Soda. 



One part (ounces or pounds) Sulphate of Potash. 



One-half part (ounces or pounds) Phosphate of 

 Soda. 



Mix and pulverize the material thoroughly. When 

 required for use put a rounding tablespoonful of the 

 mixture in a gallon of hot water and use when cool 

 in the proportion of a teacupful to a six-inch pot. 

 Of course one may use the commercial fertilizer, 

 which is much cheaper, but the ingredients from the 

 druggist are strictly pure, odorless and go much 

 further. 



