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lengthen ? Where do new branches grow out ? How soon 

 do the flowers begin to make • their appearance ? Have 

 children report in regard to those they have taken home. 



Let one pot remain with the same side toward the 

 window for a number of days. Turn the other pots every 

 day or two. Compare. This shows very well how plants 

 seek the light. 



If no one can care for the plants in the schoolroom over 

 Saturday and Sunday fill the saucers with water Friday 

 night. This will provide enough moisture till Monday. 

 During the cold weather, if you have no cellar in which to 

 place the plants to keep them from freezing, make thick 

 covers of paper in the shape of cones and slip over the 

 plants, wrapping extra paper around the pots. In this 

 way you may keep your plants a number of weeks even in 

 very cold weather. Do not attempt to keep too many. 



The following is a list of plants that are easily proga- 

 gated by means of cuttings: geraniums, coleus or foliage 

 plants, wandering Jew, salvia, impatiens or balsam, oxalis, 

 sultana, altemanthera, heliotrope. 



The children will readily see the following advantages 

 of propagating by means of cuttings instead of seeds, (a) 

 They get quicker results; the plants are ready to flower in 

 half the time. (&) They are certain to get the same kind 

 of plant as the parent, while if seeds are used they may 

 get one color or variety when they expected another. 



