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at the height of the remainder of the plant. If 

 the long vines are desired, they can be trained 

 upon a trellis or up the side of the window. 

 Fig. 6 shows a plant of plumosus nanus from a 

 four-inch pot. 



Asparagus sprengeri (Fig. 32), on the other 

 hand, is a trailing form and lends itself well to 

 use in hanging baskets. When grown in a pot 

 it may be placed upon a stand and the vines al- 

 lowed to hang to the floor or the pot may be sus- 

 pended in the window by means of pot-hangers. 

 This form requires abundant light to prevent 

 the vines from becoming long and thin. 



Both should be potted in soil prepared ac- 

 cording to formula No. i. As the plants be- 

 come pot-bound they should be shifted to larger 

 pots. 



All forms of Asparagus and especially A. 

 sprengeri are voracious feeders and should be 

 given occasional applications of some suitable 

 fertilizer. 



Water freely but do not keep the soil wet. 

 The large fleshy roots are adapted for the stor- 

 age of water so that the plant suffers little by an 



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