WINDOW GARDENING 



surface and use standard pots to give plenty of 

 root space. A number should be placed in each 

 pot so as to secure a mass of foliage and flowers. 

 When in bud and flower they should receive oc- 

 casional applications of liquid fertilizer. 



Plants for winter blooming should be started 

 in August or September. When the plants are 

 through blooming and the foliage has begun to 

 die, water should be gradually withheld and 

 when the tops become dead the pots should be 

 laid on their sides, and stored in some dry place. 

 They should be kept in this condition until plant- 

 ing time, when the bulbs may be taken out and 

 repotted in fresh soil. 



POINSETTIA 



The poinsettia with its cluster of large scarlet 

 bracts should be found in every window garden. 

 Blooming as it does at Christmas time, it not 

 only adds a touch of color to the window when 

 other flowers are scarce, but is doubly welcome 

 since the large scarlet bracts which surround the 

 flower cluster remain on the plant in full bril- 

 liance for from four to eight weeks. 



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