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Milady's House Plants 



Small Pots 



Pots of small size (three or four-inch) do not re- 

 quire such elaborate drainage. Just a simple crock 

 placed concave side down over the hole is sufficient. 

 Also, it may not be expedient to allow an increase 

 of two inches in the larger sized pots. An increase 

 of one inch in diameter will give the narrow space of 

 one-half an inch around the bole. In this case, 

 great care is needed to see that the loam is well dis- 

 tributed around the bole, as it is inclined to jam on 



Jerusalem Cherry pruned in the Spring before plunging in the garden. 

 Like the Genista, this plant should be grown in a pot all the time as its roots 

 spread so much that it is very difficult to "lift" it in the Fall without serious 

 injury. The roots may, however, be separated and reduced in bulk at the 

 time of pruning as in the case of the Genista (see pages 103 and 103) 



