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by frost. Plunging the pots in sand or coal ashes will 

 also be desirable on the same account. The plants 

 should be kept in the frame until about the first of Jan- 

 uary, after which short rest they can be brought into 

 heat. If a succession is desired, only a part of the 

 plants should be started at first and these should be 

 placed in a room where a temperature of 40 to 45 degrees 

 can be maintained at night, with thorough ventilation 

 during the day. All dead and diseased leaves should 

 be removed and the plants sprayed with a one to one 



FIG. 87. THE CROP GATHERED. 



thousand solution (one ounce to eight gallons of water) 

 of copper sulphate, to destroy all spores of fungi 

 Other lots should be brought in at intervals of two to 

 four weeks. 



In five or six weeks after growth starts, the planta 

 will blossom and tliey should then be transferred to a 

 warmer room, or the temperature must be raised to 

 65 or 70 degrees at ni^ht. The pollen will be shed most 

 freely in a warm, dry room an^i these conditions must 



