Growing Flowers 115 



Prince 1 s-feather will thrive in almost any soil, but 

 a deep, rich soil, fairly moist, will produce hand- 

 some showy heads, and the seed will come up year 

 after year. The young plants that are not desired 

 should be weeded out in order to allow the best 

 plants to get all the nourishment they need from 

 the soil. 



If the flowers of prince' s-feather are given a thin 

 coating of melted paraffin, they will not fall apart 

 for a long time. 



Rhododendrons 



Rhododendrons require moist, loamy soil. Dead 

 leaves buried near the roots each fall will prove 

 most beneficial. The drainage should be good. 



Rhododendrons do not produce the finest flowers if 



grown from cuttings, seed plants being by far the 



most satisfactory. It is necessary to prune them 



while young to insure hardiness. 

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When old rhododendron plants begin to fail, water 

 every other day with water in which cow-manure 

 has been soaked. This water should be applied 

 to the roots by means of a pipe driven into the 

 ground to a point where it will come in contact with 



