40 Potting and Watering. 



have a three- or four-inch pot at first, and be shifted 

 into a larger when the pot is full of roots. I would 

 not recommend you to grow plants in any larger size 

 than an eight-inch pot. Six- or seven-inch is the most 

 convenient size for window plants. If plants such as 

 fuchsias or geraniums have outgrown the eight-inch 

 size, it is best to cut them back and reduce the ball so 

 as to allow room for fresh soil in the same pot. 

 Cape geraniums — those with the large partly-coloured 

 flowers — should always be cut back after flowering to 

 the second eye on each branch, and potted back into a 

 smaller pot, from which they can be shifted into the 

 larger size again in the early spring after they have 

 made some growth. 



Window plants should always stand in flats to keep 

 the window dry. The water which settles down into 

 the flats after watering should always be thrown out, 

 as it is injurious to the plants to let it remain, tending 



to rot the roots by keeping the ball too moist and pre- 

 venting the action of drainage. The proper time and 

 way to water plants is very little understood by some 

 people. Through excess of kindness they make a 

 point of watering their plants at stated times without 



