THE FIG. 197 



way from that recommended in the case of plants for 

 planting in borders. The training of pot-plants is, 

 however, different, inasmuch as the object desired 

 is a plant with a bush-like head of bearing branches and 

 twigs. As in the case of plants for borders, plants with 



Fig. 20. 



clean single stems, about a foot high, are best for pots 

 — such plants as may be described as dwarf standards. 



Trcdning, Pruning, &c. — Fig. 20, engraved from a 

 photograph, represents a plant four years old from the 

 cutting, in an 11-inch pat, bearing its second crop of 



