24 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 
Water the pot thoroughly after all the slips have been 
planted. The sprinkler should be held at some distance 
above the pot, so that the water will come down with 
some degree of force and cause the sand to settle around 
the slips. The pot is now ready to be placed in a win- 
dow. A china plate or a granite-iron or fiber pan should 
be put under it to catch the drainage. The ordinary 
clay saucers used under flowerpots are so porous that 
they allow moisture to pass through and injure the 
window sill or the table. 
Geranium slips will do well in the usual house tem- 
perature of from 68 degrees to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. 
They should be watered daily, but water must not be 
permitted to stand in the pan, thus keeping the soil 
soaked. Protect from strong sunlight for several days. 
Leave the slips in the pot until they have grown two 
or three inches, when they may be transplanted to three- 
inch flowerpots and distributed among the pupils. If 
an attempt is made to start a slip for each pupil in the 
room, there must be several extra ones, as some usually 
fail to grow. 
PotTina PLANTS 
Geraniums grown from slips. The materials needed are 
four-inch flowerpots, pebbles for drainage, and fine soil 
consisting of equal quantities of garden soil, well-rotted 
manure, and sand. After the compost is well mixed it 
should be passed through a quarter-inch screen, in order 
that all the lumps in it may be removed or broken. The 
