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attended to through the summer, the crowns should be 

 full of buds. To avoid injury to these, after cleaning 

 of all dead leaves and runners, they should be lifted 

 with as much adhering dirt as will save the fibrous 

 roots, and planted in soil sufficiently deep to cover the 

 balls of earth, watered and shaded for a few days until 

 root action commences. A convenient form of shading 

 is by the use of cloth manufactured for the purpose. 

 Fastened to light frames, this can also be used for cov- 

 ering them with at night until time to put on the sash 

 permanently. From the time it is necessary to put on 

 the sash in the fall, until the plants are through flower- 

 ing in the spring, they need constant care. Do not 

 think because they flourish in a caol atmosphere that 

 heat can be shut ofi" two-thirds of the time and that this 

 is all that they need. Ventilati9n must be attended to 

 almost as thoroughly as for roses, giving all the air con- 

 sistent with the outside temperature on bright sunny 

 days, less on cloudy days, but enough to keep the house 

 at from sixty to sixty-five, with a night temperature of 

 from forty-five to forty-eight. They should be cleaned 

 of runners as fast as they appear, as well as leaves which 

 have passed their usefulness. Iii case there should be 

 an excess of foliage, some of it should be thinned out. 

 Some growers claim the foliage should be seldom if ever 

 wet, believing it has a tendency to spread disease if any 

 is present, but spider must be kept in check, and enough 

 water should be applied to accomplish this. 



