GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
ment, and a small plant from the florist’s will grow 
so rapidly as to soon need repotting. These favor- 
ites are of a large family, and some will stand con- 
siderable shade. A large, lovely specimen now 
about three years old, in my own home has devel- 
oped from a little thing costing fifteen cents. Get 
cultural directions for the kind you buy, as they 
differ. A couple of stalks broken from an old plant 
early in the season, and stuck in a small pot, if 
kept thoroughly damp, will soon root, and blossom 
in a very little while. 
Fuchsias are another old favorite easily grown 
from cuttings, and thriving well in a window. 
Primroses are easily grown from seed, and when 
started in February or March, should begin bloom- 
ing in November and under careful treatment, last 
through the winter. The crab cactus or ‘‘ Christmas 
cactus,’’ as I have heard it called, is one of the most 
easily grown houseplants, and sends out bright red 
flowers at the ends of the joints, making an attrac- 
tive plant for the holidays. 
Of the ferns, I have found several varieties ex- 
ceptionally satisfactory. A little Boston, costing 
only twenty-five cents when bought for a small table 
decoration four or five years ago, and changed from 
one pot to another as growth demanded, today is 
five feet in diameter,—and the despair of the fam- 
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