AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS August, 1909 
seed, stakes and twine for supporting plants, 
catalogues and other small articles in constant 
demand by the plant grower, while the half 
shelf provides a place for the pots too large 
for the top of the table, the box of sphagnum 
moss and charcoal and broken shards for 
drainage and the like. On the floor a heap of 
potting soil may be piled and will remain 
moist much longer than if placed in a box. 
The value of having potting material and soil 
always ready can not be underestimated, as 
it insures prompt attention which might not 
be secured if it was necessary to hunt around 
for material with which to work. 
To this convenient place the box of plants 
or bulbs from the florist will be brought for 
unpacking and all the muss and litter indoors 
avoided. If the table is under a shed the 
plants can be removed from the box, stood up 
on the table and allowed to remain over night, 
ae or a day if necessary, as the tops may be freely 
= ere eS sprinkled and the package dipped in water, 
are Bae ee and the plants be the better for their tem- 
Fifty-four Years of Quality 
Guarantee Labels 
placed at once in the open ground. Florists’ 
packages have an aggravating way of arriving 
on a Saturday afternoon when it is often im- 
possible to attend to them, and plants by mail 
Guarantee labels on enameled ironware are various into. small pots and-allowed! eo becomenentems 
and are variously translated in practice. lished before trusting them to the open. 
Careful architects have come to understand that A stool or chair of convenient height is very 
it is the spirit behind the guarantee that counts for useful where there is much potting of small 
. : : : how rapidly this work will be done when 
sible for unvarying Wolff specification as often as is eseinae 4 conveniently at hand and one 
the leadership of Wolff design. can work freely without regard to the litter 
they may create. 
should never go at once into the open ground 
most after all. The liberal, unquestioning, make- plants to be done, “as ithe patineyen ona 
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or window boxes, but should be potted off 
good policy Behind every Wolff euaaneee respon: lings from flats or hotbeds, and it is surprising 
Established 1855 
(Continued from page viz) 
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