ing out. In three weeks from the time of planting 

 they will be in bloom, and will remain fresh and 

 lovely for weeks. 



^ For a succession of them plant, let us say, a 

 dozen or fifteen pips or more according to size of 

 bowls every Week, until May. They make a per- 

 fectly dear and much appreciated gift to a tired 

 little shut-in, to the old or young, and could 

 anything be more acceptable as an Ea^er gift? 

 For who does not prize lilies-of-the-valley? Can 

 you imagine anything easier to grow? No " dark 

 closet treatment " or confusing culture, as is the 

 case with hyacinths, etc. It is a cleanly, simple and 

 enjoyable way to have these lovable flowers for six 

 months at lea^. 



^ Heliotrope too, the rich, dark tinted kind, is 

 very happy on the sunny window sill. Any florid 

 will supply it, or you may have it potted up " 

 from your own garden in very rich soil in six inch 

 pots. Cut away all the blooms and allow none of 

 them to mature for a month, pinching out all 

 flower caps as they appear. If you do so it will 

 result in vigor and bushiness and a great abun- 

 dance of flowers, when you do permit the plants 

 to bloom. 



^ To keep heliotrope a completely satisfacflory 

 sunny window plant, with as much ^em as pos- 

 sible, always cut to within a quarter inch of a leaf, 

 keeping in mind a rounded, bushy form which 

 you can maintain as you cut away the faded 

 flowers with some of the ^tem. Heliotrope is truly 

 one of the very be^ of the indoor plants, requir- 

 ing only plenty of sun, a teaspoonful of bone-flour, 

 worked into the surface soil every two weeks and of 

 course it mu^t not be allowed to dry out. Nor 

 should it be flooded with water. You need n't be 

 afraid of flooding the calla lilies. They need more 



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