A single tuber of calla can be grown in a five inch 

 pot, or three Godfreys in a six inch pot. But for a 

 really magnificent, lately effecH: you will find the 

 larger pot planting much more pleasing, I am 

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^ Another sunny window delight is creamy white 

 freesias and gold and tender blue Spanish iris, 

 grown together in a twelve inch pot, with the 

 necessary one inch of drainage, which may be 

 pebbles or broken bits of flower pots. For freesias 

 and Spanish iris we need not only good rich soil but 

 a pint of sand and a tablespoonful of bone-flour, 

 which mu^t be thoroughly mixed together and 

 packed in the twelve inch pot to within two inches 

 of the top. Eight iris bulbs and ten freesia bulbs 

 when evenly spaced will produce a bewitching 

 display of these uncommon flowers for a month at 

 lea^ and for a succession of them, plant the bulbs 

 every two weeks. 



^ There are two cultural points that ** sunny- 

 window gardeners " should be familiar with, 

 concerning freesias and Spanish iris, and that 

 should be carefully followed. The bulbs should 

 have their top tips ju^t under the top soil which is, 

 as you know, always about a half inch below the 

 top edge of the pot to allow for proper watering. 

 After watering the newly planted bulbs, a folded 

 newspaper should be placed over the pot and left 

 there until the pale green tips show above the 

 soil. Then it can be removed and they will proceed 

 to grow Readily in the warm sun. The same freesia 

 bulbs can be grown year after year, only do not for- 

 get that you mu^ not cut away the foliage. I have 

 had one freesia bulb produce for me over thirty 

 flowers. That included those on the central ^tem 

 and the side branches, and they were crisply 

 lovely and deliciously fragrant for ever so long. 



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