A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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pointed in that direction, at once puts forth two or more 

 shoots just below the injured one, and growth goes on in 

 two new directions, instead of one. The advantage to the 

 grower is plain. So long, however, as the pinching is 

 carried on, no flowers will appear. Therefore, when it is 

 desired that the plant should put forth buds, the pinching 

 must cease. A plant pinched in June will flower in July. 

 If pinched through Julj, the flower will come in August, 

 and in greatly increased quantities. 



PUSrCniNG HOUSE PLA'NTS 



is carried on all summer. Those carnations, bouvardias, 

 salvia, and other plants to be used in the house during the 

 coming winter are not allowed to bloom at all, but are 

 pinched as often as the shoots become a few inches long. 

 This Avill occur about twice a month through the entire 

 season. The efiect of this is to produce thick, compact 

 plants, filled with hundreds of short shoots, every one of 

 which will bear a bud, and return to the careful grower an 

 overflowing harvest of blooming flowers. 



