FLOWERING PLANTS 



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The flowers vary in length; in some it is 

 very short, while in one variety, Earl of 

 Beaconsfield, it is three inches long. 



To get good plants for winter bloom 

 start the old plants (which have been resting) 

 into growth in December. By January or 

 February, there will be plenty of new 

 shoots from which to make new cuttings. 

 Do not use old, hard wood or even new 

 growth which has become hardened. Make 

 the cutting two joints long. As soon as the 

 cuttings have rooted, put them in two- 

 inch pots, using a rich soil. Keep the 

 plants growing along rapidly, shifting them 

 to larger pots as needed, and frequently 

 pinch out the ends of the new growth in 

 order to produce stocky plants. These will 

 make good plants in five or six inch pots the 

 following fall. The fuchsia is easily grown 

 from seed. A night temperature of about 

 55 degrees is needed for its best develop- 

 ment, but if the temperature goes a few 

 degrees lower at night, no harm will be done. 



For porch decoration, or for planting in 

 shaded places about the porch in the sum- 

 mer, start the plants indoors from cuttings 

 in the fall. After flowering, the plants need 



