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HOUSE PLANTS 



seems to be no remedy for this, so if your 

 plant becomes badly infested, throw it away. 

 If there are only one or two spots, cut off 

 the infected leaves and burn them; keep the 

 plant dry — do not syringe the leaves — 

 and water the soil sparingly. Over watering 

 seems to induce an attack of this insect. 



FRUITING ORANGES AND LEMONS 



It seems to be the delight of a great many 

 people to grow an orange or a lemon tree. 

 They save the seeds from fruit used about 

 the house and plant — usually they stick 

 them in a pot with another plant • — a bad 

 habit. The seeds grow and after a year or 

 two, a nice little tree has been produced and 

 if the plant is grown long enough, it will 

 produce some fruit, usually sour. I have 

 been asked a great many times how those 

 plants can be made to bear sweet oranges 

 or good lemons. The plants should have 

 been budded with a good variety when about 

 the size of a lead pencil. This requires 

 a delicate operation and the very bother- 

 some detail of sending to some California 

 or Florida dealer for a bud-stick of a good 

 variety. 



