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HOUSE PLANTS 



The use of anaesthetics shortens the time of 

 forcing twenty to thirty days. 



THE ITEMS OF COST AND PROFIT 



2 azaleas [i2-mch plants], named varieties . . 1^1.50 

 2 lilacs [Marie le Gray and Qiarles X.J . . . 2.00 



2 Deutzia Lemoinei 1. 50 



Ether [average 15 cents per plant] 90 



"For less than $6 and practically no work 

 we had flowering plants at Christmas worth 

 $i^x.o $20. Ether sells at 75 cents a pound. 



