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When the branches are two or three inches long nip out 

 the tip of each one and two or three branches will start 

 from each. 



Carnations are so beautiful and possess so refreshing 

 a fragrance that you will feel well repaid for what care 

 they require. I remember seeing one in a farm house 

 T^dndow a few years ago, the flowers a beautiful dark red. 

 There were so many blossoms on the stalks that I asked 

 permission to count them. Buds and flowers taken to- 

 gether numbered more than one hundred. So you see 

 they are worth while. Perhaps no other plant demands so 

 Tich a soil in order to produce fine flowers. There are so 

 many varieties that you might have a fine display with no 

 other plants than carnations. 



You must not think your winter garden complete 

 unless you have a few at least of the beautiful flowering 

 bulbs. For more than three hundred years hyacinths 

 have been cherished by plant lovers and they are today 

 ihe most frequently sought for winter window decorations. 

 But freesias, tulips, crocuses, narcissuses, lillies and best 

 of all the beautiful cyclamen, all deserve a place in our 

 affections even if we haven't room for them all in our 

 windows. Any of these bulbs may easily be grown in 

 pots, although nearly all of them are hardy even in the 

 northern states. The same method of treatment will do 

 for them all and the catalogs from which you select your 

 bulbs will usually tell you all that is necessary about the 

 care of them. However it will not be amiss to say a word 

 about their planting. A pot six inches across and the 

 same in depth will be best for your bulbs. Place only 

 one hyacinth bulb in each pot, while three or four nar- 

 oissus or tulip bulbs, or even a dozen crocus bulbs may 

 he put into a pot of the same size. There is nothing 



