RAISING VIOLETS. 



the rows, will help to keep away the pest just alluded to. The use of the syringe 

 or watering lightly with the rose on the watering-can, on dry evenings, is also 

 beneficial. 



Cut off nearly all the runners as they grow; only in the case of double varieties 

 intended for flowering under glass reserving about three, with plantlets already 

 formed on them. Peg these down into the soil as shown at «, Fig. 60, and in the 

 course of a few weeks they will become strongly rooted. If left connected with 

 the parent plants when moved into frames and pits, they will produce flowers freely 



Fig. 61. Violet Runners and Cutting. 

 c, overcrowded runners ; d, cutting raised plant. 



and be available for planting out in April. One of these young plants detached 

 ready for planting is shown at b (Fig. 60), and will be found far superior for the 

 purpose than the majority that are obtained in a more haphazard manner. When all 

 the runners are left on a plant (<?, Fig. 61) this means so much wasted energy, as 

 they have to be trimmed off when moved in the autumn. Eunners with plantlets 

 attached may be taken from old plants in the spring and treated as cuttings, rooting 

 them in gentle heat. One of these rooted cuttings is shown at d, Fig. 61, and these 

 duly planted out not unfrequently surpass the older divisions or crowns, that are too 

 •often reserved when the division of old plants takes place. 



For winter-flowering, lift the plants about the middle or end of September with as 



