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fuchsia. The flowers are a briUiant rose 

 color with white throats, have good last- 

 ing qualities, usually remaining open three 

 days. It likes a rich soil. After the buds 

 appear give plenty of moisture and fresh 

 air. It is easily propagated from cuttings, 

 grows rapidly and is very satisfactory in 

 every respect. 



California. Mrs. M. E. Patterson. 



[ To obtain a fine specimen of the lobster cactus 

 it should be grafted upon the stem of some other 

 stiffer - growing sort. The variety mentioned is 

 hardly strong enough to support itself when grown 

 to large proportions ] . 



HOW TO GROW ROSES FROM SLIPS. 



Doubtless every flower lover has ex- 

 perimented with rose slips. I have, and 

 have been successful in starting them un- 

 der jars and in hot-beds. I have also 

 grown roses during all season of the year 

 — even the American Beauty, which 

 florists claim will root only in the winter. 

 In planting a slip under a jar mix some 

 sand with the soil and after the jar is per- 

 fectly placed over it fill around with soil 

 or ashes to half the height of the jar. 



A hot-bed composed of a layer of 

 manure, and one of soil, and two inches 

 of sand is sufficient for starting rose slips. 

 Plant them two inches apart, and during 

 the hot mid-day sunshine, cover with a 

 cloth, while the weather is warm. Now I 

 think the most important point is how to 

 cut the slip and what kind to cut. The 

 growth of the slip does not depend upon 

 the size of the slip. People seem to think 

 the larger the slip the better, and often 

 times when I give slips to some they say, 

 "Oh, how small! " Cut a three joint slip 

 — not the new growth, nor the old woody 

 — but the part between. I have rooted 

 two-joint slips, but prefer the three. Al- 

 ways take a joint with a good eye, as it 

 is called, to place beneath the soil. 



Kentucky. Irene Hall. 



[Amateurs will often suc*ceed in obtaining good 

 results from prospects so hopeless that the profes- 

 sional florist could not afford to risk his time and 

 money upon. Let us suggest that you show your 

 floral friends how high you have risen in the pro- 

 fession by using the word " cutting" for slip]. 



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