GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



ment, and a small plant from the florist's will grow 

 so rapidly as to soon need repotting. These favor- 

 ites are of a large family, and some will stand con- 

 siderable shade. A large, lovely specimen now 

 about three years old, in my own home has devel- 

 oped from a little thing costing fifteen cents. Get 

 cultural directions for the kind you buy, as they 

 differ. A couple of stalks broken from an old plant 

 early in the season, and stuck in a small pot, if 

 kept thoroughly damp, will soon root, and blossom 

 in a very little while. 



Fuchsias are another old favorite easily grown 

 from cuttings, and thriving well in a window. 

 Primroses are easily grown from seed, and when 

 started in February or March, should begin bloom- 

 ing in November and under careful treatment, last 

 through the winter. The crab cactus or ^ * Christmas 

 cactus, " as I have heard it called, is one of the most 

 easily grown houseplants, and sends out bright red 

 flowers at the ends of the joints, making an attrac- 

 tive plant for the holidays. 



Of the ferns, I have found several varieties ex- 

 ceptionally satisfactory. A little Boston, costing 

 only twenty-flve cents when bought for a small table 

 decoration four or five years ago, and changed from 

 one pot to another as groAvth demanded, today is 

 five feet in diameter, — and the despair of the fam- 



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