GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



does best in good soil, and thrives on being set in 

 a half shady place outdoors during the sunmier. 

 One that I have watched for four years has stood 

 during the winter near a west window, only a few 

 feet from a steam radiator. It would get quite dry 

 at times, but never seemed to be affected at all. 

 When a plant gets too tall for a room, and looks 

 ungainly, make a slanting cut in the stem at the 

 height desired, slip in a small wedge, and wrap 

 the place with wet sphagnum moss, which must be 

 then kept wet for several weeks. When you find 

 a lot of new roots coming through this wrapping, 

 cut off just below the mass and plant the whole 

 ball in a pot with good soil. Keep in a shady place 

 for a few days, and in a short time you will have 

 two nice, well-shaped plants instead of the single 

 straggly one. 



A group of three long, slender-leaved plants are 

 the next of those easily grown for their foliage. 

 The hardiest is the aspidistra, with its drooping 

 dark green leaves, each coming directly from the 

 root stalk, and it will stand almost any kind of 

 treatment. From one plant costing a dollar and a 

 half five years ago, I now have two that are larger 

 than the original and have given away enough for 

 five more. It has an interesting flower, too, — a 

 wine-colored, yellow-centered, star-shaped blossom 



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