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be applied two or three times a week when this stage 
is reached. 
There are many fine varieties now, from the beautiful 
single to the large double-flowering ones. They are very 
effective plants and well worthy of the care bestowed on 
them. 
Pelargoniums. — This class of plants is well known to 
everybody, yet one seldom sees very fine plants, though 
so easily grown. There are several classes of Pelar- 
goniums: (1) The show, or fancy kinds; (2) the zonals; 
(3) the ivy-leaved kind; and (4) the scented-leaved kind. 
All these may be treated in much the same way. 
All may be propagated from cuttings of the young 
wood, which should not be too soft. Pieces about 3 in. 
long should be selected. The leaves should be cut off 
at the base, as should also the stipules. The slip should 
then be cut through with a sharp, clean knife, just below 
a joint, and inserted either in pots or boxes, well drained, 
and filled with a compost of equal proportions of leaf 
mould and sand. The pots or boxes should be placed 
in a frame where the lights may be thrown off when the 
weather is dry, or placed in a light, airy part of the green- 
house. On no account must they remain in a close or 
damp atmosphere, or they will damp off readily. If the 
weather is dull after the cuttings are taken, some of the 
leaves will usually “ damp off”, and these must be removed 
at once; otherwise the fungus may spread to the stem of 
the cutting, and even to other cuttings. Consequently, 
if neglected, whole boxes or pots may be lost. To pre- 
vent this, it is better to take the cuttings early enough— 
about the end of August — to ensure their being rooted 
