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tliom afterwards with wet moss, and on the top 
spread another sheet of paper. In this bed the 
plants remained over night. The next morning I 
potted the plants in four-inch pots, and kept them in 
a western window. For a few days they got no sun 
at all, but afterwards they were freely exposed to the 
sun in the evening. I watered the pots very spar- 
condition, I noted down my experience in the matter, 
and hope it will not be without interest. 
HOW TO TREAT PLANTS RECEIVED 
BY MAIL. 
LIQUID MANURE FOR FLOWERS 
For the benefit of the lady readers of your paper 
I send the following recipe for liquid manure for 
flowers: Place 
—_ _-—■■■_ one husliel of the 
clippings from 
.i horses’ hoofs in 
■■ a barrel, and fill 
— ■ ==i===^_._ ~ it up with water. 
■■•■■■=====j g|i= Let it stand for 
===== a week, when it 
Apply it with 
- - -if a watering-pot. 
— Hi=i All bedding 
==- ■ - plants can be 
■■ ■ —Ad watered with this 
liquid 
Some time ago I received a lot of Camellias and 
Geraniums from 
a Pennsylvania — — «a.. . 
nursery. Upon 
opening the ~ "-J1 -— _i ~ 1 
package, receiv- 
od by mail, the =B^=B======!i=E;^ ^SiU SSi 
plants were '■=—s- ^Bml 
a very poor con- _ — ■— ===== 
dition, especially ==^=j ======== :^~- _= 
the Geraniums. —= == ==i i^^|II |===== :::r ~ 
The loaves had 
all decayed, and =- 1 —. = 
the stems had 
in some places - ^-=— | 
turned black. A — 
lady friend pre- ='. ===^ 
sent remarked, = —==r 1 ~ 1 
“ What a pity ! T—£====_^ 
They look just 
like some I re- ■ 1 . ====^ ^±- ■== 
cerved. These — - 
are all dead; all __ 
mine died except r~ - ^ 
one, and per- ===== ===— 
haps that one -—■ ii |l||| 
lived only by a 1 |||1|| 
chance.” Cer- —T 
tainlyitdid live - _ ~~ i 
only by a chance, —- =gjl l~ -. 
because she put ; _=--=^ r =- = 
her plants, de- - - =Ja 
caying as the} 
were, directly in- tMM 
to her garden, 
only partly shel- - 
tered from wind • 
This is the HR- ; 
way I treated my 
plants : After ^ WSjm uSm 
having opened 
the box, I plung- B 
cd the plants, Ijwwwj 
moss and all, in /| BwWg 
tepid water, and M KHpfl 
after a little while 11 ||i 
separated them. j Ijfl I] || 
In a wash-bowl & jm (w “I ™ 
I poured two ■■ . . 1 
pints of tepid 
water and one 
teaspoonful of pulverized camphor. In this water 
I submerged the plants for one hour, first taking 
care to remove all decayed leaves. During this 
time I spread a layer of wet moss on a newspaper, 
and sprinkled the moss with two teaspoonfuls of 
pulverized camphor gum Upon this stratum of 
moss I opened the Geraniums evenly, and covered 
every 
other day, if they 
are pot - bound. 
Newly repotted 
plants should be 
watered only 
once a week, un¬ 
til they have 
plenty of work¬ 
ing roots to take 
up the manure. 
T wo or three 
weeks after the 
plants have been 
watered with the 
manure the foli- 
age generally 
changes fro m 
green to a gold¬ 
en yellow, mov¬ 
ing from the 
stem down to the 
end of the leaf, 
which, however, 
lasts only' a few 
weeks, when it 
changes to a 
dark, glossy 
green. Plants 
given this water¬ 
ing grow very 
strong, and the 
flowers are very 
large and bright 
in color. This 
will last about 
six months. 
ingly with camphor-water, and painted the black 
places on the stems with a thick paste of soot and 
camphor-water. 
It is three weeks since this operation took place, 
and all the plants are now leaved out. I did not 
lose one. Thinking perhaps that some of your many 
readers may some time get plants by mail in bad 
Cuttings with Leaves. — We have experiment¬ 
ed a little upon the new theory of starting cuttings. 
This is to bury a part of the leaves under the sand of 
the cutting bench, so as to prevent evaporation from 
their surface, while still having the benefit of the 
leaves to assist in the work the cutting has to do. 
We are favorably impressed with this new idea. 
