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crocks over the drainage hole at the 
bottom of the pot. 
Make a box eight inches deep and six 
to eight wide, and of the required length, 
allowing six inches for each plant. 
Have the box tight at bottom and ends, 
except that you bore a few very small 
holes in the bottom, slightly smaller than 
a lead pencil. Sink your box to an inch 
below the soil, filling it with good soil, 
and sink the plants, pots and all, within 
the*^^ box. The plants will send down 
roots through the drainage holes in the 
pots. You should have a few blooms 
when set out and a fairly continuous 
show during the season. 
Note. —In Garden Correspondence, page 71. in the February 
issue, “ Transplanting Hawthorn and Crab Trees,” through a 
typographical error, Mr. Egan was made to say : ” keep the 
trench full of water until the ball is well frozen.” This should 
read; " keep the trench free of water.” 
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