
only fade slightly, or will remain on a part of the 
flower, and disappear on part of it. Makes it 
look kinda funny, to be frank, and we've gotten 
some pretty hot letters about it. 
It seems to work like this: Say a plant we 
ship out has an open flower and two buds on it, 
all o.k. when we pack it. When it gets to its des- 
tination, the white edge on the open flower will 
be partly marred. As the two buds open up, 
there will be even less white edge than there was 
on the open flower. However, NEW BUDS 
WHICH COME UP AFTER THE PLANT HAS 
ARRIVED at its new destination will be all 
right. 
Now, I realize that this might represent a 
period of six weeks or more before you can en- 
joy the ‘twinkling white edge” of your Lady 
Geneva. I also realize that it sounds like a line 
of blarney, but it’s on the level. If you buy one 
of these from us, don’t let it bother you as far as 
our guarantee is concerned. We keep records of 
all orders, and if you write and say “I bought 
a Lady Geneva six months ago and it still isn’t 
blooming like you say it ought to”, we’ll look you 
up in our files, and either replace the plant or 
refund your money. Much trouble for one pesky 
plant, but, in this case, worth it. Ask the man 
who owns one. 
Have heard of propagating begonias by laying 
a leaf flat on moist sand and anchoring with 
toothpicks or hairpins, but had never heard tell 
of such a method with violets. Mrs. Clausen, of 
Minnesota, says she has been doing this success- 
fully for several years. She says roots grow from 
the whole stem, resulting in more and sturdier 
plantlets. Imagine you’d have to be pretty care- 
ful to sterilize your sand to avoid rotting the leaf, 
wouldn’t you, Mrs. C.? 
Bertha Morey, up in Eye-a-way, couldn’t break 
her maid of the habit of watering the violets 
from the top. Says she: “I finally hit on the 
plan of potting them on a little hill in the pot 
so that water would flow to or over the edge of 
the pot.” How’s that for ingenuity? 
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