West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-12-05
WINDOW PLANTS.
suggestions for Those who Keep Plant.
I'm the House During Winter.

suggestions Tor Those Who Keep Plants
In the House During Winter.
To those who intend keeping plants
in windows in the house during winter.
l would say that to get plenty of Bios
SONS it is necessary to have the pots
well filled with roots. When potting
plants, the smaller the pots they can
be put into the better they do gen
orally.
In lifting plants it is often the prao-
tice to reduce the ball of earth lifted
with the plant by crumbling the soil
around the sides. This DESTROYS the
roots to such an extent that the feeding
portion of them is completely mutt,
lated, and, as consequence, fresh
rootlets have TO start out all over the
leading roots before any food can be
supplied to support the evaporation
rapidly going on from the leaves and
stems, especially in every succulent
growing kinds. The main secret in
lifting plants from the ground, and
having them do well afterward, is bv
preventing them from willing too
much. This can only be done by pre-
serving all the roots possible and reduc-
ing the leaf surface to correspond
Many people ask me how / am going
TO accomplish this with such kinds as
rysanthcmums, which have their
flower buds all formed on the points of
the shoots, without destroying the
flowers. BY simply shaking the soil
gently from the roots, instead of break
ing 1t of, roots and all. If the soil is of a
loose nature, and neither wet nor dry. il
IS cleaned without injuring them much
When potting, gently and evenly
spread the roots with the soil, press
firmly and thoroughly water To re-
move the superabundant leaf-surface,
take off a good many of the large
leaves near the base of the stems. and
there Is no need for breaking any of the
shoots at all. With eeraniums and
chrysanthcmumst this il most applicable.
as TO cut the shoots back much. Of
those kinds wanted for winter flow
ering, Is 10 take the principal part of
them away All the buds on geraniums.
when lifted, will open beautifully in the
house
As the culture Of the chrysanthemum
has come i'm fashion again. every one
viii be wing with his neighbors a. to
who shall have the best ones. As they
soon root after lifting, do not allow
them 10 suffer from want Of water. or
the Hover will be- apt 10 open imper-
| iectly Keep them light and cool. and
u extra flowers are wanted, do not al
low too many buds 20 remain on the
plants iudiciOusly thin them out.
When pausics, daisies and forget-mc-
nots are TO be wintcred over. to secure
early spring Towering, keep exposed as
long IN the season as possible; n little
frost will not hurt them If kept too
close during the early winter. they arc
apt 20 get q soft growth and be- more
susceptible 10 the frost than when well
hardened and kept growing cool as
long rs possible. The extra warm
weather VIC have been having hiss pro-
duccd on everything Of hardy nature
a fresh growth which will hI = to be
carefully managed. If the cold sets in
/ suddenly and severely The rapid sue.
culent growth now being produced on
hardy and half-hardy plants, is sure 10
be injured II 10 turns suddenly cold I'M
less every means is used 20 prevent too
much exposure. Have the sash which
shall be used on the pansies and daisies
no readiness 20 put on in short notice,
and always give the plants the benefit
OF p doubt, by protecting them, but on
al favorable occasions give plenty Of
air. until the weather closes i'm for good
~ hiLt0n, So tie COHatyV GcnHemeR