The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-17
Re Reporting Plants
to Lipe Indoors

| 20 LLDe lnQOOTS
All gnrden flowers and hardy plants
should be pottcd or transplanted and
prepared for tho coming cold season be-
fore the first aut,i,nnnl frost bights the
leaves ana makes 1t difficult to revive
: them. Knowing this, those who want
their gcraniunB to bloom next winter,
! or care 10 propagate phlox. sweet VIII
liam, stc. must soon be busy in their
gardens preparing to have plants and
flowers In tho house during the Win
Tier.
il In trnnsplanting flowers tho greatest
y care should be taken OF the roots They
4 should never be cut bruised or injured
/ in any way II ono hopes to have sue
+ cess in growing .hom, says IN expert
/ on Horticulture. ''AR much OF tho soil
! should 10 left around the roots las
i5cings to then, In moving, and every Of
Z fort should DO made 10 keep 1t there.
First would thin out tho branches
OF a thick geranium, ETC.. taking some
/ from the top, others from tho Sides and
bottom. 40 as not Ito spoil tho sym
,nctr%. This is easily done with sharp
knife. Cut them of square noout an
inch from tho stock. and guard nguinst
hrulsing or Sitting It and lnjuring the
plant. i9fS
SELECT WARM DAY
Before attempting tto4dig out the
roots OF any garden plant, water the
ground thoroughly around them or
| clac do tho work dIrectlysaner a rain.
unless the air Is too cool. would
select warm day. when there Is plenty
! OF moisture In the atmosphere, and do
the work at an hour when the sun is not
shining directly on the plants. When
the soil Is thoroughly saturated with
water, 30 the roots will not be stained
or torn In getting them loose, takc n
spade and dig q square sufficiently far
from the plant to make sure It would not
be injured and go down In the ground
at least twelve inches. Whentth square
Is finished run the spade beneath the
roota and slowly work them OUT OF
the ground. Then shake tho loose dirt
from the roots being careful TO leave
them well surrounded with earth. so It
will not be 50 long before they begin To
grow in tho new soil! think the best
( plan is to put each plant into a pot pre-
{ vously prepared 80 that It Is not left
exposed for an hour or two while the
f o Their flowers arc taken from the bed.
AS to the flower pots, ! prefer the
red earthenware with holes In the md
do to let out the water TO the ornate
glazed porcelain tub or those made
from wood. 2s5
IN fixing pot n medium sized ono
should DO sclected, unless the roots
are unllaually small or large On tho
bottom, over the hole made Tor drain
cup or pot, II 1t Is in the shape OF an
arch with tho ends down, leaving the
rounded portion UP, so the dirt cannot
pack about the opening and keep tho
water from running Off, so souring the
ground and eventually rottlng the roots.
Over these broken pieces put at least
three inches OF rich garden soil mixed
with sand so that tho roots will not
touch the crockeF.t.
Carefully put the plants into s.ie
pot. filling In around It. with dirt that
Is e-cishth sand. III. to the top OF
the pot and then pound the earth down
with "a stick 10 maze the plant secure
and give the loose dirt body, When It Z
IS packed 80 there ia half al inch OF
space at tho top OF tie pot for water.
stop pounding and water thoroughly, set 4.
ting the plant under tree In tho shade.
or e.se In a glass case. where Il would
be protected from any cold draughts for
three or four days.
PRoTEt-T FROM CHILL.
Whenever tho earth looks dry water
1t. and II the nights are cool either cover
the plant With papei: or clo.ns or put
them under shelter. for after the trans
planting they arc more easily chilled. b
would always put water on them IN tho
morning, so they can dry out before night,
IN this way prcYei- Tag their being nipped
by cold water. .atter2tarees or Tour Gays.
II properly watered and kept In the shade,
the leaves should lose the Wlltcd appear
ance that always follows this change.
The yellow leaves should be pucked and s.
the coeus and geraniums Will thrive and
nut on new foliage for the winter.
.tThose kept III glass cases and Watered
~ hen the earth III the pots looks dry
should be taken outdoors, as soon 81 they
have regained the strength lost through \
transplanting, and from that time on arc
treated like thoae kept out III the open
during the dropping days,
an preparing the hardy plants Tor WIN
er. I would get tie soil SOFT around me
roots with water und then pu!! or sp'lae
out the larl.spur, asters. etc, on i's''i
not be careful ABOUT thosroots OF these II
nowars for II you want TO slip them
vo,, c,,,I5or tear the sock lbres into5as 4
many plecos rs arc desired, ana 3 SO
br,I,sing ther In tearing them from tne
earth does no harm,
s"E,or these plants n winter BED mus
be nlade. Dig q trench deep enoush "
cover tho roots ard allow two inches lor
filling In fertilizer.
e"put II on thc bottom and over II place.
several inches Of the soil Just spaded out'
50 tl,p roots NIL not 10 directly into me Z
fertilizer. then pl&nt tho flowers t ana
shovel HE dirt ntofthe trench or peg,
When htlel, pack down 'lsht about Inc IN,
shrubs with the bottom OF the SPADE anu
wafer, ~.
,.Thesc plants then need no more ~
'tcntion until the middle OF NoNe'''. .n
,yban fertilizer should be put on ths
JrroI,na about the stems ana held GOVT 4
viii, sticks to properly protect mem
throurho,,t The severe winter weather.