The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-03-06

If any plants become sick. remove
them at once.
Their disease may not be conta-
gious, but it is not good policy to keep
sick plants together. for each will
need different treatment. and one
that cannot be given satisfactorily
while they are together.
If a plant appears unhealthy and
cannot diagnose its trouble | allow 1t
to become rather dry and remain in
that condition for some time.
On no account give any fertilizer.
In many cases the plant will recover
it's health after a period Of enforced
rest.
If it does not seem likely to do this,
throw it out We cannot afford to
make plant hospitals of our living
room windows.
Nine times out of ten hanging plants
suffer from lack of water. Because
of their suspension, it is not an easy
matter to get at them to water them,
and this leads to neglect on our part.
Keep hanging-plants as well wa
tered as those IN the window sill, aod
they will grow just as luxuriantly.
You may start planning and doing
for next summers display, BY making
cuttings during the winter.
| If a geranium sends out an ambiti-
Gus shoot, make a cutting of it If
the shoots appear too thickly upon
any part of the plant cut them off,
or, at least the crowding ones Of
ten shoots appear at the base of the
plant, and these should be removed
when they destroy the symmetry OF
the plant
Don't let the temperature get too
high and too dry, or the red spider
will appear
The Genista, with its abundant pea
! shaped blossoms of gold, is easy Of
cultivation. Its flowers are very fra
grant. 1t requires lots of moisture. at
root, and top. 1t likes plenty of liquid.
manure, when in flower
If you try to crowd too many plants
in a small window, you will be disap-
pointed with the results. and the
plants will not do well. One well
developed plant will give far more
satisfaction than a dozen sick ones
There are people who believe that
that which nourishes humans will do
the same for the plants Hence. they
feed their plants with castor oil!
Nothing could e more absurd and
useless.
There are three things to observe
in raising foliage plants. like ferns
and palms, give them plenty Of light
and little direct sunshine Don't give
them too much water, and neither too
little water.
A friend says that the small yellow
ants, which had been troubling her
violets, were routed by two applica-
lions Of tobacco water. She soaked a
( plug OF chewing tobacco in a quart OF
water overnight. In the morning she
used a tooth brush to apply the to-
bacco water to the under side OF the
leaves and the soil about the plants
Sometimes, when we do not get at
! them, more of the water we apply
runs off than on, and the soil be-
comes dry in short time
1t is good plan to have the basket
| suspended by a cord running on a
| pulley in the ceiling. The end of the
cord can be fastened to a hook in
the wall, or the window frame.
/ 1t is an easy matter to lower the
basket into a tub of water, once a
week, or as often as may seem neces-
sary. Allow it to remain in the tub
until it has absorbed all the water it
| can take up.
OF course. there will be a great
deal of drip from it after it hao
been raised from the tub, but the
lover of plants will not mind this.