The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-22

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 viii
need a different treatment, and one
that cannot be given satisfactorily
while they are together
If a plant appears unhealthy and
cannot diagnose its trouble l 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
its health after period of enforced
rest
If it does not seem likely to do this.
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 hangingplants as well wa
tered as those in the window sill, and
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 cutting Of it If
the shoots appear too thickIy upon
any part of the plant cut them of.
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, OF 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 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 te 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 OF than on, and the soil be-
comes dry in short time
! 1t is a good plan to have the basket
! suspended by a cord running on q
! pulley in the ceiling. The end Of the
| cord can be fastened to a hook in
/ the wall, or the window frame.
It 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 has
! been raised from the tub. but the
| lover of plants will not mind this.