Supply Achimones in flower with manut* water, keep dead flowers picked off ao4| straggling shoots secured. Basket grow*| Achimenes will require abundance of watery Ferns in baskets will now require large.} quantities of water to keep them in a state, and the most efficient way to afford % is to immerse in a tank or tab of vrpfaoe 4 two or three times a week, allowing tnfti, wa'er to drain off before hanging them ujt," again. Fuschias should never be allowed to' suffer from want of water. Syringe freely tc* encourage growth and keep down insectpests. Give plenty of moisture at theroote \ of all growing plants. Remove all dead • flowers at once. Prune such twining a* l climbing plants as require it. Eepot Heatw * which' require so doing.' Many stove ana'; greenhouse plants can now be increased pjT' cuttings. " ' C )
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9307, 7 January 1896, Page 2
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