. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . , Bruaiit. 152 THE REPORT OF THE No. X6 be quite an acquisition to the comparatively limited list of flowering plants suited for window boxes in shaded positions. Geraniums for winter. This isa good time to commence preparinga stock of these ever popular anduseful plants for winter floweringin the window. It is quite possible that many-readers of this journal have a fav-orite geranium plant that has be-come gaunt and unshapely ingrowth similiar to the one shownin the accompanying of planting it out in the
. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . , Bruaiit. 152 THE REPORT OF THE No. X6 be quite an acquisition to the comparatively limited list of flowering plants suited for window boxes in shaded positions. Geraniums for winter. This isa good time to commence preparinga stock of these ever popular anduseful plants for winter floweringin the window. It is quite possible that many-readers of this journal have a fav-orite geranium plant that has be-come gaunt and unshapely ingrowth similiar to the one shownin the accompanying of planting it out in theborder, as is often done to try andmake a shapely plant of it beforeautumn, it would be far better totreat it as shown in the engravingby giving it a severe cutting the growth of the plant is verysoft and sappy the cutting backprocess should be deferred until theplant has been stood outside in thepot in a sunny position for thewood to harden a little. It canthen be pruned back as shown inthe cut, by pruning the growth backto within a few joints of the hard. Geranium before being cut back. growth of the stem. After thepruning back, the plant should beput in a partially shaded positionnear a building or fence. Very littlewater should be given until it showssigns of growth but the soil shouldnever become really dust dry. Assoon as growth commences, shakethe plant out of the earth and re-potit into a size smaller pot in rathersandy soil. Plunge the pot up to therim in sand or coal ashes, and waterwell once, after that water onlywhen the soil shows signs of dry-ness. In about five or six weeks theplant will require a larger pot, prob-ably two sizes larger than what itwas potted back into before. Whenit has become established in this sizepot it will probably be time to takeit into the window where it shouldgive good flowering results. Old ger-anium plants give good results iftreated in this way; much better oftentimes than young plants taken from cuttings, howeve
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