American homes and gardens . Lihum Auratum AfterRetardation Azaleas are Good Subjects for Retardation. PottedSpecimens are Brought into Flower at Any Time of Year be able to turn the seasons topsy-turvy and produce floweringplants at any time of the year. Were it possible to applythis method to fruit trees it is obvious that a tremendousstep would have been taken. But in this direction there liesa great difficulty. It is quite likely that an apple tree, for in-stance, might be kept from starting into growth in thespring and held in a latent state all summer through. Thenearly in the autumn the


American homes and gardens . Lihum Auratum AfterRetardation Azaleas are Good Subjects for Retardation. PottedSpecimens are Brought into Flower at Any Time of Year be able to turn the seasons topsy-turvy and produce floweringplants at any time of the year. Were it possible to applythis method to fruit trees it is obvious that a tremendousstep would have been taken. But in this direction there liesa great difficulty. It is quite likely that an apple tree, for in-stance, might be kept from starting into growth in thespring and held in a latent state all summer through. Thenearly in the autumn the tree might be placed in a glass house,when it would almost certainly burst into flower and the diminished power of the sun which is characteristicof the winter months, however, the development of fruit have been found to approximate very closely to much is this so that fairly well developed plants havebeen produced which have never known the daylight, thewhole course of their existence having been spen


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