. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. Place the good one for this purpose. They arewonderfully accommodating plants,as asuccession can be had during mostmonths of the year. Give sunny posi-tions at all times. Clean pots.—It is the common cus-tom, and a bad one I think, to putplants in dirty pots with merely therough of the soil remaining in thembeing removed with a stick or cloth be-fore using. This operation takes moretime tuan washing. X large number ofpots submerged in a big tub of waterand allowed to stand for
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. Place the good one for this purpose. They arewonderfully accommodating plants,as asuccession can be had during mostmonths of the year. Give sunny posi-tions at all times. Clean pots.—It is the common cus-tom, and a bad one I think, to putplants in dirty pots with merely therough of the soil remaining in thembeing removed with a stick or cloth be-fore using. This operation takes moretime tuan washing. X large number ofpots submerged in a big tub of waterand allowed to stand for a few days willhave tlie material adhering to them soft-ened so that with a piece of woolencloth and a boy thatknows how,a largenumber can be cleaned in a short time sothat they will be as good as new. Thereis no doubt that dirty pots work tothe injury of the plants in them. The in-side soil adhering to the pot after useprevents a plant being easily knockedout and the green on the outside tendsto make the pot less porous; besides aplant looks better by far in a clean potthan in a dirty one. .New pots or thor-. PESTIOj BOL \ OPEN TO Al-L .... FREE TO ALLAnswers Solicited from Tbose Who Know. t Bunyards Florists Cabinet. bulbs as close together as they will goon the moderately wet sand. They maybe either covered with sand for a day ortwo, without wetting or covered withpapers during the driest and hottestpart of the day, until they get plump andfresh-looking, taking care that they bepotted just before the roots breakI hrough, for if potting be done after theroots make their appearance more harmthan good will result. Soil should beused which contains enough moisture sothat on first watering, it will not be nec-essary to give a very large dose. Coverwith rough litter to a depth of severalInches and stand the pots in a placewhere they will be sheltered from heavyrains. Oxalis Bowiei.—Pot up a few bulbs ofthis species in three-inch pots, one bulbin u pot, keep In a greenhouse, a
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