The Garden Under Glass

BEDDING PLANTS IN GREENHOUSE 147 Diagram 29.—Growing leaved Geraniums into tall plants: 1. Cutting of heliotrope, 2. Box of cuttings. heliotrope. 4. Cuttings of “ ivies”—three in a pot. 5. Tall columnar plant of ivy-leaved geranium. Heliotropes and Ivy- 3. A standard tioned in this category are rooted from cuttings put in during the autumn. A frame should be prepared by putting a layer of leaves in the bottom and covering with three or four inches of finely sifted sandy soil pressed quite firmly. The soil should then be covered with sand and the frame will be ready for putting the cuttings in. These may be pre- 1 ' pared in the usual way and inserted in lines at a distance of two or 15 three inches apart. It will be necessary to provide other covering than the 2 light during severe weather, and if it should be found that the soil has frozen the young plants may often be saved by keep-ing them covered until they have thawed. In spring the should be loosened about these young plants, and by free ventilation and careful watering they should be encouraged to grow. They may be planted out in April and early May, or may follow after the spring plants have been got off. By growing plants in this way the soil