Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1913 — Sand Pot for Flowers. [ARTICLE]

Sand Pot for Flowers.

A sand pot kept conveniently at hand on one of the porch tables, where slips broken accidentally or in the. jecessary pruning from the various bloomers may be stuck immediately, Is a great convenience for the home gardener. The majority of slips will root without further trouble if the sand is kept moist. A novel plan for keeping cut flowers fresh also calls for a sand pot, or an opaque vaße that will not Bhow the sand. Arrange £he flowers in the vase and fill with watpr, as usual; then carefully sift Into the vase, by means of a funnel, sufficient sand to fill it nearly to the top, shaking it to settle the sand about the stems. Cut flowers in ornamental porch vases keep a long time by this method. — Ladles World.