Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1914 — FOR THE HOUSE IN WINTER [ARTICLE]

FOR THE HOUSE IN WINTER

Those Who Prefer Blooms to Foliage Should Cultivate the Primula Obconlca. The window-gardener who wiehee bloome rather than foliage during the winter, should grow Primula Oboonica. - - •• This plant when well established in a seven-inch pot, will baxe dozens of stalks or clusters of blooms about the size of a nickel, and they "last a long time. \ The plant begins to bloom when very „ small and blooms all winter. The colorß vary through the many shades of pink, lilac, and peach-blos-som to almost white, and with its lemon-yellow eye sets off the very delicate beauty of the flower. It is a hardy, self-reliant plant, well able to hold its own, and is seldom troubled with insects or disease. If the apis appears, spray with to-bacco-infusion throughout the foliage. This plant may be Raised from seed, or a large plant may be divided, allowing a crown to each plant. See that its soil is light, and rich, and friable, and the drainage perfect. This plant cannot stand wet, sour soil, or to have water poured into its crown. If care is not taken in this regard, the flowers will blast and the plant die. Twice or three times a month apply some good liquid fertilizer while the plant blooms. Remove the fading flowers and do not allow the plant to mature seeds.