| Show PALMS rOB FOR WINDOW WOW The school girl was s eating eing dates What queer que r looking seeds s she said saidI sd sdI I wonder if they will wll grow gw I believe I will wU tuck tuc a couple cole down In one on of manias mamas flower fower pots and see s what comes comel of tham them What was in the fall NothIng Noth Nothing NothIng ing came ome of hf apparently appe l and nd the met Inci Incident Inc dent was wa forgotten for Eight months afterward two wo dark gelm green spears spear of vegetation came cam up in a pot of geraniums Scarcely S wider than th n a grass gr blade tae they were ere evidently not grass g for they were of a leather lether or texture and were creased ores d lengthwise as ast though Ough they had been folded in a tiny tny pleat One of them them was wa pulled pule up tip and lo an attach attached att ed e date data seed sed told the story stor They were wr allowed to grow gow for a year yer where they were Then as a they were getting two and three leaves leve apiece they were shifted into deep dep narrow pots by them themselves the themselves selves Palm roots rots do not spread out outto outto outto to any great gea extent but they do like deep anchorage and grow much faster when a depth of pot is granted them themA A drainage at the ie bottom of these pots pot was secured secure by filling in with wih broken crocks A mellow m low soil soU sU made moderately rich with wih thoroughly rotted rotte and pulverized manure manure and porous by bythe bythe bythe the addition of a quarter of the soils sis bulk of clean white sand suited suied the little dates aate amazingly It I is i a curious fact that all aU palms palm grown from fm seed show for forthe the first year or r two only long slender plaited leaves leves Pretty but not nt ait at all aU like the mature leaves or char character cher acter act r leaves leves as the florists term ten them tem Now the character leaves of date palms are of pinnate form something like a sword fern fer only the segments are ae long longer er and more gracefully arched and re reclining dining clining The date belongs belong to the th Phoenix division and is among the very best and easiest grown gown palms palms for house hous culture The seedlings spoken of grew gew so rapidly that at two years yea of age rge they had eight and nine leaves leaves apiece and were decidedly ornamental Their young owner was wa proud of them tem because she ohe was as able to say she he had raised rI ed them from front the tin tiniest tiniest iest lest seedling to what they were hand handsome handsome handsome some plants plant fountains of arching archIng graceful foliage Merely press the seeds into nto the earth euth euthin in which potted plants are already growing gowing The earth erth is in the te right con conditions conditions as a to heat het and moisture and andI the seeds will wil be b sure to germinate They are ae slow about this however r tak taking t taking I ing from three months month to a full ful year to grow gow It I Is as well wel to let them remain remain where they are for the first frt twelve twelvemonths twelvemonths twelvemonths months The tiny tny r in beginners hands are not apt at to do well wel in pots pt by themselves dying dy ng out too quickly in small pots and dying from soured soil smal pot ur Bl II in larger large ones The Te growing sowing plants pl t beside them keep the sOi sweet and nd I Ithe the moisture mc re that supplies the one Sup Supplies plies piles es tho th other After ft r a year however the little dates are of sufficient size to todo todo do better by themselves Good drain drainage drainage drainage age and deep pots are the secrets of success su c ss with them Shower the foliage 1 often keep from frosts and the hottest hot est estI sun and your date palms palm swill will become becom e I specimens of great beauty LORA L RA S LA MANGE MANCE I |
