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Show THE OLEANDER-This beautiful plant, when under proper culture, is truly a gem among flowers. The best way to root cuttings is in a bottle of rain water set in the window. The cuttings should be not deeper in the water than half way up to the second joint, and when the rootlets get to be half and inch long, carefully pot in rich, sandy loam. After the plant blooms, cut back to within a foot or ? inches of the ground, when three branches will come out; let them grow until it again blooms; after which cut them all back about six inches from the main stalk, and every time it blooms repeat cutting back, and in a few years a very beautiful plant will be the result; with proper care it will grow more beautiful with age. |