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Show THE CARE OF HOUSE PLANTS Emil Hansen, the florist at the Utah Agricultural College gives the following advice concerning house plants: If a plant turns brown at the tips of the leaves, one of the following is evident: 1. Over watering. 2. Worms on the roots. 3. Lack of plant food. As a general thing, the first of these may be taken as the trouble. To destroy de-stroy the worms on the roots, dissolve a piece of quick-lime, size of an ordinary ordi-nary cup, in three gallons of water and soak the soil with it. For plant food stir small quantities of bone meal or wood ashes into the surface sur-face of the soil in the pot, or occasionally occasion-ally water the plants with manure water. wat-er. However, this latter should not be applied to a newly repo'ted plant. House plants should be supplied with as much water as is sufficient to penetrate pene-trate through all the soil in the pot. When water begins to come out through the drain in the bottom of the pot this penetration is said to have taken place. No more water should be given the plants until the soil is pretty well dried out again. The watering should be sparing during the winter but as the days become lighter the plants will consume con-sume more water. Where pot3 in jar- ! diniers are used special care should be exercised not to have them too wet. I Many make tne mistake of watering little but often, and thereby cause the upper part of the soil to remain wet, and thus prevent the air from penetrating. penetrat-ing. This cause? part of the soil to become be-come sour and very little water gets to the roots at the bottom of the plant. The leaves of the plant, should be sprinkled with clean water at least once a week. When the pots become full of roots the plants should be repotted according to the florist at the Utah Agricultural College. In doing this care should be J taken not to use pots that are too large. A number two is a good size for a house 1 plant pot, but the next size is the best. After the pot has been erupted, refill with i he following mixture: Screened loam 2 parts, manure, well rotted 1 part; and sand 1 part. It' wood allies are available, it is well to sprinkle a little in the soil when repotting. H( careful, however, not to u (,,, .h |