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Show I HELIOTROPE TREE IS SWEET H Well Qrown Specimen la Seldom H Without Ha Lovely Dellcloualy H Scented Lavender Flowers. H (Hy JORKIMMNK OK MAItll.) H A novel decorative plant, awegt and H beautiful, la the heliotrope, when H gmwn aa a "standard," Secure a H hiiuII heliotrope, u aoodllng tf poa- H slblo, and grow it rapidly all aummer B by giving It huh, water and repotting H It when required, for It la essential H that thla plant never become atuuted Bj from drought, or pot bound. H Lot tho main atom grow unchecked Bj until tt la ihroo or tour feet high, but H pinch, or rather rub, off all tho aide H ahoota. When thu atom la tho desired H length, any four foot pinch out Ita H top, and when the ldo nhoota appear H and nro live or six luohea long, thoy H too aro topped. Thla pinching la H given all ahoota until thu head Ih tho HH desired alto. H All thla tlmo thu shifting haa boon H kpt up, and by tho tlmo tho bond of H our specimen is 2 feet through It H la growing In a 12lnch poL When thoy have attained a lClnch pot thoy nro conaldored full grown and tho ahoota allowed to grow and bloom na thoy will, which la almost continually continu-ally from Juno to frost, Thla plant thrives In rich lonm nnd woll rotted mnnuro, linlf nnd half. with enough sand to, make tho boII frlnble. Keep the plants outdoors all sum-mop sum-mop and at tho approach of frost remove re-move to a cool room, groonhoiiBc or light cullnr. Hoar In mind thnt nny plant grown na a stnmlnrd must bo well Btnkod at all tlmea; often ami gonerously top dressed, given liquid manure, and never ullowod to become pot bound. A woll grown 8peolmen la seldom without Its lovely, dellcloualy scented lavender flowers. |