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Show - - - PLANTS MUST BE STUDIED Successful Culture Is Impossible Unless Un-less One Thoroughly Understands Their Characteristics, Self-education in plant growing can bo carried on in tho wlntor as well as In tho summer. It Is Interesting to study the habits and requirements of any plant, whether It is in season or not. Thoro aro many hardy poren-nlals poren-nlals that can bo started in tb hsuse, and, lf tbo work with thorn through tho wlntor is successful, thoy can bo sot out of doors in tho spring. This Includos growing from scod bucu plants as rhubarb and asparagus. There is no end to tho plants that may bo thus utilized. Also, a plant started and successfully brought to maturity In the home iB likely to bo hardier than thoso plants that have boon startod In hothouses and afterward-transferred afterward-transferred to homes. If ono falls with a plant a lesson should bo gained from the failure in what not to do. If ono tries tho growing ot a good many different kinds of plnnts thoro aro good chances for succeeding with some of them, oven under adverse conditions. |