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Show CARE OF THE HOLLYHOCK Keep tho hollyhock flowers picked off. llemovo them ns soon as they begin to die. This serves two purposes: pur-poses: It makes tho plant moro at-tractlvo at-tractlvo and it prevents seed from forming. If you hnvo noticed, there nro almost always llttlo branches stnrtlug about tho bnso of tho old plants. If seed is not allowed to develop, de-velop, tho energy of tho plant wilt bo expended on these, and they will hear n good crop of flowers late In tho season. sea-son. But If tho plant perfects seed they never amount to anything. Seo to It that they tiro encouraged to make themselves useful. |