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AND HORTICULTURIST. 



Ill 



NEW OR EARE PLANTS. 



New Eose — Thomas Meehan. — We take great 

 pleasure in introducing this fine novelty, having 

 tested it for five years, and now feel assured it 

 will prove to be all Ave claim for it. It is a seed- 

 ling from the beautiful rose, Prince Camilla de 

 Rohan, but of a more compact and dwarf habit 

 of growth than its parent 



It is an exceedingly free bloomer, the flowers 

 of fine size, beautifully imbricated, rich deep 

 crimson color, with a charming velvety appear- 

 ance, and remarkably fragrant. — Hoopes Bro. & 

 Thomas. 



ZoNALE Pelargonium — New Life. — This new 

 appearance in English gardens is striped " like 

 a carnation," and will begin a new era among 

 geraniums. 



Campsidium filicifolium. — See cut p. 110. — An 

 elegant climber of rapid growth, for greenhouse 

 culture, the leaves of which much resemble the 

 fronds of a fern, in miniature, giving it an un- 

 usually graceful appearance. It may be grown 

 as a pot plant, or trained to the rafters ; very de- 

 sirable. — Wm. Bull. 



New Double Geraniums. — Mr. Kirchner of 

 Philadelphia sends us a sample of two seedlings. 

 One is a semi-double scarlet which will probably 

 seed well, and be of interest to those who would 

 like to try to raise varieties for themselves. This 

 is " Conrad Kirchner." The other is a very 

 double and brilliant scarlet, which he calls 

 John Baumann. We think we have not seen 

 quite so brilliant a scarlet among the double 

 kinds as this. 



QUERIES. 



Heating a Small Conservatory. — W., Hart- 

 ford, Conn., writes : — " I have for some time past 

 contemplated building a small conservatory in 

 which to grow the less common greenhouse 

 plants. Among other things, I wish to try a few 

 cool Orchids; but the only place I have that is 

 available for such a thing is on the east side of 

 my house, where there is room to build a lean-to 

 ten feet long and nearly as many wide. I have 

 hesitated about using this place from fear that it 

 does not receive sun enough to insure a healthy 



growth of the plants. On the shortest days in Win- 

 ter the sun would not strike this place earlier 

 than 8:30 A. M., and at this season not earlier 

 than seven o'clock. There would, however, be 

 nothing to shade the conservatory on its south 

 side. Now would this be sun enough to make 

 the growing of the class of plants I have desig- 

 nated in everyway successful? Where there is a 

 strong vigorous condition of the plants, the time 

 given to their culture is production of great en- 

 joyment, but where, in spite of all one's efforts, 

 they remain feeble and sickly, the result is the 

 most unsatisfactory of anything one can do. 

 And so I do not care to be at the trouble and 

 expense of a conservatory, if by reason of its lo- 

 cation the experiment should be a doubtful one 

 at the outset. 



" I would like to inquire the best method of 

 heating a house of this size. It would seem as 

 if even the smallest boiler would be too power- 

 ful. Is a flue any better? I could heat it from my 

 furnace, and that without any danger of coal 

 gas, but would not the air then betoo dry for a 

 healthy condition of the plants? 



" Any assistance on these points yovi can ren- 

 der me through the Gardener's Monthly, will be 

 thankfully received." 



[If the house could be heated from the fur- 

 nace without any danger of gas escaping to the 

 house, it would be quite sufficient for the work. 

 There is no other objection whatever to the 

 heat from cellar heaters. As an additional pro- 

 tection, shutters of glass may be used on the out- 

 side — double glass really; this keeps in a deal 

 of heat. 



The aspect is quite good enough ; it is usual 

 when we need all the light and sun warmth in 

 Winter that we can get, to make the pitch of 

 the roof steeper than when the full light is easy 

 of command.— Ed. G. M.] 



Pelargoniums and Geraniums. — A " Sub- 

 scriber," Mobile, Ala., asks : — " Will you kindly 

 publish in your next issue of the Gardener's 

 Monthly the best mode of treating ivy-leaved 

 and apple-scented Geraniums; also what is 

 the distinction between Pelargoniums and 

 Zonale Geraniums?" 



[Ivy-leaved Geraniums are always and easily 

 raised from cuttings. Apple-scented Geraniums 

 ' seed very freely, and are best raised in that way. 

 ' There is botanically no difference between Gera- 

 nium and Pelargonium, and yet in a popular 

 way it is a pity there is not, for there is a great 



