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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



\^ March, 



Fig. 4 shows a protector from direct sun's rays 

 and extreme cold, in the shape of a douhle 

 frame covered with muslin or muttinj^ and at- 

 t^iched to the siish. This frame is furnished witli 

 a spring; hinge (cost 20 cents per jtair, of hrass,) 

 which would i-ausc it, when the pressure of the 

 thumb screw, shown enlarged in Fi;/. ri, was re- 



moved, to assume the i^osition seen in draw- 

 ing, or a still more acute-angular one. 01 

 course, when the sash is tipped up it would 

 be requisite to fasten the frame down upon 

 the sash with the thumb screw, the slit for the 

 passage of which is seen at a, Fig. 4. 



There is nothing to prevent the sash being 

 moved frontwards as well as backwards, so as to 

 admit of ventilation at the extreme back and 

 upper part of the case. An opening could be 

 made at that point equal to a third of the widtli 

 of the sash. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Double Zonale "Wonderfuj.." — Mr. Chitty, 

 Bellevue Nursery, writes :— " I send by this mail 

 a truss of double Zonale Pelargonium 'Wonder- 

 ful' (Geo. Smith). The truss was cut from a 

 plant in a five-inch pot, which has now nine 

 other trusses remaining, equally as large and 

 fine. The color is magnificent." 



[We were glad to see specimens of this beau- 

 tiful variety.— Ed. G. M.] 



Double Cineraries. — The old Cineraria, al- 

 ways a favorite, has been produced in a double 

 condition by European florists, and of this we 

 are reminded now by beautiful colored plates 

 from Haage & Schmidt, of Erfurt. 



Waban Conservatories, Boston, Mass. — En- 

 terprising florists at this time particularly, 

 deserve all the encouragement the public 



can give them. We are pleased to learn that 

 the firm whose name heads this paragraph is 

 prospering. They deserve all the success they 

 are achieving. 



The Victorfa Re(;ia. — We do not know of 

 any plant of this in the Union now, unless the 

 one at Nashville is still alive; but by the follow- 

 ing from the California Jlorliculturist, it may yet 

 soon be seen in the " Golden StatQ : " — " The pub- 

 lic are commencing to show a lively taste for 

 ponds and aquariums, and there are now found 

 among our chief florists no less than twenty-live 

 aquatic plants suitable as accessories to the or- 

 namentation of grounds and rooms. We hope 

 in a short time to see the Victoria Regia — the 

 largest Water Lily in the world— a native of the 

 river Amazon/grown here successfully in a suit- 

 able tank. One floral firm has already made the 

 attempt, l)ut the seeds were found defective. 

 More, however, have been ordered." 



QUERIES. 



Ferneries.— F. M., Peterboro, Ontario, says: 

 — " Aside from ferns, what other plants can be 

 successfully grown in ferneries?" 



[Begonias usually do well in ferneries, if there 

 is some light. Indeed, the whole is a question 

 of light. If there be little light we can have 

 nothing but palms and ferns ; but in proportion 

 as there is light we can grow almost any of the 

 soft wooded stove plants in them. — Ed. G. M.] 



Roses.— Mr. Ottaway, Middleburg, Summit 

 County, Ohio, says : — " I am pleased to see the 

 rose question again. Our friend last month 

 don't quite agree with Mr. Grey. After twenty 

 years experience, I find the common span roof 

 the best for amateur and novice. As for a practi- 

 cal man, he will adjust himself to either span 

 roof or lean-to. The lean-to requires more at- 

 tention than a span roof." 



Sulphur for Red Spider.— G. M. R., Auburn, 

 Maine, writes :—" Will you please state in the 

 February number of the Gardener's Monthly the 

 safest and most effectual way to use sulphur for 

 the red spider, and also turpentine for scale in 

 greenhouses, where a general collection of flow 

 ering plants are grown ?" 



[Put sulphur on tin or iron plates and set it in 

 the sun under the plants.. Turpentine is not as 

 popular for scale as whale oil soap, or indeed, 



