187t.] 



AND HORTIGULTUEIST. 



16t 



lime in the soil that the Rhododendron does ? " 

 We cannot say from personal experience, but 

 from analogy we should say yes. They require 

 very much the same treatment in every respect 

 that the Rhododendron does,except that we may 

 plant them in places more exposed to wind than 

 we do Rhododendrons — they are a little " hard- 

 ier " — the word meaning that they will stand a 

 little more rough usage. 



Planting Lilies. — B. F. L., Cincinnati, O., 

 says : — " I planted several species of Lilies last 

 Spring, but they have not done as well as I 

 wished. Our soil is limestone, would that effect 

 them?" [We do not know that Lilies object to 

 limestone, though they are not often found wild 

 in limestone districts. They love rich sand, or 

 as one might say alluvial soil. Your trouble is 

 probably from Spring planting. Lilies should 

 be always set out in Fall. — Ed. G. M.] 



KEEN MOUSE AND tMOUSE l^ARDENING. 



SEASONABLE HINTS. 



There is not much to be done in the green- 

 house, most plants having been set out under 

 the shade of trees or arbors last month. Our 

 Summers are too hot to make greenhouses at 

 that season enjoyable, but there are generally 

 some plants under cover that it is not practica- 

 ble or desirable to put into the open air. The 

 red spider and other insects are apt to be very 

 troublesome, and it is best to keep sulphur on 

 plates set around. 



Many plants get too large for small houses, 

 and it is well to keep young ones propagated and 

 coming on. But often the old plant is best cut 

 down and made new. This is particularly the 



case with the Geranium, or, as we used to say in 

 old times, the Cape Pelargonium. These should 

 be cut back to a few inches of the main stem. 

 Then leave the plants to grow a little. After 

 the buds have started into growth a little, shake 



out the plant and reduce the roots somewhat 

 and start again in a smaller pot. The annexed 

 cut illustrates what we mean 



Oranges, Oleanders, and other large plants in 

 pots or tubs, that are now commencing to grow, 

 should be shifted into larger or fresh soil if they 

 require it. This is generally known by the 

 growth being weak, and the leaves small. Some- 

 times the plants are sickly through the soil 

 having become sour, and the roots, in that case, 

 are rotten. This is usually known by the leaves 

 of the plant being yellow, and of a very sickly 

 appearance. The best way is to take out and 

 wash the roots, just before or as growth is com- 

 mencing, and repot anew in fresh soil, employing 

 the smallest pot or tub that the roots can be 

 well got into. Cuttings of Geraniums or similar 

 plants, required for flowering in houses next 

 Winter, should be put in at this season. Ca- 

 mellias and Azaleas, and other things that it ia 

 desirable to inarch, may be operated on as soon 

 as the wood is firm enough; that is, as soon as 

 it has progressed from the watery to the woodj 

 state. 



C031MUNICA TIONS. 



NOTES ON THE ADIANTUM FARLEYENSE 

 AND DOUBLE PRIMULAS. 



BY HENRY CORBETT, COLLEGE HILL, OHIO. 



A. Farleyense I think the most magnificent 

 Fern in cultivation. It was introduced into 

 England from Barbadoes in 1865. 



