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House of Sunrise at Geo. Reinberg's, Chicago. Photographed Oct. J5. 



ageratum, lieliotrope and coleus. A few 

 put in now and shifted on will give you 

 many fine cuttings later on. Lobelia 

 gpeeiosa and gracilis for vases and the 

 double sweet alyssum should now go in. 

 The above and other plants can be pro- 

 pagated now and the old stock plants 

 you lifted can be thrown out. 



That useful little geranium, Mme. Sal- 

 leroi, can be pulled to pieces and the 

 cuttings put into the sand. 



Vincas, both the green and variegated, 

 should now be increased by good, healtliy 

 cuttings. Any latei- they would not make 

 plants large enough, but those put in 

 now root quickly and can by middle of 

 May be in 3 or SVi-inch pots with 

 three or four long, strong growths. 



The same with Abutilon vexillarium, 

 which is so useful in veranda boxes. And 

 be sure to propagate that beautiful Abu- 

 tilon Savitzii. so valuable as an edging. 



Aealypha. which you may have had 

 resting in boxes, should be got up and 

 started growing in a warm house and it 

 soon will give you young, tender growths 

 which root quickly. 



Fuchsias put into the sand now will 

 be the best plants you have for the 

 month of Jlay and that is the month 

 this old favorite sells. 



Bouvardia. 



If you want to grow any of the bou- 

 vardias. now or within a month is a 

 good time to propagate. As is known 

 by all of you, it is next to imjKJSsible 

 to root cuttings of this plant in the 

 ordinary way, but it lends itself most 

 readily to increase by root propagation. 

 Lift up a few plants, choosing the roots 

 that are neither too small nor too thick 

 and old. Young, healthy roots, if only 

 the thickness of stove pipe wire are all 

 ripht. Cut the roots into lengths one- 

 half an inch long. Don't look for any 

 eye tor viiu won't see any. Smooth down 

 a small space on your propagating 

 bench where the heat of the sand is 

 greatest. It should be 70 degrees. Sprin- 

 kle the tiny pieces of root over the sur- 

 face and press them in only enough to 

 keep them from jumping about, when you 

 put on with a sieve the covering of sand. 



which should be only thick enough to 

 hide the roots. You will in three or 

 four weeks see the little green gro\vths, 

 and when an inch high they can be potted 

 into 2-inch pots, and stood in a warm 

 house. The bouvardia is an easy plant 

 to grow and deserves growing. It went 

 out of fashion because the fad for roses 

 and carnations swamped all other flow- 

 ers. 



Bougainvillea. 



Bougainvillea is a plant that enters 

 into the sales of some of the Eastern 

 firms quite largely, and those who have 

 seen the wonderful plants of B. Sander- 

 iana grown by W. K. (Deacon) Harris 

 must admit it is a most decorative plant. 

 We grew it as early as anyone and sold 

 out most of our stock to the above named 

 gentleman because the Buffalo market 

 was not educated enough to pay $10 for 

 a plant that would drop its leaves and 

 bracts in three or four days. This is 

 another plant that has inconspicuous 

 flowers, but the bracts are wonderfully 

 developed and colored, as in the poin- 

 settia. It roots in sand now. Take the 

 ends of the shorter growths, not too suc- 

 culent nor too ripened, and although not 

 quick to root, you will lose few. 



Cytisus. 



Cytisus racemosus is another Easter 

 flowering plant that has to be propa- 

 gated about now. One year old plants 

 are more desirable than larger. Don't 

 take a small piece of the end of a shoot; 

 it will root but make only a small plant. 

 Take off a little bunch of growth — a 

 little branch with three or four leads 

 and with a "heel" where it was detached 

 from the stronger branch. When this 

 is rooted you have a good start towards 

 a bushy little plant; and grown in pots 

 with every encouragement, in a light 

 liouse during summer, you will by Easter, 

 1(104. have a 5 or 6-inch pot plant. 



Geraniums. 



We are at present putting in all the 

 work we can on potting September struck 

 geraniums from 2 to 3-inch pots. It's 

 considerable labor, but I am sure it pays 

 if you want good plants. These plants 



give a cutting about the first of February 

 and then have the strength to make a 

 good break. Don't, however, ruin the 

 plant for the sake of a cutting. Tliere 

 would be no profit in that. If they are 

 not long enough for a cutting just pinch 

 out the top. Wn-T.TAM Scott. 



GREVTLLEAS-CINERARIAS. 



W. &, N. send us some leaves of this 

 tree (Grevillea robusta), which have 

 turned black and would soon decay. The 

 leaves appear to be some of the older 

 ones, and it is difficult to account for 

 any trouble with this tree (for Aus- 

 tralian tree it is) unless they have been 

 kept in some dark, cool corner and 

 standing very close together, so that no 

 air nor light could get among them. It 

 is such a hardy tree (although not en- 

 during frost) that without any rough 

 treatment I have never known it to 

 lose a leaf except from being starved 

 in too small a pot. Give them a light 

 house and room to grow. Any tempera- 

 ture above freezing will do. 



The same W. & N. also ask about cin- 

 erarias and say they are in "last 

 pots," meaning, I suppose that no 

 further shift will be given them before 

 they flower. "Tlie under leaves wilt. 

 The soil is good; I am afraid to en- 

 rich it." 



The cineraria is a very peculiar 

 plant. A really finely flowered ciner- 

 aria is a beautiful plant in a private 

 conservatory and that's about the only 

 place where they ought to be found, for 

 they do not bring price enough to repay 

 for the space and care. If there was a 

 green fly within ten miles it would 

 surely "find out your cinerarias and 

 come and board with you, but that is 

 not the cause of the leaves wilting. 



It should be needless to say that the 

 cinerarias thrive in a very low tem- 

 perature. Forty degrees at night is 

 plenty, yet they will not stand 1-2 a de- 

 gree of" frost. Tlie soil should be 

 coarse and porous, yet firm, and water 

 should pass freely through it. In a 

 close soil without any fiber I have seen 

 cinerarias lose their lower leaves and 

 many die mysteriously. In another 

 way they are peculiar plants. Let them 

 be dry for a few hours and the lower 

 leaves will wilt never to recover, while 

 over-watering will kill the whole 

 plant. I am induced to think that 

 careless watering is the cause of the 

 trouble in this case. 



William Scott. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



We are passing through the coldest 

 weather of the season, the thermometer 

 ranging from 6 to 8 degrees below zero 

 at night. The coal question is not near- 

 ly as serious here as in the east. In 

 fact, we are especially lucky in that 

 we are in no danger of a shortage, Cin- 

 cinnati being especially well located. The 

 various growers all report a plentiful 

 supply on hand. Tlie price, too, though 

 considerably higher than in former 

 years, is nothing compared to that which 

 is being charged in the east. The price 

 of lump soft coal now is $4 per ton, 

 delivered in the city; but I was talking 

 to a grower who said that he was get- 

 ting all he wanted of nut and slack at 

 $2.25 per ton, delivered. Several out-of- 

 town florists came here to bnv coal by 



