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A SMALL CONSERVATORY. 



top of this with thick building paper be- 

 tween to keep out the cokl. 



AVhite pine is the best wood to use in 

 the construction of every part. Ground 

 glass is the best to glaze the roof with, 

 while clear double thick for the sides, or 

 if the owner prefers plate could be used. 

 An outside doorway is shown and this is 

 necessary, as it saves the bringing of 

 jjlants through the dwelling. The steps 

 can be built of either wood or stone. 

 Steam or hot water can be used to furnish 

 heat, and can be run from the same sys- 

 tem used to heat the dwelling. If hoi 

 water is used 9 lines of 4-inch cast iron 

 pipe should be placed under the tables 

 that extend around the outer sides ot 

 conservatorv. If steam is used 15 lines 

 ..r 1 1 I -inch 'should be placed in the same 

 |.i.sili.)n as the other pipes. 



All ihc woodwork is to be painted with 

 llirce coats of pure white lead and linseed 

 oil. All joints in the woodwork should 

 Ije well filled with thick white paint. 



New York. D. R. C. 



in two pieces Uned with tin and supported 

 bv brackets as shown. Care must be 

 taken that the tin laps over the outside 

 face of the gutter and extends close to the 

 facia cap, as otherwise water will surely 

 find its way into the conservatory. The 

 roof is formed by rafters and sash bars, 

 the bars being gained into the facia cap 

 and mitred against the rafters. The po- 

 sition of these can be readily seen on 

 elevations. 



Either side of the short ridge are small 

 sash for venti'ation hung to the ridge and 

 are intended to open by means of venti- 

 lating machinery, which can be procured 

 for a small sum, of dealers in the same. 



The tables can be built of wood, they 

 should be strong and substantial with a 

 band on the front projecting about two 

 inches above the table. The floor beams 

 should be covered with a narrow spruce 

 floor. A hard pine one should be laid on 



flMflRYLUS-TENDER SHRUBS IN POTS. 



1 , I have an aniaryllis which bloomed 

 lor the first time last March and was 

 again in bloom about the middle of July. 

 Is it common for amaryllis to bloom twice 

 in one year? It has never rested but has 

 made vigorous growth ever since it came 

 into my possession. I do not know the 

 name of it. It is of a dull or orange red, 

 with white stripes and green at the base 

 of the flower. The leaves are of a thick 

 leathery texture but short in growth. It 

 is constantly forming bulblets which I 

 break off, and pot the most promising of 

 them. Can you name it and advise me 

 as to future treatment? 



2. Kindly advise me as to best wmter 

 treatment of the following shrubs, which 

 are in pots: Acacia, Cattleya's guava, 

 crape mvrtle. Cape jasmine and celestial 

 or sugar fig. The latter is in a large tub 

 and now has ripe figs on it. I have a 

 country place with frostproof cellar, also 

 furnace cellar and will build a small 10x12 

 greenhouse which I will try to heat with 

 a coal oil stove. It will be well protected 

 from the north and west winds and get 

 the full benefit of the southern sun. 



St. Louis. J- T. H. 



1. From a description we can not 

 name the amaryllis, there are so many 

 kinds of them. Should we suggest a name 

 it would only be guesswork, which is 

 often erroneous and verv misleading. 

 Better send us a leaf and a flower. Some 

 kinds of amaryllis are of an evergreen 

 nature, and others which are really decid- 

 uous can be made evergreen by treatment, 

 but it is improper treatment. We often 

 have au/i'ca bloom in spring and again in 

 summer, the same with Johnsoni (which 

 your description suggests), but the hip- 

 peastrum hybrids are not apt to do this. 

 In a general way as regards the cultiva- 

 tion of amarylUs we may say: The 

 plants bloom in late winter and spring, 

 according to treatment, as soon as they 

 have done blooming we repot them;about 

 the end of May we plunge them in a bed 

 out of doors with a thin lath shading 

 over them, and encourage them to grow 

 as much as possible; towards fall we be- 

 gin to keep them somewhat dry till by 

 the middle of October or first of Novem- 

 ber thev are kept quite dry, then we lay 

 the pots on their sides out of the way 

 where thev will be perfectly dry and in a 

 temperature of say 50'", and let them stay 

 there till they show signs of renewed 

 growth or flowers say about the first ot 

 February. We then "lift out a few at a 



