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GARDENING. 



A LITTLE GREENHOUSE. 



fastened -Ji-inch rings which run on small 

 iron rods, and is raised and lowered by 

 stout cords running through small pulleys 

 at the top. 



The heating is done by a small base 

 burner hot water heater in cellar of dwell- 

 ing, the flow and return pipes run through 

 the wall, each connecting with three lines 

 of 2-inch pipe. The connections are formed 

 with elbows and crosses and are 

 lighter and neater than were cast branch 

 tees used. The heater works nicely 

 when regulated properly which is 

 a very important matter. Have a 

 damper in stove pipe and when starting 

 the fire open the damper to heater and in 

 pipe, and close the door; after the fire is 

 l)urning nicely, and the water is hot, close 

 the damper to heater, and partly close 

 the one in the pipe and open the heater 

 door a little; experience will teach how to 

 regulate these to the amount of heat 

 rcijuired. 



In contemplating building a greenhouse 

 of this kind the first thing considered is 

 the expense, and as material and facili- 

 ties for buying vary in different places, the 

 best way to get at the expense is to ex- 

 plain to a good carpenter what you 

 want, he ought to be able to tell just 

 what it would cost. [Rather send to 

 one of the firms dealing in greenhouse 

 materials and advertising in Gardening, 

 giving a diagram of your intended green- 

 house, and stating exactly what you 

 want, and ask what they will furnish the 

 materials for. They can supply the ma- 

 terials all prepared far cheaper than the 

 village carpenter can get it cut out 

 for.— Ed.] 



Write to any reliable dealer in hot 

 water heaters, giving size of greenhouse 

 and amount of glass surface, he will in- 

 form you as to heater and how much pipe 

 you will need. 



The plants I grow in winter are a 

 general collection, such as callas, freesias. 



Roman hyacinths, narcissus, Chinese 

 primroses, daisies, marguerites, yellow 

 oxalis, eupatorium, lopezias, geraniums 

 and manettia vines; all these are in 

 blossom now, and later will come 

 petunias, pelargoniums and Easter lilies. 

 Plants mostly grown in the summer are 

 fuchsias and begonias. I have a little 

 propagating bed of clean lake sand in the 

 warm end of the greenhouse in which are 

 easily rooted all the cuttings needed. 

 Under the side bench is grown a species of 

 selaginella [Kraussiana. — Ed.] which 

 makes a carpet of mossy green, and 

 under the end bench without pipes are 

 planted a few varieties of ferns, including 

 maidenhair. 



In a long narrow box next to dwelling 

 house wall are grown nasturtiums trained 

 on a wire netting, and they do nicely and 

 are just beginning to blossom Cuttings 

 of them are taken in the fall and rooted 

 in water. 



The diagram of inside of the greenhouse 

 shows the position of the benches, path, 

 pipes, expansion tank, outside door and 

 door into dwelling, which last is two steps 

 up from greenhouse floor. 



The vine sho xn on the corner of the 

 dwelling is Ampelopsis Vetchii, the large 

 leaved variety [Roylei. — Ed.], a very 

 rapid grower. The cannas are of a large 

 variety grown for its foliage. The low 

 growing plants are Madame Salleroi 

 geraniums, and they make a very pretty 

 border. J. H. Smith. 



Milan, 0. 



OREBNflOUSE PLANTS IN BLOOM, 



We have the following plants now in 

 bloom Eranthennim pulchelluw, a plant 

 of easy culture bearing small blue flowers. 

 Mahernia odorata, a neat little green- 

 house shrub bearing pretty yellow bell- 

 shaped flowers, it is readily increased 

 from cuttings. Impatiens Sultani is con- 



tinually covered with beautiful carmine 

 scarlet or salmon colored flowers. 



Rhyncosperwum jasminoides, a beauti- 

 ful sweet scented and free flowering 

 cli-nbing plant, whose white jasmine-like 

 flowers perfume the whole house. The 

 white pea flowered swainsoua, heliotrope 

 and mignonette. The last named is dis- 

 budded by the florists in order to secure 

 long flower stems. 



Plants of Azalea mollis, Bougainvillea 

 glabra, and its variety Sanderiana, are 

 also in bloom. The bougainvillea will 

 be very fine by Easter, and is exceedingly 

 useful for cutting and decoratitive pur- 

 poses. Wm. Fitzwilliam. 



Brompton stocks in winter.— We 

 wintered some Brompton stocks in a 

 cold frame and brought them indoors a 

 few weeks ago and now they are making 

 a nice show in the greenhouse and are so 

 sweet. Forget-me-nots also brought out 

 of the cold frames about a month ago 

 are in fine bloom in the greenhouse; the 

 varieties Victorix and semperilorens seem 

 to be the best for this work, pahistris and 

 alpestris haven't bloomed so well with us. 

 D. F. 



Polyanthuses.— We have had these in 

 fine bloom in the greenhouse for a couple 

 of months, and we are getting them in 

 the cold frame, and if we plant them out 

 we can have a nice show of them out of 

 doors from the middle of April till after 

 the middle of May. 



SciLLA Peruviana or Clusei is in 

 flower; what a gem it is for forcing, and 

 it lasts in bloom so long! 



Our Cinerarias are mostly past and 

 cleared away to make room for seeds, etc. 

 Our next show will be of fancy and 



Snow Pelargoniums, of which we have 

 a fine stock in five-inch pots raised from 

 cuttings struck last fall. D. Fraser. 



TAnERN.EMONTANA CORONARIA.— M. G. 



B., Pinewood, Iowa, has a plant of this. 



