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GARDENING. 



ground level on the lower 

 the front wall 41/2 feet high- 

 anci 2'i feet glass — and run 

 idof about 30°-35''. This w 

 nice light house with plenty 

 for cluysanthcmums on the 

 With ventilators on both 

 ridge there isn't pressing 

 ventilators, but if you wish 

 latter, along the east side i 

 necessarv. 



YEAR OLD HYDRANGEA 



right at its base all these dormant eyes 

 will at once start to grow and form a 

 beautiful crown. Plants grown in this 

 manner will be literally covered through- 

 out the latter part of winter and early 

 spring with their drooping clusters of red 

 flowers. L. W. 



St. Paul, Minn. 



HYDRflNOeflS FOR WINTER FORCING. 



" .\s regards whether hydrangeas shoxild 

 be allowed to rest before being forced or 

 not we have, in view of the following ex- 

 periment, decided in the affirmative. We 

 were informed that hydrangeas did best 

 when grown from start to finish without 

 losing a leaf— that is one year old plants 

 in 6-inch pots, which are so useful for 

 Easter decoration. In March, '92 we 

 rooted some cuttings from the '■blind" 

 wood, and gave them their final potting 

 into 6-inch pots in June. About the 15th 

 of September, while the foliage was still 

 fresh and green, we brought 20 plants 

 into thegreenhouse, and left the remainder 

 outside till the approach of frost, when 

 we put them into a cold frame and kept 

 them dry. These latter ones were brought 

 into a cold greenhouse on January 12, 

 1893, and were perfectly denuded of 

 foliage. As soon as they made a little 

 growth they were brought into a warmer 

 house, with a night temperature of 58°. 

 They were thinned out, as soon as the 

 flower buds appeared, to one shoot, and 

 received liberal applications of liquid 

 manure. Some of these plants had, on 

 Easter Sunday, April 2, heads of bloom 

 measuring 13 inches in diameter. 



Some of the shoots which were thinned 

 out were taken oflF with a heel, and 

 inserted into the cutting bench to strike 



root, when they were well rooted we 

 potted them into 21/2-inch pots, and 

 they gave u- little heads of bloom 3 and 

 4 inches in diameter. The ones which 

 were not "rested" had a hard time to 

 make two or three leaves, and did not 

 bloom till we got tired looking at them 

 on the bench. We then turned them out 

 into a cold frame, and about Maj'some of 

 them gave little heads of bloom. The 

 varieties grown were acuminata, also 

 hortensis forms, Cyanoclada, Thos. Hogg, 

 and rosea. Wm. Fitzwilliam. 



Orange, N. J. 



flORICULTURIST-OREENHOUSB. 



1. What is the address of the American 

 Agriculturist mentioned in Gardeni.n'G, 

 October 15 last? 



2. I have a small greenhouse. 8x24 It., 

 sloping east, and am thinking of building 

 a larger one. I have a very good position, 

 I think; it is sloping one inch to the foot, 

 facing east; and there is a high bank at 

 the north and a large barn on the west 

 side. I am thinking of building a 16x30 

 ft. gable roofed greenhouse there, to run 

 southeast; and to have ventilators on 

 both sides of the ridge, also along the 

 front undenieath the side benches to use 

 ifneeded,forbeddingplants, and especially 

 specimen chrvsanthemum plants in the 

 fall. T. D. 



Rhode Island. 



1. The American Agriculturist, 52 54 

 Lafayette Place, New York, .\side from 

 the announcement of the other paper you 

 ask about we have never heard or seen 

 anything of it. 



2. Let the floor of the greenhouse be a 

 little higher above ground than the 



slope. Have 

 -2 feet wood, 

 the pitch of 

 ill give you a 

 of head room 

 middle bench, 

 sides of the 

 need of side 

 to have the 

 s all that is 



DRflCflENfl-CyPERUS. 



W. W. O., New York, writes: " Last 

 spring, as the centre piece of a vase I 

 planted a Dracsena indivisa, in 

 another a Cyperus alternifolius, 

 and they are now very nice plants. 

 Can I keep them over winter in a 

 cellar (cool), if so, how must I treat 

 them? Shall I keep them in the light or 

 in thedark? Shall 1 water them, and how 

 much?" 



No, don't remove them to the 

 cellar, neither will do well in it, but both 

 will in the window. Neither needs a 

 sunny place, they are happy in the society 

 of ferns, ivies, and the like. The cyperus 

 likes warmth and moisture; a compara- 

 tively cool apartment will answer for the 

 dracjena, and keep it slightly moist. In 

 watering plants gi re enough at a time 

 to moisten all the soil from top to bot- 

 tom, but never so much as to make it 

 muddv. 



Books on Growing Flowers in the 

 Greenhouse. — H. S., Providence, R. I., 

 asks: "Can you advise me as to the most 

 practical book on the culture of flowers, 

 bulbs, etc? I have a small greenhouse 

 with a good many nice plants, and I 

 want to get all the practical information 

 within reach." 



Henderson's Practical Floriculture, 

 price $1.50; Henderson's Gardening for 

 Pleasure, $1.50; Allen's Bulb and Tuber- 

 ous-rooted Plants, $2.00, and Hunt's 

 How to Grow Cut Flowers, $2.00, are all 

 first rate books, and void of the gush and 

 twaddle that fill a good few books in this 

 line with more catching titles. Y'ou can 

 order any or all of them through the pub- 

 lisher of Gardening. If they don'tappeal 

 to your case don't hesitate to ask us for 

 any information you may need regarding 

 the cultivation of your plants. 



Mealy bugs on traili.no saxifrage.— 

 Dr. J. H. B., California, writes: "I have 

 a trailing saxifrage [probably S. sarwen- 

 tosa.— Ed.] that is nearly covered with 

 mealv bugs. I immersed it in water over 

 night, which killed all the bugs, but did 

 not apparently kill the eggs, as the insects 

 are on the plants again. Whatshall I do 

 to get rid of them?" Immerse the plants 

 in water 125° to 130° letting them stay 

 in it till it cools to normal temperature. 

 Repeat it in about a week after. 



Carnations.— Lizzie McGowan is a fine 

 white; it is always growing and bloom- 

 ing. Uncle John too is a good white. 

 .\mong pink colored ones, Wm. Scott 

 bears the most flowers, but Mme. Diaz 

 Albertini is a great favorite, so too is 

 Daybreak. E. \. Wood, a new seedling 

 is verj' good, and Helen Keller, a new 

 variegated one, is very fine. F, C. S. 



St. Louis. 



I ENJOY and value the paper very much. 

 It is exceedingly satisfactory to sec pho- 

 tographs of plants and shrubs instead of 

 the ordinary ugly and doubtful represen- 

 tation of an impossible growth. 



Mrs. M. p. 



College Hill, Schenectady, N. \'. 



