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continuous bloomer, it rests in summer, 

 but it is oneof the prettiest of all fuchsias. 

 Mrs. Nicholas Hai.lock. 

 < )ueens, L. 1. 



A POT-GROWN FUCHSLA.. 



branches, the althtea being too dense and 

 upright. 



On the steep dry slopes of our clay hills, 

 especially along their flanks, the common 

 elderberry bush grows as well as any- 

 thing and looks very well at any season, 

 and especially so when it is in bloom. It 

 also grows wild in abundance in the 

 shaly ground and slopes. 



Prof. J. L. Budd of Iowa, writing in 

 Rural Life, says of it: "During a recent 

 trip across the state we could not fail to 

 note the fact that the birds have scattered 

 the seeds of the elderberry everyw-here, 

 but especially in the hog feeding lots. 

 I sually such spots are a barren waste; 

 but the elderberry springs up and the 

 nog respects it. The great bushes soon 

 become an oasis in the desert. Not a leaf 

 is touched until the berry season, and 

 sometimes not even then. If an old sow 

 happens to get a taste of the ripe fruit, 

 the whole bunch is soon pulled down and 

 its neighbors also. In the hog lot it is a 

 real treasure, as it is the only plant we 

 know of that the hog will let alone, and 

 when they pull it down for the fruit the 

 leaves and bark are not disturbed." 



The Brandvwine Strawbekkv, a 

 variety of recent introduction, is giving 

 great satisfaction. It is of good size, fine 



color, firm texture, fair quality, and the 

 plants are healthy and productive, and 

 succeed well in most gardens and soils. 



The Greenhouse. 



TflE FUCflSlfl flS ft WINDOW PLANT. 



The fuchsia shown in the accompanying 

 illustration is the variety spcciosa, and it 

 is the best of all for winter bloomirg. 

 This specimen has been in our hou e for 

 several years, and so pretty was it last 

 winter that I had my son Lendel photo- 

 graph it tor Gardening. It is growing 

 in an 8-inch pot. We plant it out of doors 

 in summer in a slightly shaded place, and 

 lift and pot it early in fall; at setting 

 out time in early summer it is pruned 

 back severely, as my object is to have as 

 many shoots as possible, as the clusters 

 of flowers are terminal, and when they 

 come into bloom the shoots lengthen and 

 arch over with the weight of blooms, and 

 keep on growing and blooming almost 

 indcfinitelv. The soil is rich fibrous loam 

 and leaf soil as old rotted soddy ground; 

 the pots are well drained, and we give 

 water treely, but water must not stag- 

 nate about the roots. Spcciosa is not a 



TflE GRBENflOUSE. 



Now that the greenhouses areas empty 

 as they are likely to be at anytime of the 

 year get ready for winter, have them 

 repaired and painted, and attend to any 

 improvements that are necessary. See 

 that the doors open and shut easily, that 

 the ventilators fit perfectly and the gear- 

 ings work easily, that the gutters are not 

 defective anj'where, that the benches and 

 supports are sound, that the chimneys 

 arc clean and safe, that the drains are 

 open, that the heating pipes are tight, of 

 even grade and do not sag anywhere. 

 Have the staging examined, and mended 

 wherever there is a broken board. 



Give the plants in the greenhouse lots 

 of room so as to promote a full stocky 

 growth, when winter comes they will get 

 crowf'ed up tight enough. Have all of 

 the big plants thoroughly cleaned, don't 

 leave a scale or a mealy bug anywhere; 

 you have a better opportunity to clean 

 the plants now than you will later on 

 when they are more crowded. While we 

 should shade most palms, ferns, and 

 variegated tropical plants as marantas, 

 dracicnas and alocasias, we should use 

 less shading now than in spring. 



Water all plants abundantly and 

 syringe those not in flower overhead 

 morning and early in the afternoon, but 

 in syringing— which is generally done 

 with a hose— don't drown the plants, that 

 is don't play the spray so much or so 

 long upon them as to saturate the ground 

 in which they are growing, be moderate 

 in hosing. But when you do hose the 

 plants direct the stream against the 

 underside of the leaves, for it is there the 

 most of the insects lurk, and make it a 

 cleansing as well as refreshing bath. 



Repotting plants is always in order. 

 Whenever a planr becomes potbound give 

 it a shift into a one-size larger pot. Be 

 very particular that the new pot is clean 

 on the inside, and that it is well drained 

 and there is some rough material between 

 the drainage and the loam to keep the 

 latter from clogging the former. Always 

 pot firmly. 



Always keep the flower pots clean in 

 your greenhouse, a green slimy pot is 

 repulsive no matter how choice its occu- 

 pant may be, and arrange the plants 

 tastefully! a pretty arrangement goes a 

 long way towards making up for a lack 

 of blossoms. 



Fancy caladiums should now be in all 

 their glory; a little weak manure water 

 twice a week will help to keep them look- 

 ing well. The same with achimenes. We 

 are repotting our spring struck begonias 

 from 3 to 4-inch pots, they are in a cool 

 greenhouse. Chinese primroses are in 

 4-1 2-inch pots and well spread out on the 

 benches of a cool greenhouse; P. ohconica 

 from seed this spring is in ,3 inch pots 

 and plunged in a cold frame out of doors. 

 Cyclamen in 2%, 3 and 4-inch pots are 

 ready for another shift; they are in a cool 

 house thinly shaded. .\ neighbor growing 

 them in a cold frame and shaded with 

 lath shades reports having bigger and 

 finer plants than ours which are grown 

 in the greenhouse. Chrysanthemums are 

 eve ywhere, some are standards, some 

 long one-stemmed, some three stemmed, 

 many bush i)lants, lots of young single- 

 stemmed, and a thousand in the cutting 

 bench. We have too many, but theyoung 

 gardeners have got their hearts set on 

 them, and we believein humoring the gar- 

 dener when he is on a right tack. 



