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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[October, 



a ball of earth adhering to the roots, and put close 

 to one another in a pit, uncovered as long as 

 possible, and when frost sets in, covered only to 

 be protected against it, but aired as much as 

 possible. These plants will produce flower buds 

 and may be potted in March or April. If the 

 plants are potted and put in a stove before they 

 have a sufficient number of flower buds, they grow 

 straggling, lose their leaves and will bloom badly. 

 The largest and best grower of Perpetual Car- 

 nations is Laurent Carle, at Monplaisir, Lyons. 

 He is especially addicted to their culture, and has 

 improved it much, since he succeeded to Algca- 

 tiere, the creator of this very ornamental plant. 

 Many people have failed in its culture ; I hope 

 therefore that the preceding instructions will be 

 welcomed and procure success. 



EUCHARIS. 



BY J. B., FREDRICKTON, N. B. 



Alfred Ray, Esq., of this city, has dozens of large 

 pots of the above lily in bloom; the most vigor- 

 ous and healthy I ever saw. His moist heat and 

 careful cultivation otherwise by Mr. Tait, gardener, 

 has been abundantly rewarded. One would think 

 by the quantity sent by Mr. Ray to the Episcopal 

 church on Christmas morning for decoration, with 

 other choice flowers and curious forms of tropical 

 vegetation, that they were as plentiful as the ox- 

 eye daisies are with some of the poor farmers here 

 in June and July. It is surprising how easy this 

 choice flower grows where it gets the right treat- 

 ment. 



LIMITING THE SIZES OF FLOWER POTS 

 AT EXHIBITIONS. 



BY N. ROBERTSON, SUPT. GOVERNMENT GROUNDS, 

 OTTAWA, CANADA. 



In your May number some remarks were made 

 on the above topic. Thirty years ago in Scot- 

 land, the limiting of the sizes was practised and 

 considered the best means of bringing out and 

 testing the ability of the competitor. Much dis- 

 couragement has been caused by the present pre- 

 vaihng practice of giving all the best prizes to 

 large plants. It is generally known beforehand 

 to whom the prizes will go, thus deterring the 

 exhibiting of smaller specimens by others, although 

 often of far superior cultivation. In many cases 

 these large specimens have been handled by 

 several persons during their growth, so that no 

 merit is due to the exhibitor for their production ; 



yet it would not be prudent to rule them out 

 entirely because of their decorative properties. 

 For hard-wooded plants such as Azaleas and 

 other slow-growing ones the limiting of pots is 

 not so practicable, because of the length of time 

 it takes to produce them ; but for all soft, rapid 

 growing plants the limit should be definite, if the 

 true intention is what it should be in all Horticul- 

 tural Societies, to develop and bring out the best 

 cultivation. What does more to add beauty to an 

 exhibition than nice, healthy young stock, the 

 product of a short time ? 



There is also another good point in this that it 

 enables the judges to give a much more satisfactory 

 decision by bringing the plants more into line as it 

 were. For my own part superior culture should 

 always have the preference. What is wanted in 

 all Horticultural Societies is to advance culture, 

 and everything tending to do so should have a 

 foremost place in their prize lists. Competent and 

 reliable judges are very necessary to the prosperity 

 of such societies. 



STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA. 



BY MANSFIELD MILTON. 



A well flowered specimen of Stephanotis is a 

 sight well worth seeing, and still, how seldom do 

 we see a really good specimen flowered as it should 

 be ? Its pure white waxy, sweet-scented flowers are 

 also well suited for florists in bouquet making. A 

 soil composed of fibrous loam, leaf-mould and well 

 rotted manure, with sufficient sand to insure the 

 watering passing off freely. The pots should be 

 well drained, and a stove temperature given it. 

 Being of scandent growth, it requires a trellis to 

 grow on, the balloon-shape being the best for show- 

 ing off the flowers to best advantage. This is one 

 of those old inhabitants of our stoves which has 

 kept its own against most introductions, and to-day 

 should be more grown than generally seen. 



DRACiENA GOLDIEANA, 



BY JOHN F. CLARK, 

 FERGUSSON'S GREENHOUSES, PHILA. 



This magnificent ornamental foliage plant is one 

 of the very finest of its genus. It is a native of 

 western tropical Africa. Figured in the Gar- 

 dener's Monthly, October, 1881, page 300. 

 This remarkable Dracsena is one of the most 

 effective of decorative plants. For the stove and 

 warm conservatory, or as a plant for contrast it is 

 unrivaled. The habit of the plant is erect ; the 



