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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



QUERIES and ANSWERS 



IVe believe the greatest good can be accomflUhed for the graatest 

 number, by instituting a query column; or an exchange of expe- 

 riences, on practical propositions, by our readers. 



You are initted to contribute questions, and answer others. 



Each question as received will be given a number, the question- 

 er's name will not be published, but the source of the answer will 

 be given unless otherwise requested. 



IVe all have something we would like to know more about. Here 

 is your opportunity to ascertain somebody's experience in just that 

 matter. 



Nothing will tend to better fellowship than helping each other. 



Jake advantage of this "Question Box." 



Can anyone tell me how to grow gardenias? Mine 

 have all cast their buds. I grow them in the palm 

 house and feed well each week with nitrate of soda, 

 alternating with liquid cow manure. — T. M. B. 



The cause of _vour gardenias losing their buds is no 

 doubt due to bad drainage. A palm house is also not 

 a suitable place to grow these plants, but a rose house 

 is ideal. You do not state whether you grow in pots, 

 but pot or bench grown, perfect drainage is required 

 and essential. From the daily syringing of the palms 

 the gardenias probably get too much water. Worms 

 also infest some soils very much. Try a watering with 

 Vermine, after readjusting the drainage and remove 

 into a sunny house at once. Syringe daily and repot 

 when necessary, using a peaty soil. Do not feed with 

 nitrate of soda. It will fetch the foliage off and kill 

 the plants. A little top dressing of good loam and cow 

 manure and a little bone dust is better; and an occa- 

 sional watering with soot water. — R. W. F. 



What can I grow in my palm house during summer, 

 when we take the palms out on the lawns? It is 25 

 feet long and about 15 feet high and has two side 

 benches.— T. M. B. 



Celosia Castle Gould, which should be sown at once, 

 schizanthus, and a few ferns also. But do not shade 

 the former. Bouvardia Humboldtii and the double 

 varieties are easily grown, and are nice for using in 

 summer where indoor flowers other than roses are 

 grown. — J. H. T. 



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Can I grow orchids so as to have a few in bloom 

 each month of the year in a small house 20 by 12 feet, 

 in which I can only maintain a temperature of 55 in 

 winter? — C. A. L. 



Orchids can be easily grown in a house such as C. A. L. 

 describes. In Cattleyas, Percivaliana blooms in Jan- 

 uary and February, Schroederae in March, Mossiae in 

 April and May, Dowiana and gigas June to August, 

 labiata September to Christmas, and then Trianae fol- 

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 many others which any good orchid dealer can advise 

 on and supply. — M. 



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 National Association of Gardeners 



Is maintained for the purpose of providing opportunities for efficient 

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 ■This department of the Association is at the disposal of those who 

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 assistant gardeners. Address 



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National Association of Gardeners, 



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