November 25, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



345 



WATERING ORCHIDS 

 Watering, always an iiupoilant do- 

 tail in Orchid culture, must be carried 

 out with care and discretion, and the ' 

 condition of each plant studied before 

 a|)I)l.ving water, says the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle. Plants producing their 

 flower spiUes must not suffer from 

 drought, and the same remark applies 

 to those that are growing and rooting 

 freely, but any that have completed 

 iheir season's growth should be afford- 

 ed only sufficient moisture to maintain 

 the pseudo-bulbs in u plump, rigid con- 

 dition. With the bulk of the repotting 

 completed, an opportunity occurs to do 

 any necessary cleansing of the houses, 

 and to ascertain if any of the plants 

 are infested with scale Insects. In 

 districts near large manufacturing 

 towns, the glass on the outside needs 

 wa-shing two or three times during 

 the winter. When this work has been 

 (lone a start may be made inside, for 

 dirty glass excludes light which is 

 essential to plant life during the dull 

 months of the year. 



MISINTERPRETATION 



Wabash, Ind,— C. B. Dittraer, editor 

 of a local newspaper was hurrying to 

 his office when he slanced at the win- 

 dow of a local flower shop and saw 

 the sign, "Say It With Flowers." 



"Great," he thought to himself ami 

 rushed into the building. 



"Send some flowers up to my 

 house." he told the florist. 



"How about a nice spray?" the flor- 

 ist asked. 



"Good, send it right up." the editor 

 said. 



When the work of the day was over 

 the editor hurried home to celebrate 

 his wedding anniversary. His wife 

 glared at him. 



"It may be a joke, but I do not ap- 

 preciate it," she said. 



The editor yas puzzled. He had not 

 tried to be funny. Then he looked 

 around for the joke and found it. It 

 was a "nice spray." bound with a 

 black ribbon to which was attached a 

 black rimmed mourning card. The 

 florist had misunderstood the occa- 

 sion. 



Wrap the Pipes 



It's economy to have all the main 

 and return pipes wrapped with asbes- 

 tos. When such pipes are left un- 

 covered there is much waste of heat. 

 The drums in the boilers should also 

 be covered, and it is well to have the 

 asbestos reinforced by wire netting so 

 that it will not fall off. Mix the asbes- 

 tos about as thick as mortar, and slap 

 on the first few patches with consider- 

 able force. Tlie more successful you 

 are in stopping leaks of all kinds the 

 better off you will be financially when 

 spring comes. 



'J'uo ijia-r /iihl ijruun 



IBOLIUM 



HARDY 

 HYBRID 



PRIVET 



CROSS BETWEEN 



CALIFORNIA AND IBOTA PRIVET 



HARDY AS IBOTA 



LOOKS LIKE CALIFORNIA 



ARNOLD ARBORETUM 

 REPORTS IT HARDY THERE 

 THE PAST WINTER 



===== Just think what this means = 



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 NOW 



Grows equally well from either hard or softwood. 

 Start propagating now and be ready for the coming 

 demand. 



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