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GARDENING. 



April /, 



bench flowered finely from January to 

 June. They were planted in September at 

 the same time as the carnations but not 

 allowed to run their roots all over the 

 carnation bench, being confined to a box 

 ten inches square and five inches deep. 

 The bottom of the box was the boards of 

 the carnation bench. 



F. N. B. says she has purchased a plant 

 of Tecoma Smithi "which shows no incli- 

 nation to run and is plainly a shrub. 

 Would like to know the smallest size pot 

 in which will bloom." This tecoma may 

 show more of a climbing nature as it gets 

 older. I would not advise it being starved 

 in too small a pot. Give it a 5 or 6-inch 

 this spring and encourage it to grow by 

 an abundance of water during summer, 

 giving plenty of air in September and 

 October and withholding water slightly 

 as its flowering season approaches, which 

 is in November and December. 



W. Scott. 



HEATING ft SMALL GREENHOUSE. 



From Iowa City, Iowa, comes the 

 enquiry, "Is it practicable to heat a small 

 greenhouse attached to east side of house 

 with hot water? It is now heated by 

 steam supplied from the boiler which 

 heats the dwelling house Could the 

 steam pipes be made to run into the 

 water pipes far enough to heat the water 

 satisfactorily? I wish to have the steam 

 pipes removed and replaced by hot water 

 pipes." 



This is not easy to answer without see- 

 ing the present conditions. If the steam 

 heat is not satisfactory it would be bet- 

 ter to have a small heater to circulate the 

 hot water and be entirely independent of 

 the steam boiler which heats thedwelling. 

 But unless the steam boiler is overtaxed 

 why remove the steam pipes? Steam is 

 just as healthy for plants as hot water 

 and if regulated by valves "would answer 

 all the purpose of hot water. Steam has 

 some advantages over hot water. On 

 bright days it can be shut off early in the 

 morning and in a few minutes the pipes 

 will be cold. Then again you can on the 

 sudden approach of a drop in the temper- 

 ature have the steam pipes hot in ten 

 minutes. W. Scott. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE AND LILIES. 



"Subscriber," Madison, Conn., enquires: 

 "Can I graft the Otaheite orange on a 

 seedling Florida orange and when shall I 

 do it? What can I use to improve the 

 bloom of Easter lilies now in bud?" 

 Certainly the Otaheite orange can be 

 grafted on any seedling orange. The best 

 time for the operation would be just 

 before the active growth of the stock and 

 scion. The present time would possibly 

 be as favorable as any, as the w arm days 

 of spring will soon induce a growth. 

 Keep the plant after being grafted rather 

 close and moist till signs of growth 

 appear on the graft. 



It is too late to mulch the Easter lilies 

 (By Easter lilies 1 take it for granted that 

 the Bermudais meant), butliquid manure 

 will give color to the foliage and increase 

 the size of flowers; V-i peck of manure from 

 the stable or cow barn in eight gallons of 

 water will be plenty strong enough and 

 twice a week will be often enough to 

 apply the liquid manure. Wm. Scott. 



WEAK VIOLETS. 



The following comes from"W.": "What 



is the reason that the stems of both leaves 



and flowers of violets are so weak and 



flabby? Marie Louise, Lady Campbell, 



[continued page 222.] 



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