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A CLUSTER OF BRIDESMAID ROSES. 



or sand, but they may also be wintered 

 in the frame if dry leaves or other ma- 

 terial is piled over them soon alter severe 

 weather has set in; banking up the ex- 

 posed sides and ends of the frame with 

 long strawy manure will greatly assist 

 in keeping out frost; the glass also must 

 be covered with n'ats and boards. 



The pentstemon seedlings I suppose to 

 be of the half-hardy varieties. They will 

 be safe under the shelter of the frame. 

 The wall flowers also, but both require 

 to be aired in favorable weather to 

 prevent decay of foliage and stems. 



Calampelis, or rather Eccremocarpus, 

 are generally considered greenhouse 

 plants, but Eccremocarpus scaher, the 

 hardiest among them, may be wintered 

 in a well protected frame. Oxalis flori- 

 bunda, or what is the same, 0. rosea, 

 may be dried off in autumn tor a few 

 days, the tubers placed in a box of soil or 

 sand and stored away in any dry cellar 

 until the 1st of April, when they may be 

 planted out in a frame where pansies or 

 violets have been growing to start them 

 into growth. Wintering them in a cold- 

 frame would usually result in the loss of 

 a good many tubers. 



As a rule all herbaceous plants should 

 be cut down to within a few inches of 

 the ground before taking them up in late 

 fall after the frost has destroyed their 

 beauty. The covering of ordinary stock, 

 protected by glass, is a dangerous prac- 

 tice in most cases; it is safer to give ad- 

 ditional protection over the glass in very 

 severe weather. On mild days always 

 raise the sash and allow plenty' of fresh 

 air but no sun.fordormant plants should 

 be kept so until planting time. When the 

 weather grows milder toward spring the 

 plants are apt to start into growth, and 

 we should prevent this by removing the 



sash, in daytime only at first, and later 

 on leaving them oft altogether, night and 

 day. Some plants, for instance the wall 

 flowers, may require a shading for a few 

 days until they are hardened off and get 

 accustomed to the stronger light. 



All the plants mentioned should be 

 planted out in their permanent quarters 

 as early as possible in spring; we must 

 not wait until they begin to grow in the 

 frame. 



About myosotis for bedding out I may 

 say here that they can be treated just like 

 pansies. You can plant them in autumn 

 where you want them to bloom if the 

 plants are of suitable size, or you may 

 grow them in cold-frames until spring. 

 In the first instance a few evergreen 

 boughs afford protection enough and 

 here they are not liable to draw and get 

 lanky, as they usually do more or less 

 under the sash. 



The construction as well as the man- 

 agement of cold-frames differs with the 

 various purposes they may be intended 

 for. A frame for wintering dormant half- 

 hard}' plants is differently treated than a 

 primula, pansy or violet frame. In pro- 

 tecting the plants from severe cold we 

 must not forget that moisture is nearly 

 constantly arising from the unfrozen 

 ground below and that prolonged damp- 

 ness is detrimental to all plants, therefore 

 whenever the weather is favorable a free 

 circulation of air through or over the 

 plants is of great benefit. 



I do not know why your gardener 

 should cut down the paeonias to within a 

 foot of the ground at this time of the 

 year. It the plants are strong old clumps 

 next year's flowers will probably be 

 smaller than usual, but if they are young 

 plants this treatment will not seriously 

 interfere with their flowering, but all de- 



pends on the quantity of foliage remain- 

 ing on the plants; if enough of this was 

 left on then you will have a good crop of 

 bloom. Pa?onias will stand a great deal 

 of hardship without serious injury. K. 



Miscellaneous. 



A CLUSTER OP BRIDESMAID ROSES. 



I send a photograph of a bunch of 

 roses which pleased me so that I felt I 

 must share its beauty with the readers of 

 Gardening. The roses used were the 

 pink Bridesmaid, and they were t'ed with 

 ribbon of a lighter shade than the flowers. 

 In the tie were five or six violet-shaded 

 pansies. G. E. R. 



GLOXINIAS. 



[See page 359.] 

 In regard to culture Mr. Hogan 

 writes: "I plant the dry bulbs in a mix- 

 ture of dry sphagnum moss, chopped fine 

 and mixed with sand, so that when the 

 bulbs make roots they can be lifted out 

 of the moss without breaking the roots. 

 " As soon as a good start is made and two 

 or three leaves show they are potted in 

 light soil composed of one part good pot- 

 ting soil and one part leatmold and sand 

 mixed together. We are very careful 

 about the watering. When the bulbs are 

 in the moss they are given plenty of 

 water, being careful to sprinkle any dry 

 spots on the moss. They are kept in a 

 temperature of 65° to 70° at night with 

 10' to 15° more in the day time. We 

 consider it essential not to wet the leaves, 

 and we give shade as soon as the sun 

 gets so hot there is danger of burning." 



