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GARDENING. 



Dec. is, 



HIBISCUS ROSfl SINENSIS. 



J. E. G. asks for information as to the 

 best way to treat Hibiscus rosa sinensis 

 stored in a cellar or cold house during 

 winter and used for outdoor decoration 

 in summer. 



A. cellar is a poor place to winter such a 

 plant, as it is a tender evergreen shrub 

 and should be kept growing all the time. 

 This cannot be very well accomplished in 

 a place so unsuitable; but if this course 

 must be pursued the best way to treat 

 the plant would be to head it in a little 

 and only give enough water to keep it 

 alive, never permitting it to become dust 

 dry. Try to keep it in a semi-dormant 

 state, as any growth it would make un- 

 der such conditions would be drawn and 

 weak. If it could be given a little warmth 

 (say in the window of a living room) 

 about the middle of March, this would 

 cause it to grow and produce flowers 

 much earlier than if left in the cellar till 

 planting time. This hibiscus, however, 

 always flowers better if grown in a tub, 

 as by this method the roots are kept in 

 confinement, and it is much more easily 

 wintered in this way. 



David Phaser. 



Tin: Chinese Matrimony Vine ( Lysium 

 Sinense). — At Dosoris, the other day, one 

 of the prettiest things on the island was 

 a trellis fence about 5 feet high covered 

 with this vine; although it was the 22nd 

 of November, this plant was still in good 

 leaf and its branch-wands were loaded 

 down with vivid scarlet berries. It was 

 exceedingly showy. It is perfectly hardy. 

 We are propagating and planting it 

 extensively at Schenley to hang over 

 rocks and cut-down tree stumps. But 

 remember it likes fairly good ground. 



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