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GARDENING. 



July I, 



proper time to repot is when the young 

 growth is about two inches high, just 

 when the roots are commencing to push 

 out. 



After repotting give the plants every 

 encouragement to grow by supplying 

 plenty of heat, moisure and light. Do 

 not give much water till the roots get 

 fairly good hold of the compost. Care 

 must be taken not to let thrip, greenfly or 

 red spider get headway. To keep these 

 down syringe twice a day overhead on 

 bright days and get well under the foli- 

 age. Shading, if it is permanent, should 

 be very thin, but if possible do not have 

 a permanent shade. If shaded too heav- 

 ily the growth is weak, and if given a fair 

 amount of sunshine it is possible to have 

 stems like young bamboo canes. Man- 

 ure can be applied with advantage to 

 some varieties, but I would not advise its 

 use where only a few plants are grown. 

 If there are trough pipes in the house 

 they may be kept filled with manure 

 water when fire heat is in operation, 

 and much advantage will be derived 

 therefrom. One of the best things 1 have 

 found for giving a good, healthy, dark 

 green hue to the foliage is fresh slacked 

 lime and soot, two- thirds soo t and one- 

 third lime. Scatter the mixture on the 

 paths and under the benches twice a week 

 when the plants are in full growth, and 

 anyone that has not used it will be sur- 

 prised at the amount of beneficial gas it 

 throws off. 



Resting I consider the most important 

 point in dendrobium culture, and many 

 fail to keep their plants in a healthy con- 

 dition because of neglect in this particu- 

 lar. The majority of dendrobiums, or I 

 should say spring flowering varieties, as 

 soon as growth is finished should be put 

 in a cool, airy house and given plenty of 

 sunshine, gradually withholding water; 

 give only enough to prevent shriveling; the 

 varieties that flower soon after growth is 

 finished I prefer to leave in their growing 

 quarters until the flowers are out. I will 

 now give the six best varieties, to my 

 mind, -their season for flowering and the 

 temperature they should be in it possible 

 during the winter months. The varieties 

 I shall name are easy to grow, free flow- 

 ering and cheap: D. Phahvnopsis Schrte- 

 derianum is the king of the dendrobiums. 

 This variety produces its flowers on the 

 top of mature leafy growths; it also 

 throws out spikes from the two and three- 

 year-old growths. Well-grown plants 

 produce two or more flowers on a spike 

 and the color varies from pure white to 

 dark magenta. The flowering season 

 extends from August till November, and 

 if possible this variety should be kept 

 very dry in a temperature of 55° during 

 the resting period. 



D. nobile is one of the best and easiest to 

 grow. The blooms are produced on the 

 old growth, in twos and threes, all up 

 the stem. It can be had in flower front 

 the end of December till June, and should 

 be rested in a cool house where the tem- 

 perature does not fall under 45°. D. for- 

 mosum giganteum is the largest flo wir- 

 ing variety among the white kinds. It 

 blooms on the ends of leafy stems in 

 bunches of from three to five as soon as 

 growth is completed. The flowers appear 

 in August and September, and the plant 

 should be wintered in a temperature of 

 55° and not allowed to get too dry. D. 

 Dalhuusianum is very sweet scented and 

 requires plenty of head room. When well 

 grown the pseudo bulbs will reach to a 

 height of four or five feet. The flowers 

 are produced in a spray of from six toten 

 on the leafless growth, usually in April 

 and May. It should be wintered in a 



temperature of 55° and kept fairly dry. 

 D. Wardianum is a beautiful large-flow- 

 ering variety and one that should be in 

 every collection. The flowers are pro- 

 duced on the j'oung growth after the 

 leaves have fallen, from January to 

 March. Winter in a temperature of 45° 

 and keep moderately dry. D. thyrsiflorum 

 is the best of the evergreen kinds and one 

 that can be grown in an intermediate 

 house all the year. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in long pendulous racemes, which 

 last about a week in perfection; the color 

 is orange yellow, with white lip. Six 

 additional good varieties will be found in 

 F. Falconeri. D Hil lebrandtii. D. macro- 

 phylhnn, I), fimbriatum oculatum, D. 

 Devonianum, and D. Brvmerianum 



AN EVER-BLOOMING GHRySflNTHEMUM. 



Schlegel's ever-blooming white chrys- 

 anthemum, as shown in the illustration, 

 was grown by Robert Laurie, gardener 

 to Cornelius Vanderbilt, at Newport, R. I. 

 These flowers measure from four to four 

 and one half inches in diameter, and are 

 from cuttings put in during.the first week 

 in February. The plants have bloomed 

 ten weeks from the time the cuttings were 

 started. 



Mr. Laurie has made a trial of these 

 chrysanthemums for the past two years, 

 and says the}' are of easy culture andean 

 be had in bloom at any season of the year, 

 for once the flowers are removed the 

 plants again branch from the bottom and 

 bloom. J. J. B. 



TREATMENT OF CXCLflMEN BULBS. 



Ed. Gardening: — Does it pay to bother 

 with keeping cyclamen bulbs over to the 

 second year, especially the small ones? I 

 had some left over and have a lot of seed- 

 lings again this year. Would like to have 

 the opinion of some grower as to the 

 best course to pursue with the old bulbs. 

 Subscriber. 



AN EXHIBITION GROWER'S ADVICE. 



It does not pay to bother the second 

 year with cyclamen bulbs that have been 

 starved or neglected the first season; but 

 if they have not received a check while 

 growing the first year, they will start and 

 make fine plants the second, and produce 

 twice as many flowers as seedlings. They 

 will probably require a larger size of 

 pot than that used for seedlings at the 

 final potting. To get the best result from 

 cyclamen bulbs the second year they must 

 be dried off gradually and ripened until 

 they lose all the old leaves. It will not 

 do to neglect them while they are under- 

 going the drying-off process; give them a 

 good sunny bench with sufficient water 

 to keep the roots alive and prevent the 

 bulbs from shriveling. About the middle 

 ot June it will be time to repot them; 

 shake them out of the old soil, being care- 

 ful to save all the roots that are alive, 

 and transfer to pots two sizes smaller 

 than those in which the plants were pre- 

 viously flowered. They like a good, 

 fibrous mixture to grow in, one-half good 



SCHLEGEL'S EVBR-BLOOMING CHRYSANTHEMUM 



