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GARDENING. 



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should be shifted as quickly as thev 

 require it so as to give them ample time 

 to become well rooted in their flowering 

 pots before the time comes for them to 

 set their buds. This will enable them to 

 stand feeding better and hence give more 

 pleasing results. C. W. Johnson. 



BIGONIfl OLOIRB DE SGtflUX. 



The begonia herewith figured is one ol 

 the most useful sorts for spring and win- 

 ter flowering. The stems are stout, erect 

 and from one to three feet high, with 

 leaves dark green, tinged reddish beneath 

 and from six to eight inches in width. 

 Flowers pale pink and one and a half 

 inches broad. 



Plants two years old are best for deco- 

 rative purposes, as they then send out 

 numerous flowering shoots from such 

 portions of the previous year's stems as 

 have been retained. Older plants are not 

 reliable. In propagating I prefer to take 

 the cuttings in spring, it they are obtain- 

 able. These will make nice specimens the 

 following spring. Usually, however, it is 

 impossible to procure good material for 

 cuttings until the old plants are cut down 

 later in the year, and when started so 

 late they seldom make fully developed 

 specimens before the second year. 



For this and most other winter-flower- 

 ing begonias I use a rather coarse com- 

 post made up of good loam, leaf mold, 

 cow manure and sand, two parts loam to 

 one part each of the other constituents, 

 with the addition of a small quantity of 

 charcoal. Good drainage is very neces- 

 sary, and during the winter months the 

 plants should be kept in a temperature 

 of 60°. Robert Shore. 



Publications. 



BOOKS AND BULLETINS. 



Annual Report of the Nova Scotia 

 Fruit Growers' Association. — Halifax, 

 N. S., 1898.— We are in receipt of the 

 thirty-fourth annual report of the Nova 

 Scotia Fruit Growers' Association, a 

 society which has recently shown remark- 

 able activity in the cause of good horti- 

 culture. Among other things we gather 

 that the year 1897 was the least product- 

 ive of fruit in the past decade, the total 

 export amounting to 85,000 barrels. The 

 high-water mark was reached in 1896 

 with a total of 500,000 barrels. At the 

 annual meeting, held at Wolfville in Jan- 

 uarj- last, many valuable papers were 

 contributed by prominent authorities, 

 and these with the discussions take up the 

 greater part of the volume. One of the 

 most important works of the association 

 was the establishment of a school ol hor- 

 ticulture, supported bj- the members and 

 the provincial government. Tuition is 

 free to all. 



Vegetation and Scenery in the Met- 

 ropolitan Reservations of Boston. — 

 By Charles Eliot.— Lamson.Wolffe& Co., 

 Boston, New York and London, 1898.— 

 The Messrs. Olmsted have rendered the 

 public another substantial service in pub- 

 lishing the report of their former coadju- 

 tor, the late Charles Eliot, on the condi- 

 tion of the landscape in the territory 

 reserved for park purposes in and around 

 Boston. The summit and swamp types 

 of vegetation, dependent chiefly on topo- 

 graphical conditions, are faithfully de- 

 scribed, as are the coppice, field and 

 pasture, the bushy pasture and the seed- 

 ling forest, features largely influenced by 



BEGONIA GL0IRE DE SCEAUX 



the interference of man. The various 

 characteristics of the reservations are 

 well shown in numerous maps and illus- 

 trations, the whole forming a contribu- 

 tion to landscape literature which cannot 

 fail to be of material assistance to all 

 who are interested in the development of 

 public grounds. 



Palmenzucht und Palmenflege. — By 

 Udo Dammer. — Tro witzsch & Son, Frank- 

 fort-on-Oder, Germany.— Many years ago 

 the late Benjamin S.Williams, of London, 

 England, in one of his volumes on stove 

 and greenhouse plants, gave us a very - 

 good account of palms and cycads, with 

 some excellent cultural notes. In the 

 interval we have had nothing of this 

 character in similarly compact form, 

 although many interesting and valuable 

 communications on these plants have 

 appeared in the horticultural journals. 

 It is therefore a great pleasure to receive 

 Dr. Dammer's work under the above 

 title, dealing with the propagation and 

 cultivation of palms. Most of the culti- 



vated species and varieties are well 

 described and many of them admirably 

 illustrated. Very minute directions are 

 given regarding propagation and culture. 

 The amateur grower will find the direc- 

 tions for the treatment of plants grown 

 in rooms and dwelling houses extiemely 

 useful, and the professional gardener is 

 given many practical hints on matters 

 with which he is rather unfamiliar. We 

 rank the book among the most impor- 

 tant on greenhouse plants which have 

 made their appearance within the past 

 ten years, especially as palms in recent 

 years have become so popular with all 

 growers of ornamental plants. The text 

 is in German. 



Texas State Horticultural Society. 

 — At the recent meeting at College Sta- 

 tion the following officers were elected: 

 President, C. Falkner, Waco; vice presi- 

 dent, F. W. Mally, Hulen; secretary, E. 

 Huffman, Waco; treasurer, 1). 0. Lively, 

 Fort Worth. 



