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THE AQUARIUM, JANUARY, 1S95. 



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ance of such plants as have been found 

 to do best under those unfavorable 

 conditions. 



It will have been noticed that, in all 

 the four, water plays a not unimportant 

 part and, particularly in the hot 

 weather, conveys to both the ear and 

 the eye a more refreshing feeling of 

 coolness than foliage alone could im- 

 part. 



These conservatories are provided 

 with ventilators above and below and 

 are heated during the colder months 

 with two flow and one return pipes of 

 two inches diameter, with means of 

 regulating the heat in each at will. A 

 cold water pipe is carried for some dis- 

 tance along by the sides of the flow 

 and return pipes and is connected with 

 a screw nozzle tap in each case. When 

 the plants require syringing or water- 

 ing a piece of flexible tube, with a noz- 

 zle at the other end, is screwed on to 

 the tap, and water with the chill off is 

 thus at command. 



Palms appear to do equally well in 

 all the cases, especially species of Sea- 

 forthia, Latania, Aroca, Geonoma, etc. 

 These, With Aspidistra lurita var, Ficus 

 elastica, Dracaenas and a few other 

 things, form the leafy decoration of 

 the two more gloomy cases, the climb- 

 ing-fig growing well, and the Japan 

 lygodium hanging in bunches from the 

 wires attached to the roof. 



In the lighter cases there is more va- 

 riety, the climbing-fig hanging in 



graceful festoons, while Begonias, Ma- 

 rantas, Anthuriums, Cyperus, and nu- 

 merous ferns, together with many of 

 the plants previously mentioned, look 

 quite happy. 



As the effects described are the re- 

 sults of plants put in several years ago, 

 we are not premature in pronouncing 

 the arrangement to be a great success, 

 and we can well imagine the relief 

 which the jaded man of business must 

 derive from partaking of his hasty 

 luncheon under such influences. 



HOW TO WATER. 



Every one thinks he can water plants, 

 whether in or out of pots. But one 

 might almost count the good plant 

 waterers on his own fingers. This may 

 seem strange to those whose idea of 

 watering consists in dipping a pot in a 

 tank and emptying it on the plant ; 

 and yet stranger to those who, with 

 even less care, simply attach a hose to 

 the water and fire away right and left, 

 behind and before, and when tired of 

 this amusement declare their plants and 

 gardens to have been well watered. 



There is yet a third way of watering, 

 an example of which came under the 

 writer's notice the other day. lie was 

 struck by the smallness of the pot 

 with which a youth was watering some 

 pot roses, and confounded by the time 

 that the small potfull lasted. Looking 

 more closely, he observed that the water- 

 ing pot was furnished with a fine nose, 

 and the waterer was giving to the sur- 

 face of each j)ot only a sprinkle — 

 making a supply for two pots make- 

 believe water twenty or more. 



This surface sprinkling is the most 

 mischievous of all modes of watering. 

 It allures the thirsty roots to sure de- 

 struction. Thev scent the water from 



