384 GARDEN MANAGEMENT. 



October. A. maculatum deserves to be cultivated on account of its handsome 

 foliage. 



1 124. The Lily of the Valley {Convallaria majalis) should have a place in the 

 ■window. "Where they grow thick in a border, clusters of them may be taken 

 up in November, potted, and placed in the frame : they will flower much 

 earlier than those out of doors. If the plump crowns are picked out and 

 potted, a cluster of flowering- spikes may be had in each pot : after flowering, 

 they may be plunged in the border again, and will probably flower the follow- 

 ing year. If only small crowns can be had, they will be a twelvemonth before 

 flowering. 



1 125. Intermediate Stocls will begin to flower now if sown the preceding July. 

 They may be sown in a shady border at that time, and, as soon as large enough 

 to handle, place three or foui* round a 3-inch pot : in October, they will be 

 large enough to pot singly into the same sized pots. Stand them in the frame 

 for the winter. As they exhibit the buds, the double and the single may be 

 distinguished. Put the single aside, if wanted for seeding ; otherwise they 

 may be thrown away. They grow in sandy loam. 



1 126. Ferns also come in very useful, especially the Adiantums, or maiden- 

 hairs, and, most particularly, acuneatum. Oncidum lucidv.m is good for 

 bouquets ; Pteris serrulata, and also P. rotundifolia, for its dark leaf; and even 

 the common Hartstongue if grown in a frame, or any where under glass, is very 

 ornamental. 



1127. Citrus Aurantium, common orange, is worth growing, both for the 

 flowers and fniit, which, in winter, are very effective for table-decoration, if 

 cut with foliage attached. Solanuvi pseudo-capsicum, called Winter Cherry, 

 also the common Physalis, also called Winter Cherry, are very pretty in 

 bouquets. 



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