October, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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bacco is risky and unpleasant in a dwell- 

 ing house. Much can be done to help 

 keep down aphis with the smoke from a 

 pipe or cigar if care is taken not to burn 

 the plant. For scale insects wash well 

 with soapy water, using a small brush 

 to remove the scale if necessary. Wash 

 with clear water shortly after using soap 

 solution. Apply the solution to the un- 

 der side of the leaves. 



PLANTS FOR THE WINDOW 



The following are lists of good house 

 and window plants : 



Geraniums — Single and double flower- 

 ing ; single flowering varieties best for 

 winter. 



Geraniums— Ivy-leaved, silver, bronze, 

 and fragrant-leaved varieties are especi- 

 allv effective as window plants. 



Begonias — B. argentea guttata, B. 

 manicata aurea, B. Otto Hacker, B. 

 Thurstonii, B. rubra, B. Paul Bruant, 

 and other varieties. 



Primulas — P. sinensis (Chinese prim- 

 ula), P. obconica. 



Fuschias — Single and double. 

 Calla (Calla Lily)— Richardia Ethio- 

 pica. 



Chrysanthemums ■ — Pompon and Ja- 

 panese types. 



Impatiens Sultani (Bloom for ever). 

 Lilium Harrisii (Easter lily) — Lilium 

 auratuni, Lilium speciosum rubrum, etc. 



Epiphyllum (Lobster or Christmas 

 cactus). 



Tuberous - rooted Begonias — Single 

 and double. 



Pelargonium (Lady Washington ger- 

 anium). 



l<"resia rcfracta alba (bulbs with sweet 

 scented flowers). 



Valotta purpurea (Scarborough lily), 

 bulb. 



Amaryllis in variety (bulbs). 

 Otaheite Orange (Flowers, fruit and 

 foliage are attractive). 



Winter flowering bulbs — Roman and 

 Dutch hyacinths. Narcissi (Daffodil), in 

 variety. Tulips, single and double, early 

 flowering. 



FOLIAGE HOUSE PLANTS 

 The following foliage house plants are 

 suitable for the window as well : 



Anthericum vittatum variegatum ; 

 Anthericum pict^uratum ; Araucaria ex- 

 celsa (.Norfolk Island Pine) ; Asparagus 

 plumosus ; Asparagus sprengeri ; Aspi- 

 distra lurida variegata ; Dracena indivisa 

 or Dracen;i australis (Cordyline) ; Farfu- 

 gium grande (Leopard plant). 



Ferns — Nephrolepsis Bostonien.sijS 

 (Boston fern); Nephrolepsis Whitman!; 

 Nephrolepsis Scotti and other varieties. 

 Ficus elastica (Rubber plant). 

 Palms — Kentia Belmoreana ; Kentia 

 Forsteriani ; Phoenix rupicola ; Phoenix 

 reclinata; Phoenix dactylifcra (Date 

 palm); Latania Borbonica (Fan palm); 

 Cocos Weddeliana ; Pandanus Veitchii ; 

 Sansevieria Zeylanica (Bow-string hemp 

 plant). 



Wintering Flowering Bulbs 



Wm. Hnnt, O.A.C., Gutlpb, Ont. 



Winter flowering bulbs give good re- 

 sults in winter with very little care. 

 White Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Hya- 

 cinth, Narcissi or Daffodils give best 

 results. Purchase the bulbs in October 

 and pot them at once. Put three Roman 

 Hyacinths or Narcissi in a five inch pot 

 (or two Narcissi if bulbs are large), or 

 more bulbs can be placed in a larger pot, 

 pan or shallow box. The box should be 

 about four inches deep and have some 

 half-inch holes bored through the bot- 



sand in the cellar until the top growth is 

 about t\\() inches in height. They should 

 be taken out of the sand when the top 

 growth is about the height mentioned. 

 They can be left in a light place in the 

 cellar a little longer if desirable. Intro- 

 duce the bulbs into light and sunlight 

 by degrees. Keep the bulbs well watered. 

 Bulbs should never be allowed to be- 

 come dry after they are once potted un- 

 til through flowering. 



The bulbs, especially the Narcissi and 

 Dutch Hyacinth, can be dried off gradu- 

 ally, kept warm until summer, and then 

 planted out in the garden where they 

 may in a year or two flower again. They 

 are seldom of any use to flower indoors 

 the second year. It is best to purcha.se 

 new bulbs every year. Roman Hya- 

 cinths and Paper White Narcissi potted 

 in October can be had in flower by 

 Christmas and New Year. Single Dutch 

 Hyacinths are best for pot culture and 

 can be had in white, red, pink, and blue 

 colors. Good varieties of Narcissi are 

 Von Sion (double), Trumpet Major, 

 Princeps, and Bicolor Empress. The 

 Polyanth Narcissi are also good. 



Madonna Liljr 



Lilium Candidum, or Hardy Garden Lily. 



torn six inches apart for drainage pur- 

 poses. Put one Dutch Hyacinth in a 

 four inch pot or more in a larger pot. 

 Use a little drainage material. 



The top of the bulb should be just be- 

 low the surface of the soil when potted, 

 and the surface of the soil half an inch 

 below the top of the pot to allow room 

 for watering them. Water the bulbs 

 well directly after potting so as to moist- 

 en all the soil. Then place the pots 

 away in a cool, dark cellar or room. 

 The cellar is the best place. The tem- 

 perature should be about 40 or 45 de- 

 grees. 



Bury the pots an inch deep in sand, 

 light soil, or Coal ashes. Sand is the 

 best. Pack the sand around the pots 

 so as to leave no spaces. Water this 

 covering well if dry. Leave the pots 

 covered in this way for four or five weeks 

 or longer until a good root system has 

 developed. ITsually the roots can be 

 seen growing through the aperture in 

 the bottom of the pot. 



One of the main points in growing 

 these bulbs well is to secure a good root 

 system before the top growth com- 

 mences. The pots can then be brought 

 into the window or can be left in the 



Cultivation of Hyacinths and 

 Tulips 



Hyacinths may be planted outside dur- 

 ing .September and October. To grow 

 them successfully a i^unny, open spot 

 should be selected, not in the shade of 

 trees or high walls ; a place where the 

 water is stagnant in winter should be 

 carefully avoided and the soil made as 

 porous as possible. If the soil be light 

 or medium, it simply requires to be 

 worked ; if heavy, besides deep digging 

 and well-working, the bulbs should be 

 surrounded with some sharp silver sand. 



When manure is added, on stiff, heavy 

 soils, horse manure is preferable to cow 

 dung , which may be used on sandy light 

 spots. The m.inure should be worked 

 a few inches into the soil, thus prevent- 

 ing the bulb itself from coming into 

 contact with it. The beds, thus prepar- 

 ed, are ready for being planted with the 

 bulbs ; the soil is taken out to a depth 

 of say three to four inches and the sur- 

 face made quite level with a rake. The 

 bulbs are then put into the beds four 

 to five inches apart according to their 

 size and gently pressed down ; care- 

 fully, without overturning the bulbs, the 

 removed .soil must then be brought over 

 the bulbs ag.iin :mil after this, planting 

 is finished. 



TULIPS 



Tulips content themselves with a less 

 rich soil than hyacinths, though a poor 

 one must be avoided. A spot where there 

 is no stagnant water in winter should 

 be selected and the beds so arranged 

 that they get the fullest amount of sun- 

 shine in spring. The preparing of the 

 beds is the same as with the hyacinths. 



