AMATEURS GREENHOUSE. 



ing paper, an eighth of an inch thick. 

 Altogether this wall is so warm that 

 during the great blizzard, which in 

 March ( 1888) visited our correspondent's 

 region, a night heat of 47° was easily 

 maintained 



Concerning the plan of heating with 

 oil stoves, Mr. Emmerich says that in 

 his case it is entirely satisfactory. Two 

 small stoves, made by the Kerosene Oil 

 Stove Co., and having two four inch 

 wicks each, and an oil receptacle con- 

 taining seven quarts to each. The 

 drum from which the hot air pipe ex- 

 tends, is situated upwards from and 

 between the lamps. While the 3)^ inch 

 pipe is effectual in conveying heat to its 

 further end, still Mr. Emmerich is of the 

 opinion that if it were a size larger it 

 might be even more satisfactory. 



Regirding oil lamps smoking when 

 put to such a use, and of which some 

 complain, no trouble has ever been 

 realized. The lamps are kept perfectly 

 clean, and nothing but the best 150 

 tested oil is used. Care is taken, how- 

 ever, to not have them turned up too 

 high at any time, for if they were, 

 naturally they would smoke. By means 

 of the pipe leading outside all smell of 

 the burning oil is removed. 



Concerning the general success of this 

 house, the writer says he wishes our 

 readers could see the beauty and perfec- 

 tion of the many plants grown within its 

 walls. Still it must not be forgotten 

 that the general attention bestowed on 

 plants has at all times quite as much to 

 do with their success as the providing of 

 sufficient heat and light for their wants. 



THE TRITOMA. 



n MONG fall blooming plants the 

 /{j\ Tritoma, or Flame plant, or Red 

 ilji Hot Poker plant stands out con- 

 spicuous as being the last to succumb to 

 the approaching winter. For several 

 years we have seen this wonderful herba- 

 ceous plant produce its bright orange 

 spikes in profusion during the months 

 of October and November, even after 

 repeated frosts, and after every other 

 plant had ceased to flower. It begins 

 to bloom in late July or August, and 

 only ceases when visited by a real hard 

 frost. The hardy nature of the flower 

 induces some to attribute to the plant 

 greater hardiness than it really possesses : 

 it appreciates a covering that will pre- 

 serve it from superabundant moisture, 

 it may either be dug and wintered in a 

 cool cellar, or a box or barrel may be 

 inverted and placed over it. It is rather 

 impatient of a damp location in the 

 winter. It is easily increased by divi- 



sion. There are several varieties of the 

 Tritoma, but T. uvaria grandiflora is 

 beyond a doubt the most desirable. 

 Hamilton. Webster Bro.s. 



Floriculture and small fruit culture 

 are preeminently adapted to women. 

 There are few industries where fairer 

 returns for capital and labor expended 

 are more certain ; few that can be so 

 well begun with small means, and still 

 remain capable of indefinite extension. 

 Fine fruits and flowers are in demand. 

 Our densely populated commercial cen- 

 tres, our thronged and fashionable sum- 

 mer resorts, are rarely if ever adequately 

 supplied with them. As a rule, they 

 take all they can get, and then look 

 around for more. You might double 

 the largest annual yield of good berries, 

 or fine roses or carnations, with profit to 

 the producers The home market for 

 products of this sort is wonderfully elas- 

 tic, the demand ever keeping well abreast 

 of the supply. — Rept. Columbus (O) H. 

 Soc. 



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