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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



Young plants of geraniums in three and 

 a half or four-inch pots, the same as used 

 for planting out at this season in beds or 

 borders, can also be grown on specially for 

 winter flowering. The treatment is a little 

 different from that described for growing 

 on old plants. 



The young plants should be at once p')t- 

 ted into 6 or 7-inch pots in good loamy pot- 

 ting soil, and the pots plunged to the rim in 

 the open ground. An inch or two of coal 

 ashes should be placed underneath the pot 

 before it is sunk into the ground, or the pot 

 can be plunged altogether in coal ashes. 

 The plant should be well watered once after 

 re-potting, but not over watered. More 

 water can be given after the plant has well 

 started into growth. 



PINCHING BACK. 



About every two or three weeks, until 

 ab9ut the first week in August, the tips of 

 the young shoots or growth should be 

 pinched out. This can be done at any time 

 until August, when the young shoots are 5 

 or 6 inches in length. By pinching out 

 just the tips of the shoots the plants are 

 made to grow bushy and shapely, as well as 

 growing a larger number of shoots than they 

 would if the pinching process was omitted. 

 All the bloom buds should be pinched off as 

 soon as they appear. The plant should not 

 be permitted to open a flower bud until Sep- 

 tember, when the flowers should be allowed 

 to grow. 



In September, before frosts appear, the 

 plant can be lifted into the window or under 

 the cover of a veranda on cold days and 



nights, until it is taken permanently into 

 the window. If the pot is very full of roots 

 in the fall it may be necessary to pot it into 

 a slightly larger pot, but as a rule a 7-inch 

 pot is large enough for almost all geraniums 

 grown in the way I have described. Al- 

 most any of the ordinary bedding varieties 

 of geraniums treated in 'this way make good 

 winter flowering plants, and will give good 

 results with their bright trusses of bloom if 

 placed in a bright sunny window during the 

 winter "and given only ordinary care and 

 treatment. 



GOOD VARIIITIES fOR WINTER FI.OWERING. 

 Amongst the many single flowering varie- 

 ties suitable for winter flowering are Mrs. 

 E. G. Hill, salmon; W. A. Chelfant, crim- 

 son scarlet; Gettysburg, magenta scarlet; 

 Lucreece, bright pink with white centre ; 

 Phyllis, pale salmon ; Madonna, pale pink. 

 Amongst the double and semi-double varie- 

 ties are Thomas Meehan, pink ; Jean Viaud, 

 pink; Mme. Jaulin, magenta scarlet; Her- 

 mine, white; La Favorite, white; Mme. de 

 la Rue, magenta pink; M. A. Bouleans, 

 scarlet; Marquis de Gallard, rosy-cerise 

 shaded. Many of the Bruant type make 

 strong growing pot plants, Bruant, Garden 

 Director, Le Contres and Alphonse Ricard 

 being amongst the best for pot culture. 



The bronze and' variegated leaf varieties 

 includ'e the Mme. Saleroi, Wm. Languth, 

 Marshal McMahon and Happy Thought, 

 which are well adapted for growing for 

 window culture. All of the fragrant 

 leaved geraniums are also suited for the 

 method of summer culture described. 



There is a good lawn in front of our 

 school. By the side of the school we have 

 flowering shrubs and small flowers. Ferns 

 have been planted around the outside fence, 

 and on the whole we try to keep our grounds 

 as beautiful and as up-to-date as possible. — 

 (F. Downey, Poft Perry, Ont. 



You cannot grow a Spy apple in any cud- 

 dled-in place, where it will lack plenty of 

 air and sunshine. — (Wm. Rickard, Newcas- 

 tle, Ont.. 



Severe pruning and judicious fertilizing 

 are one of the secrets of success in fruit 

 growing. — (J. S. L., Bartonville, Ont. 



