THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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CALLA iETHIOPICA, OR "TRUMPET 

 LILY." 



A correspondent of the London Gar- 

 dener' 8 Magazine says : 



"The Trumpet Lily has become so 

 much in demand of late years for fur- 

 nishins: cut flowers for church decora- 

 tion at Easter and for indoor decorations 

 generally, that a hint or two on its 

 cultivation will perhaps be of service to 



some readers of the Magazine. First of 

 all I would say that I have tried many 

 ways of growing it. For example, I 

 have tried drying off the plants through 

 the summer at one time, and keeping 

 them growing in pots and feeding them 

 highly at another. But the plan which 

 causes the least trouble, and gives the 

 best results, is planting them out. If 

 you have a few examples to start with, 

 as soon as danger of frost is over, in the 

 spring, turn them out in rich soil in the 

 kitchen garden, and water liberally to 

 settle the soil about the roots. They 

 will soon become established and take 

 care of themselves, unless the weather 

 is very dry indeed, when an occasional 

 soaking with clear water or liquid 

 manure will be of service to them. 

 They will not seem to make much pro- 

 gress until the nights become rather 

 cool, when they will grow most sturdily. 

 They must remain in the border until 

 there is danger of frost, and then be 

 taken up and potted. If an increase 

 of stock is desired take off the offsets 

 when the stock is lifted, and put them 

 several together round the sides of five 

 or six inch pots. These can be put out 

 as advised above in the spring following. 



If it is desired to put them in small 

 pots carefully remove all the soil from 

 the roots, and put them in pots of the 

 desired size. The massive plants which 

 already contain the flowers will not 

 show the least sign of distress if after 

 potting they are well watered and kept 

 well shaded for a few days. I have 

 taken up thousands and treated them 

 thus without losing a leaf. If wanted 

 for Christmas, those which show flower 

 (and many of them will bloom earlier 

 than Christmas if forced on at once) 

 should be selected for putting into heat. 

 The othei-s will come on in succession, 

 and many of them, if kept cool, will 

 not start until Easter, when the flowers 

 are again in great demand." 



THE SECRET OF GOOD LUCK. 



It is very common to hear people say 

 that it is no use for them to plant fruit 

 trees. They have no luck with them. 

 But in truth luck never did anything 

 of any importance. We don't trust 

 our farm or general garden crops to 

 this pei-son. Luck ; but the sensible 

 farmer and grower employs good, care- 

 ful hands, and directs their work by 

 long experience, and the teeming har- 

 vest field and luxuriant vegetable gar- 

 den attest to their wisdom and industry. 

 There is no luck about it, but a careful 

 measuring to the end to be accomplished 

 with the means at hand to gain it. 

 Whenever the same means have been 

 adopted with fruit trees good results 

 have followed. In our own district 

 there are " loads " of people who have 

 wonderful success with certain things 

 that they set their hearts on, and the 

 growing of fruit is among these suc- 

 cesses. But these men, we i-ei>eat, do 

 not trust to luck. The trees are pruned 

 as they ought to be and manured with 

 what they need ; precautions are taken 

 against injury from curculio and borers, 

 and thus industry, and not luck, meets 



