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small pots as the roots will nicely g'o into. 

 Over potting into too large pots in winter 

 time is a mistake, especially for plants just 

 starting root and top growth. Use nearly 

 half sand mixed with the loam, for these 

 and the cuttings before mentioned. In fact 

 these remarks regarding newly rooted, or 

 newly started plants, will apply to almost 

 every class and type of plant, to a greater 

 or less extent. 



Cyclamen bulbs will soon be showing 

 flowering buds, and will require plenty of 

 water at the roots at this period. A little 

 liquid manure once or twice a week will 

 help to produce large flowers, and intensify 

 their color, as well as the pretty markings 

 of the foliage, so attractive a feature of the 

 cyclamen. A cool temperature and an 

 occasional syringing is necessary to have 

 the best results possible with cyclamens. 



Roses should be syringed with tepid water 

 two or three times a week if at all practi- 

 cable to do so. Sprinkling the hot-water 

 pipes on very cold nights, when there is a 

 good circulation of heat in them, will raise 

 a cloud of vapor that will serve the double 

 purpose of making the insidious little red 

 spider very uncomfortable, as well as help- 

 ing to seal up any open joints there may be 

 in the glass roof. Steaming the house is a 

 good plan on cold, windy nights, but must 

 not be attempted unless the temperature of 

 the house can be kept at least above 50° dur- 

 ing the night. 



Cuttings of lobelia, double alyssum, 

 cupheas, and similar plants required for 

 hanging baskets, vases, etc., should be taken 

 now. This will give them a chance to 

 make nice plants by the time they are re- 

 quired in spring. Old plants of festuca 

 glauca and Isolepsis gracilis, can be cut into 

 small sections and repotted into sandy soil 

 in small pots. These grass-like plants are 

 pretty and useful for hanging baskets, win- 

 dow boxes, etc. Ventilate the greenhouse 

 or conservatorv verv cautiously, if it is done 



at all, and be sure and close the ventilators 

 early in the day. 



Window Plants. — The principal plants 

 in flower in the window will probably be a 

 plant or two of begonia incarnata, calla 

 lilies, and some pots of early flowering bulbs, 

 Roman hyacinths, with some of the earlier 

 flowering varieties of narcissi. Dotted here 

 and there, these will make an attractive 

 window display, placed amongst a few ferns 



Fig. 1985. Geranium, "Peter Henderson." 



and other plants, whose foliage alone is ac- 

 ceptable at this season of the year. A few 

 trusses of geranium blossom will also be 

 seen, if the window has a sunny aspect, and 

 the directions given in the May number of 

 journal regarding the culture of geraniums 

 during the summer for the express purpose 

 of producing flower in winter, have been 

 followed up. The accompanying photo of a 

 plant (taken in October) shows the result of 

 the summer culture as before mentioned. 



The plant shown is one of the semi-dou- 

 ble varieties, and is named after the late 

 eminent plant-grower, " Peter Henderson," 



