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THE CANADIAX HORTICULTURIST. 



2041. A/.Al.F.A InDICA. 



GREENHOUSE, WINDOW AND GARDEN.— IV. 



,PRIL will be a busy month in the 

 greenhouse. Potting- late struck cut- 



^ ting-s from the cutting- bed, and pot- 

 ting- earlier struck plants of coleus, ag-era- 

 tum and bedding- plants g-enerally into larg-er, 

 pots, will have to be attended to. 



Fancy caladium corms or bulbs, and tub- 

 erous begonias that were placed in sand in 

 the cutting- bed last month will soon require 

 to be potted. When the new roots are 

 about an inch long is about the time to pot 

 them. Pot the tuberous begonias into well 

 drained six or seven inch pots, as they are 

 difficult to re-pot. The caladiums can be 

 potted into smaller pots as they are not so 

 difficult to re-pot later on. 



Young chrysanthemums must be potted 

 into larger pots. Allowing the roots of 



these to become pot-bound not only checks 

 growth, but is an inducement for disease, 

 especially " rust, " to develop itself. A few 

 cuttings of chrysanths can still be started 

 for planting thickly on the benches or for 

 growing in pots in the greenhouse. 



Carnations can be planted out in the open 

 border as soon as the weather is suitable, 

 which is often not until the end of the month 

 or early in May perhaps. Carnations are to 

 a certain extent hardy, but plants that have 

 been grown under glass must not be expos- 

 ed to severe frosts unless they have been 

 well hardened before planting them out. 

 Pinch the tips of the growth of the carna- 

 tions out to induce a bushy, sturdy growth. 



Pots of violets that have done flowering 

 can be divided and repotted into 4 inch pots. 



