GREENHOUSE, WIXDOW AXD GARDEN. 



The pots can be plunged outside toward 

 the end of the month in a partially shaded 

 position in the garden. 



Seedling plants of gloxinia, cyclamen, 

 primula and tuberous begonias can be trans- 

 ferred from the seed pans or pots into 

 shallow boxes, as soon as they are large 

 enough to handle nicely. 



Seeds of early annuals and biennials 

 should be transplanted into pots or boxes 

 and placed out-of-doors as soon as the 

 weather is at all suitable. A little shade 

 and protection on hot days and cold nights 

 will be necessary for these for a short time 

 when first put outside. The plants should 

 be well rooted if possible in the boxes, before 

 being put out. 



Cuttings and young plants of summer 

 flowering begonias will require potting into 

 2)4, inch pots as soon as rooted. One half 

 loam, and one part each of sand and leaf soil 

 suits these begonias very well. 



Plants of azalea indica will require syring- 

 ing regularly every morning on fine days. 

 Some of the late flowering varieties may 

 perhaps yet be showing some bloom, and care 

 must be taken qot to syringe these very 

 heavily. 



Lilium Harrisii seems to be grown in less 

 quantities year by year. Immature and 

 diseased bulbs are largely accountable for 

 non-success of recent years with these use- 

 ful Easter plants. 



Roses in pots, or planted on benches, will 

 require plenty of water at the roots. Syring- 

 ing and fumigating must not be neglected, 

 as insect pests develop very rapidly at this 

 season of the year. 



Ventilation must be given freely on hot 

 sunny days. Opening the ventilators as 

 early in the morning as possible consistent 

 with safety, will prevent "fogging" or 

 ' ' damping-off" " of the flowers of geraniums, 

 pelargoniums, and other plants. 



Dampen the floors early in the afternoon 

 and close the ventilators before sun-down. 



Fig. 2042. EcHKVERiA Seclnda Glauca Var. 



The Window. — All plants such as palms, 

 dracenas or cordylines and foliage begonias, 

 that require repotting, can be potted in April 

 or May, if proper potting soil can be obtain- 

 ed. Unless suitable soil that is dry and in 

 good condition can be obtained, the plants 

 had better not be potted until later. 



Annuals that were sown early will perhaps 

 require thinning out ; asters, zinnias, dian- 

 thus, gaillardia and phlox, transplant very 

 easily. Harden the^e plants off" gradually 

 by placing them outside on fine days for a 

 few hours. 



Several kinds of the echeverias make 

 pretty window plants and are easy to grow. 



A mixture of rather sandy potting soil 

 suits these plants very well. In summer 

 most of the varieties can be plunged, pot and 

 all, in the garden from June until September, 

 where they will almost shift for themselves. 

 Echev'eria metallica is an easy variety to 

 grow and, if treated as mentioned, will often 

 develop a flower-spike that produces a 

 number of small, bright red blossoms, that 

 will brighten up the window during a great 

 part of the winter. 



The variegated echeveria, sec. gl. 



