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your gas fixtures and furnace are perfectly ially a large number, are unhealthful in the 



constructed, as they should be for the good home, but do not be at all worried, for 



health of your family, your plants will not physicans of both schools are not of that 



be troubled in the least by their use. Try opinion. 



to keep the temperature as even as possible, Try, my friends, this coming winter, to 



about 70 during the day and not lower than grow plants as nature intended and you will 



50 or 60 at night. be surprised and charmed by the results. 



We often hear it said that plants, espec- Ex. 



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^^^HRYSANTHEMUMS should now be 

 ffl fe in theirfull glory. The later varieties 

 1 Wy|] may still require some attention in 

 ^^[ the matter of disbudding. Possibly 

 the black aphis may cause trouble yet, if so 

 syringe the plants frequently with strong to- 

 bacco water, or a weak solution of kerosene. 

 The latter can be made by mixing about a 

 tablespoonful of kerosene in a pint of water, 

 or in the same proportion if a larger quan- 

 tity is needed, but the tobacco water is the 

 safest and most effective remedy. 



Syringe carnation plants and roses at least 

 once every two days with clear water. 

 Tepid water about 45"" to 50° is safest to use. 



Fuchsias will also require frequent syring- 

 ing with clear water, especially on the un- 

 derneath side of the foliage. 



Freesias will require plenty of water. 

 Early struck geranium cuttings should be 

 potted into 2 '2 inch pots. 



Give Genistas and Azaleas plenty of water 

 at the roots. The Azaleas should be syring- 

 ed daily. 



Canna and Dahlia roots should be 

 stored away in their winter quarters where 

 the frost cannot tonch them. Underneath 

 the benches in the greenhouse, away from 

 the hot water or steam pipes is the best 

 place for Cannas in the vinter. Dahlia 

 roots can be stored in the same way, but 

 a dry cellar with a temperature of about 45° 

 will suit Dahlias the best. Place the roots 

 in boxes and cover them with sand or earth. 



Palms, Ficus, Dracenas (Cordylines), etc., 

 should have their foliage sponged once every 

 week or two. If they show signs of scale 



on the foliage use a weak solution of whale 

 oil soap and water, or soapy water, to wash " 

 them with. 



Show and fancy pelargoniums and scent- 

 ed geraniums are very liable to attacks of 

 green fly or aphis. Frequent fumigating 

 with tobacco, or syringing with tobacco 

 water, will rid the plants of these pests. 



Cuttings of Glechoma variegata. Lobelia, 

 Vinca Japonica, O. Crassifolia, and other 

 varieties suitable for window boxes or 

 hanging baskets shouid be taken. These 

 are often left until it is too late to secure 

 cuttings that will give good large plants to 

 use in early summer. 



The last batch of winter and spring flow- 

 ering bulbs should be potted, and pots of 

 these for successive flowering brought in for 

 the window or conservatory, from the cellar 

 or frames. 



Gloxinia, tuberous begonia, and fancy 

 Caladium bulbs should be kept quite dry and 

 stored away in the pots, or the bulbs taken 

 out, packed in charcoal or dry soil, and 

 placed in a cool temperature not lower than 



45°- 



Easter lilies are very subject to aphis or 

 green fly. Examine the tips of the growth 

 frequently and use a little dry tobacco dust 

 or tobacco water as a preventive or remedy 

 for these pests, as they are hard to eradicate, 

 if they once get possession of lilies and 

 similar plants. 



Water all plants early in the day, and re- 

 tain as moist an atmosphere as possible 

 where the plants are growing. 



Hamilton. W. Hlnt. 



