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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 191 4. 



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Cobea Scandens Growing on a Toronto Verandah 



moist (not too wet). When well rooted 

 in the small pot which should be in five 

 or six weeks from the time it was first 

 potted, repot the plant without disturb- 

 ing the root system into a two size lar- 

 ger flower pot. Put some broken pieces 

 of flower pot in the bottom for drainage, 

 and use good, rich, loamy potting soil 

 for this second repotting. Keep ithei 

 plant in a sunny window in a temperature 

 of fifty-five to sixty degrees, not too near 

 the radiators. The young, non-flowering 

 shoots of petunias will root readily in 

 sand the same as other cuttings men- 

 tioned if taken before they are frozen. 



FUEESIAjS. 



Six or eight freesia bulbs put into a 

 five-inch flower pot before the end of 

 September will usually produce their 

 sweet-scented blossom by Christmas or 

 New Years. Water the bulbs and put 

 them into the window as soon as potted. 

 A great many people pot these bulbs 

 and put them in the cellar the same as 

 Dutch bulbs to root. This is a mistake. 

 They should be put in the window as 

 soon as potted and kept there until they 

 flower. The plants must be staked and 

 tied up when about eight inches high. 



GAiLAS. 



If callas have not already been repot- 

 ted in July or August, it would be best 

 now to dig out about an inch or a little 

 more of the top soil and fill in (top 

 dress) them with a good, rich compost 

 of about half dry cow manure and good 

 loamy potting soil mixed together. A 

 little sand or leaf mould or both, about 

 one-sixth part, may be added to this if 

 the soil is at all of & heavy nature. This' 

 method of top-dressing, as it is techni- 

 cally termed, is very often better than 

 repotting callas. Many other bulbous 



rooted plants can often be treated in this 

 way rather than to repot them, especially 

 when they have passed their regular 

 season of repotting. Callas should be 

 taken into the window before frosts. Do 

 not place them too close to the heat 

 radiators. 



FALL PLANTING. 



All border plants having thick, fleshy 

 rhizones or root stocks, such as paeonies, 

 German iris, Dicentra spectabile (Bleed- 

 ing Heart), Funkias or Day Lily, or the 

 Hemerocallis flava (Lemon Lily) or the 

 later flowering Hemerocallis fulva 

 (Tawny Lily), lily of the valley should be 

 planted or transplanted late in September 

 or early in October. Bulbous rooted 

 lilies such as the Madonna, Tiger and 

 Elegans type of lilies are best planted or 

 transplanted early in September. 



Avoid planting German iris 'or the 

 ^Funkia or Hemerocallis too deeply in the 

 ground. The fleshy rhizome roots of 

 these should be only just under the sur- 

 face of the soil when planted. Bulbous 

 rooted lilies such as the Madonna and 

 the other varieties named should be 

 planted four to six inches under the sur- 

 face. In light soils plant fully six inches 

 deep, in clay soils a little shallower. If 

 the lilies are doing well every year, it is 

 best not to dig or disturb them, as they 

 often do not do so well after having been 

 removed or transplanted. It is best to 

 "leave well alone" in connection with 

 the culture of lilies. 



After an experience of several years 

 - in g'arden work, I should feel it an ir- 

 reparable loss to attempt to teach in eith- 

 er a rural or city school without the 

 inspiration which a garden affords. — 

 Harvey Gayman, Jordan Harbor. 



Cobea Scandens 



J. McPhtrMB R«s<, Toranta, Oit. 



Cobea Scandens has long been grown 

 as a greenhouse or conservatory climb 

 ing plant and under glass is a perennial. 

 Outdoors wherever known, it is one of 

 the most popular of annual climbers. 



lieing a remarkably free grower and 

 the ease with which it attaches its ten- 

 drils to anything convenient to cling to 

 after once established you can almost 

 see it grow. The foliage i.s a delicat< 

 green — leaves oval, regular and free 

 from any known insect, it is to Ix; recom- 

 mended as a useful plant for covering 

 arbors, trellises and verandahs), while 

 the permanent creepers of slower growth 

 are making headway, such as roses, 

 aristolochin and honeysuckle. 



Besides being a rapid climber with 

 nice foliage, Cobea Scandens blossoms 

 very freely in tulip-like purplish or green- 

 ish-white flowers set in a saucer-like 

 corolla, hence the name cup and saucer 

 plant. It is grown readily from seeds 

 by florists, or anyone for that matter, by 

 sowing early in March or April under 

 glass. Seedsmen usually direct growers 

 to place the seed on edge when planting 

 in seed box or pot, but this is unneces- 

 sary. It is a great favorite with city 

 dwellers. 



Garden Notes 



Lawn grass may be sown early in Sep- 

 tember, provided the ground is moist 

 enough. 



Geraniums and other plants that are 

 to be kept in the house this winter must 

 be taken up in September. 



As soon as the leaves fall make hard- 

 wood cuttings of the currant about eight 

 inches long and plant them in the gar- 

 den. They should become well rooted 

 by winter. 



Some Uses for Fallen Leaves 



Rnby A. Tillett, Huniltos, Oat. 



In districts where gardeners have com- 

 mand of or easy access to plenty of re- 

 cently fallen leaves, they are advised to 

 make the best of their opportunities to 

 get together as large a heap as possi- 

 ble. Unlike stable manure, even a large 

 mass of leaves may be stored quite near 

 the dwelling house without causing any 

 inconvenience. Whenever possible an| 

 open shed or other protection should be ' 

 provided in order to prevent the leaves 

 being constantly wet. These leaves will 

 he found of great value later on for mix- 

 ing with equal parts of freshly-gathered 

 hor.se manure when making up the earl- 

 iest hot beds for forcing bulbs into flow- 

 ers or such highly-appreciated forced ^ 

 vegetables as asparagus, sea-kale or rhu- Wt 

 barb, or such popular flowering plants as 

 begonias, gloxinias, petunias and lobelia. 



Where the interior of the house is not 

 suitable for making up a hotbed in the 

 usual way, or other reasons exist why 

 this should not be made up, it will be 





