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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



of brush and leaves from December to 

 March, instead of the sash. 



PETUNIAS AND VERBENAS 



If you have a choice variety of these you 

 wish to take up to save over winter, cut 

 the plants well back now. As soon as 



young growth commences, take them up 

 carefully when the soil is moist, and pot 

 them into some good potting soil. Place 

 the pots in the shade or in a frame with a 

 shaded sash if you can Water sparingly 

 for a time after the first watering. 



BEGONIA EUBEA 



AS A COVER TO THE BACK WALL OF A GREENHOUSE 



BY 



A. ALEXANDER 



HAMILTON 



WHEN my present conservatory 

 was built about four years 

 ago, I removed a plant of Begonia 

 Rubra from an old greenhouse and 

 planted it in a narrow border, about i8 

 inches wide, which run between the 

 cement walk and the wall. The plant 

 was about 6 feet high, and had but 

 three stems or canes. The back wall 

 was covered with wire netting to the 

 height of 18 feet, and the whole width 

 21 feet. 



At the end of the second year it had 

 reached the top of the wall and had 

 sent up about ten other canes as large 

 as bamboo canes which were soon at 

 the top, and with the laterals covered 

 a space of more than 250 square feet. 

 About two years ago all the old parts 

 were cut out and the new canes laid in. 

 It is now at this time covering about 

 two-thirds of the entire wall space. 

 From the day it was planted till now, 

 nearly five years, it has been covered 

 with its scarlet flowers in great abund- 

 ance continuously. 



This shows what many common pot plants are capable of when given their liberty and 

 fair conditions. The photo does not do justice to its appearance as it had to be taken at 

 an angle. 



Fig. 2367. Begonia Rubra. 



