FLOEAL NOTES FOE JUNE 



BY 



WM. HUNT, 



O. A. C, GUELPH. 



WINDOW PLANTS.— Many of 

 the foliagie and flowering plants 

 that have decorated the window 

 during the past winter and spring should 

 now be enjoying a period of partial or com- 

 plete rest. This resting period is very 

 necessary to rnany varieties of plants grown 

 in the window, and is a feature of plant cul- 

 ture that is oftentimes overlooked or de- 

 cidedly misunderstood by plant growers. 

 There are few plants that do not require 

 partial or complete rest at some season of 

 the year, if good results are to be attained m 

 their culture, and as outside window boxes 

 are now the chief factor at this season for 

 window decoration purposes, the summer 

 time will be found to be a good time to give 

 many of the winter occupants of the window 

 a rest, or at least a change to quarters more 

 suitable for them during the hot summer 

 months. Palms, India rubber plants, 

 Cordylines or Dracenas, Azaleas, Aspidistra, 

 Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, Lobster and many 

 other kinds of Cactus could be stood outside 



now under the shade of a fence or building, 

 so that the plants get a few hours sun morn- 

 ing and evening and are shaded from the 

 hot noon-day sun. Stand the plants on 

 coal ashes or coarse gravel an inch or two 

 deep. Coal ashes is the best material- ;:s 

 worms dislike it. All of these plants, ex- 

 cept perhaps varieties of the three last 

 named, should have a good supply of water 

 at the roots and sprinkled over the foliage 

 occasionally. By keeping them fairly 

 moist (not soddened) they will make good 

 growth during the summer. The Fuchsias, 

 Pelargoniums and Cactus should be watered 

 more sparingly, but should not be allowed to 

 become dust dry. 



Many of the winter Begonias can be 

 treated as recommended for the last named 

 varieties, such as Begonia manicata aurea 

 and B. Paul Bruant, being varieties that can 

 be treated in this way, but they must not get 

 too much water at the roots either from rain 

 or from watering them. 



Pots of Calla lilies can be laid on their side 



