FLOEAL NOTES FOE AUGUST 



BY 



WM. HUNT, 



O. A. C, GUELPH. 



FREESIAS.— Bulbs of these sweet- 

 scented little Cape flowers should 

 be potted now so as to be sure of a 

 few sprays of their deliciously perfumed 

 blossoms during the Christmas holidays. 

 Plant about five bulbs in a four or five inch 

 pot in fairly light rich loamy soil. The 

 bulbs should be planted so that the pointed 

 tips are just under the. surface of the soil. 

 A few pieces of broken pot, gravel, or coal 

 cinders may be placed in the bottom of the 

 pot before filling in the soil, so as to secure 

 good drainage. Give the soil a good water- 

 ing after the bulbs are potted, but do not 

 give them any more water until the soil 

 shows signs of dryness. Stand the pots 

 outside in a partially shaded position where 

 they do not get the full heat of the sun's 

 rays during the hottest part of the day. As 

 soon as the grass-like foliage begins to ap- 

 pear above the soil, water may be given 

 them more frequently. Take the pots in- 

 doors early in September before the frost 

 touches them. There is nothing more ac- 



ceptable in a window of plants than a pot of 

 freesias when in bloom, and the bulbs are so 

 inexpensive and easy of culture that no- 

 plant lover should be without a pot or two 

 in the window or greenhouse. The bulbs, 

 also under proper treatment renew and even 

 increase in numbers from year to year, a 

 fact that makes them of even more value 

 than many of the winter and spring flower- 

 ing bulbs. 



Easter Lilies. — These showy sweet 

 scented favorites, that are in such demand 

 through the winter, and more especially for 

 Eastertide decorations, have not of recent 

 years been such an unqualified success as 

 they were fifteen or twenty years ago, when 

 Eilium Harrisii could frequently be seen six 

 or seven feet in height and bearing eight or 

 ten of their beautiful white blossoms, but 

 recently plants three or four feet in height 

 with even tbree or four perfect blooms are 

 oftentimes difficult to obtain. The lily dis- 

 ease is responsible for this change, and there- 

 seems to be no certain remedy for the dis- 



