503 Notes on Greenhouse Plants, S^c. 



and set out of doors. The best for this purpose are those of 

 the Bourbon family ; Souvenir de la Malmaison is as good 

 as any ; Hermosa, Madame Bosanquet, also Safrano. Some 

 of the Hybrid Perpetuals give delicious flowers in this way, 

 although not so early, — William Jesse and La Reine es- 

 pecially. 



August. — Cut down the geraniums, (or rather, pelargo- 

 niums) and put in a stock of cuttings. They will strike 

 readily at the back of a fence ; prepare a small spot for them 

 by mixing a large portion of sand in the soil. Do not retain 

 more than one leaf to the cuttings, otherwise they will soon 

 dry up ; keep them damp, but not wet ; they will root in 

 three or four weeks. After the old plants are cut down, they 

 will not require much water until they again shoot forth. 

 Sow calceolaria seed. It is a favorable season for repotting 

 hard-wooded plants ; they will make a fine growth during 

 the fall, when it is somewhat cool. Set the fuchsias out of 

 doors when they begin to look shabby ; put in a few cut- 

 tings, using the points of the young shoots; these will make 

 fine plants for next year's flowering. It is a good time to 

 put down cuttings of greenhouse plants in general. Get a 

 shallow box, about three inches in depth ; fill it with sand, 

 and set it on the front shelf in the house ; do not drown 

 them with water. Primulas, sown in June, may be shifted 

 into 6-inch pots to flower ; use plenty of drainage in the pots. 

 Shift all young plants that requii'e it, but do not overpot those 

 intended for winter flowering. Mignonette seed should be 

 also sown. 



September.— The achimenes and plants of similar nature 

 will still be the chief ornament of the house. Gesnera ze- 

 brina should be well in the shade if you wish to see the full 

 beauty of its leaves. Attend to the calceolarias ; transplant 

 them as soon as practicable ; they are apt to disappear if not 

 looked to in time. Get under cover a stock of soil for winter 

 potting. Cuttings of all half-hardy flower-garden plants may 

 now be inserted ; they take root more readily now than 

 earlier in the season, if you do not cool the soil with too 

 much water. Bring in a few of the most forward chrysan- 



