OCTOBER 191 



things. In such a house as I have described 

 many hundreds of pots of begonias, achimenes, 

 and gloxinias may be laid on their sides under 

 the stages in October, and brought out and started 

 a few at a time from February onwards, when 

 the congestion of the house is to some extent 

 relieved. Petunias may then be sown with a 

 dozen other subjects that thrive well in pots and 

 will provide a summer show. Moreover, as in 

 all probability nothing will induce him to act 

 unreservedly on my advice of the immediately 

 preceding pages, he will have spared some of the 

 best of the fancy pelargoniums and other spring 

 flowering stuff, so that there shall be no gap 

 between his winter and his midsummer displays 

 under glass. 



Apart from chrysanthemums, the main source 

 of supply for some weeks to come will be zonal 

 pelargoniums, and, a little later, primulas. Of 

 course, all zonals are not suited for winter blooming, 

 but there are plenty which will flower in a night 

 temperature of 40 or 45, and some of these 

 should be secured. Among other good varieties 

 may be mentioned Volcanic, Sunbeam, Lucrece, 

 Mikado, Nicholas II., Puritan, and the old Jacoby. 

 The cuttings should be struck in March, and all the 

 buds should be nipped off as they form, until 

 September, when they may be allowed to develop. 

 When they are once staged for blooming water 

 should be given only when required, and no manure 

 water permitted, for if leaf growth is now en- 

 couraged they will cease to give blossoms. These 

 are very good for the amateur's greenhouse, as 



