PLANTING 



PLANTING 



A. Hardy plants. 



1. Nursery stock of every description. 



2. Stocks, cions, and cuttings for winter work. 



3. Young nursery stock, seedlings, cuttings, or 

 grafts too delicate for planting in autumn. 



4. Hardy plants for forcing or winter decoration. 

 The temperature of pit or cellar for the above plants 



should be 35 F. or even lower occasionally. The 

 larger plants should be heeled-in on the floor in sandy 

 loam or in bunk-like shelves along the sides. Instead 

 of loam, sphagnum can be used and is particularly good 

 for cuttings and grafting stock. The very young stock 

 is stored in flats or pans in which it has been grown. 

 For forcing stock, see Forcing, pages 1265-1267. 



AA. Tender and half-hardy plants. 

 Those marked with a star (*) are more tender and 

 should not be exposed to frost. They should also be 

 kept in the driest part of the pit. 



1. Alstroemeria, canna, dahlia, gladiolus, Milla 

 biflora, montbretia, oxalis for summer bedding, tube- 

 rose, tigridia, Zephyranthes Atamasco, Z. Candida. 

 Keep the above in dry house-cellars, where no frost 

 penetrates, temperature 35 to 40 F. Dahlias and 

 cannas can be covered with dry sand if prone to wilt. 

 Tigridias should be hung up in bags to avoid mice. 



2. Agave, aloe, Lippia citriodora, Datura suaveolens, 

 some of the hardier cacti, e. g., Selenicereus grandi- 

 florus and Opuniia Ficus-indica, Cordyline indivisa, 



3045. A shelved cold pit for wintering young stock grown in fiats, 

 seedlings, rooted cuttings and grafts. 



fuchsia, Yucca gloriosa and probably other genera and 

 species of succulent plants. Keep at temperature 35 to 

 40 F. in a very dry house-cellar, with as much light as 

 possible; too much moisture is destructive. 



3. Abelia in variety, *abutilon, *acacia, Acanthus 

 mollis, *Agapanthus umbettatus, Araucaria inibricata 

 and A. excelsia, Aucuba japonica, bamboos, Buxus 

 sempervirens, *Callistemon sorts, Calluna tndgaris, 

 *Camellia (different species, including the tea plant), 

 Ceanothus azureus, Cedrus Libani and C. Deodara, 

 Cephalotaxus drupacea, *citrus in variety, cistus 

 (different species), cotoneaster (tender sorts), Cryp- 

 tomeria japonica, cupressus (tender sorts), *Cytisus 

 canariensis and *C. racemosus, *Daphne odora, *erica 

 (hardier sorts), Eriobotrya japonica, Erythrina Crista- 

 galli, * Eugenia Jambos, Evonymus japonica (tender 

 varieties), Ficus Carica, Gelsemium sempervirens, 

 Gordonia alatamaha, grapes (tender kinds), Hedera 

 helix, *Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis, Hydrangea hortensis, Ilex 

 Aquifolium, kniphofia, laurestinus, Laurus nobilis, 

 lagerstroemia, Magnolia grandiflora, *Meratia prascox, 

 ^fyrtus communis, *Nerium Oleander, Olea europ&a, 

 *Osmanthus fragrant and 0. Aquifolium, Passiflora 

 caerulea, pernettya, Phormium tenax, *Pittosporum 

 Tobira and others, Plumbago capensis, Podocarpus 

 macrophyUa var. Maki, Prunus Laurocerasus and 

 others, *Psidium Guajava, *Punica Granatum, retinis- 



pora in variety, rhododendron (tender hybrids), Rhodo- 

 dendron indicum, Romneya Coulteri, roses (Bourbon, 

 Noisette, China, Bengal, and other tender varieties), 

 Rosmarinus officinalis, Senecio grande, Sequoia gigantea. 

 taxus, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Vlex europaeus. 



3046. A small plant-cellar for wintering large plants. It is also 

 excellent for storing vegetables and fruits. It combines perfect 

 ventilation with extremely good protection against frost. 



The above plants are commonly handled in pits for 

 various reasons. In eastern Massachusetts, with the 

 possible exception of those marked thus (*), they will 

 bear a few degrees of frost, if not too long continued, 

 without harm. The average temperatures of the pit 

 should be just above freezing, say 35 F. The value of 

 these plants depends upon not only carrying them 

 through the winter in good condition, but also in giv- 

 ing them a good start in the spring. For this purpose a 

 cool greenhouse must be provided; a cold grapery or 

 a house constructed from the sashes used on the pits is 

 equally good, in which the plants can be properly grown 

 until it is warm enough to put them out-of-doors. 



4. Anemone japonica and A . coronaira, BeUis perennis, 

 Dianthus Caryophyttus (clove pinks and European car- 

 nations from seeds), Galax aphytta, myosotis, primula 

 in variety, including auricula, Persian ranunculus, 

 Viola odorata (tender sorts), pansies. wall-flowers, let- 

 tuce, cabbage, cauliflower and parsley. These plants 

 are wintered in coldframes, which should vary in depth 

 with the size of the plant; sometimes the plants are 

 grown and flowered in the frame, at others they are 

 bedded out when the season permits. 



5. Arisaema, arum, calochortus (different species), 

 freesia in variety, iris (tender species), ixia, sparaxis. 

 The above plants can be potted and carried in a pit or 

 frame until wanted in the greenhouse. 



B. M. WATSON. 



3047. The roof of Fig. 3046. 



