November, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Attention should be given to work with 

 vegetables. Dig the celery and store it 

 in cellar. Place the stalks upright and 

 close together with the roots in sand. 

 If necessary to water, which is indi- 

 cated by the tops showing signs of 



rilting, apply the water at the roots. 



)o not sprinkle the tops. It induces 



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post will be ready for use next May, 

 or earlier. 



For potting plants this fall and win- 

 ter, use a compost composed of three- 

 fourths turfy loam, equal parts of cow 

 manure and leaf mould, with a little 

 bone meal and sand added. Mix well 

 together, and it is ready for use, and 

 is suited for all free-growing plants. 



kept growing all summer. A fairly moist 

 cellar is the best place for them. 



Keep oleanders in a light, fairly warm 

 room or basement A temperature of 

 forty-five or fifty degrees and a moist 

 atmosphere suits them. Sponge the 

 leaves occasionally during the winter 

 with water or soap and water. 



Old plants of geraniums can be taken 

 from the bed or border, cut back and 

 potted in sand or sandy soil, and be 

 kept with very little trouble. Do not 

 break the roots when digging. Cut 

 back the tops to two or three inches 

 of the main stem. Shorten the roots 

 a Httle if long. Plant in four-inch 

 pots, water once and sfand the pots 

 away. Renew the watering only when 

 the soil gets quite dry. Keep in a 

 temperature of fifty degrees. 



Increase the temperature in the win- 

 dow garden as the weather grows 

 colder. Give the plants an occasional 

 draught of fresh air. Do not water 

 everv day, as much water tends to 

 sour the soil, and prevents satisfac- 

 tory growth. Sometimes it induces dis- 

 ease. Water only when the plants 

 need it, and then do not postpone the 

 operation. 



The Plant Groups at the Canadian National Exhibition in September 



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.\11 garden roots should be stored 

 with a view to keeping them fresh 

 and juicy until required for use. 

 Beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify, celeriac 

 and winter radish keep best when 

 buried in light earth. Provide a cool, 

 dark place with good drainage and 

 with air dry enough to prevent rotting 

 but not so dry as to cause shrivelling. 

 ' See that the roots are protected from 

 the light or they may grow. Parsnips 

 need not be pulled right away. They 

 are improved by a touch of frost. In 

 fact, they can be left in the ground all 

 winter. Turnips and potatoes can be 

 stored on the cellar floor without cov- 

 ering. 



After gathering the crops, remove 

 and burn all weeds, especially those 

 that bear seed pods. Then spade or 

 plow the garden and turn under all 

 'the manure you can. Every hour's 

 work put on the garden this fall means 

 just that much less to do next spring. 



THE WINDOW GARDEN 



Make a compost of soil for next 

 season's potting. Obtain sod about 

 four inches in thickness. It should 

 be of a loamy nature. Avoid taking 

 soil where weeds, such as couch grass, 

 has been growing. Stack two layers 

 of sod, with the grass downwards, and 

 cover this with a five or six-inch layer 

 of stable manure. Continue successive 

 layers of these materials until the pile 

 is large enough. Make the pile outdoors. 

 Cover with branches of trees to keep 

 off chickens and animals. The corn- 



Before placing tender pot hydran- 

 geas in cool winter quarters, be sure 

 that their growth is well ripened. To 

 insure this, leave the plants out as late 

 in the season as possible. Bring them 

 in before they are exposed to more 

 than six or eight degrees of frost. 



A short period of rest is necessary 

 for fuchsias and pot roses that have been 



Chelone — Turtle Head. — Chelone Ly- 

 onii is the best and showiest variety, 

 being a perennial of great merit, a 

 very profuse bloomer, producing large 

 aggregate flower heads of a nice rich 

 violet-purple. It blooms during Sep- 

 tember and October. It is a gem for 

 the border and for cutting for large 

 vases. It blooms to a height of four 

 feet. 



Great Results on a Small Area 



This garden was made and cared for by Mr. Jas. A. Wiley, of St. Catharines, Ont^.nd his wife l>oth of «hom are 

 garoe ^^^^^^^^.^^^j^ horticnlturists and active workers in the St. Catharines Horticultural Society. 



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