1889. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



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nothing more than heat and moisture ab- 

 stracted from earth and plants during the 

 warmer part of the day, and given back 

 when the dew point is reached. 



Care should be taken to keep the small 

 tube closed with a cork to prevent the evap- 

 oration of the ether; if on blowing into the 

 instrument you find the temperature to go 

 below :fi° before dew is formed then cer- 

 tainly you can depend on frost. 



The instrument can be put on a small 

 shelf of one of the posts 

 arbor, or any out-of-the- 

 way place, where it can 

 be consulted at any time, 

 and enable us to make 

 timely preparations for 

 the protection of plants 

 against the early frosts 

 liable to occur in early 

 autumn. 



in the summer 



well lifted to stand the dust and heat of the 

 ordinary living room without complaint, 

 though appreciating a frequent cleansing of 

 Its foliage. 



Of those delightful summer plants, the 

 Fuchsias, there is but two varieties which I 

 have found at all worthy of general culti- 

 vation for winter bloom; Speciosa, and Mrs. j 

 Marshall. No satisfaction may be expected 

 from these, however, unless they have been 

 prepared for a winter season, and when put 

 In the window are in healthy strong growth 



Hop for Covering Ar- 

 bors and Arches. 



We have often seen the 

 Common Hop employed 

 as a means of hiding un- 

 sightly objects on people's 

 premises, and as substi- 

 tutes for other ornamental 

 climbers, running up on 

 poles or over fences and 

 trellises. We were there- 

 fore by no means unaware 

 of the usefulness of the 

 plant for such purposes; 

 but the annpxed picture 

 of a Hop-clad arbor, which 

 we reproduce from our 

 English contemporary 

 Gardening Illustrated has 

 certainly only served to 

 strengthen our good opin- 

 ion of the plant, and im- 

 pressed us more fully with 

 the fact of its being beau- 

 tiful also. 



The common Hop, says 

 our contemporary, is one 

 of the most beautiful and 

 easily grown of all the 

 hardy climbing plants. 

 When planted to cover 

 arches over walks, and 

 intermingled with such 

 a plant as Clematis .Jack- 

 manii, the effect, when its 

 pendent branchlets are 

 loaded with Hops in 

 the autumn, and here and there masses of 

 the Clematis flowers peeping out from 

 amongst them, is extremely good. For 

 planting in woods, pleasure grounds, etc., it 

 is admirably adapted, as the rich vegetable 

 mould generally found there is very con- 

 ducive to the development of ample foliage 

 and long, twining shoots. 







Plants and Bulbsfora Winter Garden. 



W. F. LAKE, ERIE CO., NEW YORK. 



Very often those who have had consider- 

 able experience and success in grovring 

 plants especially during winter are asked 

 to prepare for a novice a list which may be 

 expected to succeed reasonably well in an 

 ordinary window,and produce enough bloom 

 during the dull winter months that they 

 may repay the care of them. 



At the head of such a list, I invariably 

 place the Chinese Primrose as giving the 

 greatest satisfaction. The plants being 

 dwarf may be placed nearest the glass, and 

 compactly for they do not require large 

 pots, and come in many colors and shades. 

 A number of Begonias, are very well 

 adapted for winter, and those varieties 

 mentioned in the florists' catalogues as 

 being good winter bloomers, may as a rule 

 be entirely relied on. The Begonia seems 



HOPS COVERED ARBOR. 



from old wood. A double white corolla 

 Fuchsia first procured as Mrs. Elisabeth 

 Marshall, but diflferent from above, which 

 are both of the single kind nevertheless 

 very pretty, has given a fair amount of 

 bloom by having strong growth from old 

 wood, though its season was shorter than 

 the single kinds. 



Heliotrope Show Wreath, has done better 

 for me than the purple kinds in winter, and is 

 quite satisfactory. Bouvardias are good, if 

 you are very sure of keeping them free of 

 the red spider, if not let them alone for 

 window culture. C'allas, we all know their 

 merits, but if you would have them large, 

 strong and thrifty, don't forget these points. 

 Good drainage, so that the hot, nearly 

 boiling water applied every morning will 

 soon pass to the saucer and be removed; 

 plenty of ;well rotted cow manure in the 

 potting soil, also leaf mold and sand so that 

 it is nice and light, and porous. 



Geraniums in the dwarf growing kinds 

 will do very nicely, if kept cool. Here is a 

 list I never do without. Evening Star, very 

 dwarf, a most beautiful clear white, with 

 pink center, and clear white eye inside of 

 this. Cluster of medium size, very freely 

 produced. New Lite need no description, 

 but care in choosing a plant that i.s true. 



which as it developes will show beside the 

 usual stripe, salmon, scarlet, and in one in- 

 stance some almost white flowers all on a 

 single large plant. Madame Thibaut, 

 double pink with whitish eye, and free. 

 Madame Windsor, single salmon of a par- 

 ticularly pleasing hue. Ernest Lauth, the 

 freest double crimson but rather awkward 

 grower, though easily trained to good shape. 

 Grand Chancellor, brilliant scarlet crimson, 

 double. Princess Maud, same shade of 

 single, with large white eye. Candidissima, 

 double white, and Snow 

 single white. This list is 

 much larger in my own 

 collection: indeed I have 

 had a hundred or more 

 kinds good for winter. 



Maherina odorata with 

 its numerous yello%v sweet 

 scented flowers is a pleas- 

 ing departure from the 

 ordinary, and blooms 

 pretty much all winter. 



But the best or at least 

 most reliable things are 

 the Dutch Bulbs, foremost 

 among which is the ever 

 welcome Hyacinth. Blok.s- 

 Ijerg, Lord Macauley, 

 Veronica, Slam, La Tour 

 d'Auvergne, Baron Van 

 Tuyll, Heroine and Ida I 

 depend most on for fine, 

 large spikes, and an as- 

 sortment of colors. Tulips 

 are cheap and nice in a 

 sunny window, entirely 

 free from Aphis, but an 

 eye sore if these are plen- 

 tiful, for it is almost im- 

 possible to keep them off. 

 Narcissus force very 

 nicely in the common win- 

 dow, and if one has nice 

 varieties in the garden, 

 they may be lifted, and 

 will force quite as well as 

 the imported bulbs, 

 though it is well to in- 

 clude mth each order a 

 number of the newer 

 kinds for the variety. 



Amaryllis .Tohnsonil 

 and one or two others of 

 this class make grand 

 winter plants if brought 

 along in a sunny win- 

 dow, about the same tem- 

 perature as for Geraniums. Grown in too 

 warm a temperature, the spike is never so 

 fine and lasting, while it is not uncommon 

 to have it fail entirely. 



The most attractive thing I ever grew in 

 the line of Dutch bulbs, or least the one ex- 

 citing most praise was a very large pot of 

 Ixias and Sparixis. One does not often meet 

 these bulbs, but it is because their merits 

 are not generally known. They are very 

 easily grown, the only extra attention is to 

 give them a very liberal supply of water 

 while in bloom if there are very many in a 

 pot. The large pot referred to above had to 

 be watered twice a day while in bloom. The 

 small bulbs do not differ much in appear- 

 ance from small Gladiolus bulbs, and the 

 early growth also resembles this plant. 



With all bulbs the period of bloom may 

 be lengthened much by removing them to a 

 cool place just before their flowers reach 

 full size, and water them quite freely though 

 not allowing it to stand in the saucers. 



1,419. Deformed Asparagus Shoots. The prob- 

 able cause of this is the ililficulty which the 

 yoiin^ shoots have to encounter in pushing their 

 way throufe'h hard soil. Give srood cultivation 

 to make the plants stronjr, and mix sufficient 

 >x'j!rctal)le matter witli tlic snil over the crowns, 

 to iimke it verg lootr and porous, and probably 

 you will have no further trouble. 



