Round the Year in the Garden 



Arctotis grandis, greyish, and Arctotis breviscapa, 

 orange, are two handsome plants with large, Mar- 

 guerite - like blossoms. A charming creeping plant 

 suitable for a hanging basket is Thunbergia alata, buff 

 with dark centre. Lobelia tenuior is a particularly 

 graceful blue-flowered plant of slender growth. The 

 blue Stonecrop (Sedum coeruleum) is a charming little 

 flower suitable either for sowing now for pots or out of 

 doors on the rockery next month. The Statices, or Sea 

 Lavenders, make handsome pot plants, and especially 

 Suworowi, which bears spire of bright rose - coloured 

 bloom. Of Everlastings one may choose either Rho- 

 danthe or Acroclinium : both are dainty. Then there 

 are Petunias for those who like them, but it is wise 

 to choose the colours with care, for some of them har- 

 monise with nothing else. The Tobaccos (Nicotiana), 

 which are obtainable in a variety of colours, are 

 perhaps too vigorous for a small greenhouse, but they 

 ought certainly to be sown preparatory to being planted 

 out of doors next month. The Grenadin and Marguerite 

 Carnations, which bloom in about six months from 

 seed, are very welcome in the greenhouse in August, 

 and are well suited to cultivation in pots. An uncommon 

 though meritorious annual for the greenhouse is called 

 Browallia elata, having blue flowers. Finally, there is 

 the Globe Amaranth, with so-called everlasting flowers 

 in various attractive colours. 



Winter-flowering Begonias are perfect flowers for a 

 heated greenhouse. When the blooms are over the plants 

 are given gradually less water, and finally are partially 

 ''dried off" for two or three weeks. If watering is now 

 resumed fresh growths will soon form, and these are 

 taken off and inserted as cuttings. They become rooted 

 in a short time if put in pots of sandy soil in a pro- 

 pagating case in the warm greenhouse. It is not wise 

 to attempt the cultivation of these plants unless a 

 minimum winter temperature of about 55 can be main- 



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