Gardening in Californi 



free-flowering succulent should be seen more commonly as it 

 grows and blooms freely with little care and requires no artificial 

 irrigation. 



GREENHOUSE. 



The Alocacias and other ornamental, foliaged plants 

 should be examined from time to time for red spider, Be- 

 gonia mite and other insect pests. Should any of these appear, 

 the leaves should be sponged with some insecticide. It should 

 be borne in mind that only the injury caused by the mite and not 

 the mite itself is visible to the naked eye. 



Streptocarpus. Keep all plants near the glass, affording 

 them shade in the middle of the day, and syringing them daily, 

 morning and evening. When necessary, change them into larger 

 pots, potting them in a compost of loam, leaf -mold and dry cow- 

 manure taken from an open pasture. Good drainage should be 

 afforded and they should be kept in a temperature of seventy 

 degrees Fahrenheit by night an'd in a moist atmosphere until 

 showing flower, when they should be allowed a dry atmosphere. 



Chrysanthemums. Be on the watch for black aphis and green 

 fly, and if any are discovered dust the leaves with tobacco-powder 

 in the early morning when the foliage is damp. 



Make all growths secure by staking each stem to light stakes 

 so as to prevent swaying by the wind. If the pots are full of 

 roots, give light dressing of manure about the roots, or water 

 with liquid-manure about twice a week. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Trees and shrubs which show signs of flagging should receive 

 attention and be given water at the roots otherwise they may 

 be greatly injured, especially if the weather should continue 

 hot as it often does during the greater part of this month. 



Spanish and German Irises, having ripened their bulbs, may 

 now be taken up. The ground in which they are to be replanted 



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