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THE CANADIAN H0RTI0ULTDRI8T. 



feet, and that you may mistake 

 Poison-Ivy for the Virginia Creeper, 

 which has five leaves, while the Poison- 

 Ivy has only three. They are generally 

 found in the same locality. This dis- 

 covery cost the writer two weeks of 

 almost total blindness, and sleepless 

 nights of pain, as well as several dollars 

 for doctor's medicine. Five leaves, 

 remember, and you are safe. October 

 is the best month to plant. 



By Francis Mason, Peterborough, Ost. 

 BULB PLANTING IN THE FALL. 



It is not yet too late to prepare a 

 bed and put in hyacinths, tulips, crocus 

 and other hardy bulbs for spring flower- 

 ing. Even if the ground has ft-ozen 

 over a hole, may be forced with an iron 

 bar large enough to admit the bulb. 

 After putting in, cover with coarse 

 manure, leaves, or rubbish of some kind, 

 which may be raked off early in the 

 spring. 



IRIS. 



Do not forget to plant a few bulbs of 

 the English and Spanish irises. They 

 ai'e beautiful, cheap and easily obtained. 

 They flower early in the following sum- 

 mer. 



HARDY LILIES, 



such as L. Candidum, L. Aui'atura, 

 L. Rubrum and all this class of hardy 

 lilies, may still be moved, and i)lanted 

 in good rich soil in permanent place. 

 It is not well to disturb too often. On 

 the approach of winter, cover with 

 coarse manure or some other suitable 

 material. 



OUT-DOOR ROSES, 



such as Hybrid perpetuals, climbing or 

 moss roses should be laid down and 



covered over with moss, leaves or earth. 

 Tliey will well repay all the trouble 

 next June. 



CHRYSAKTHEMUMS 



if planted and not yet taken up should 

 at once be taken up, jjotted in good 

 rich soil, and kept out doors ivs long as 

 possible, covering on frosty nights. Do 

 not allow them to flag for want of 

 water. 



CARNATIONS 



make fine flowering plants fur the house 

 if taken in now. Cut notliing ofl' unless 

 the old flower pods are still on. 



WINDOW GARDEN. 



Under this head all flowering plants, 

 vines or foliage plants are einln-aced, 

 Overcrowding should be avoided, 

 though many more may be kept in a 

 window at the start. Later on, as 

 they grow and expand, more room must 

 be given. Watch for the first approach 

 of the mealy-bug and aphides, and if 

 atmosphere is too dry the little red 

 spider will appear on the under part of 

 fuchsia and rose leaves, but a good 

 syringing of parts afiected will have the 

 effect of dislodging those troublesome 

 guests. Nearly all flowering plants 

 thrive best exposed in a south or east 

 window. Some will do with little or 

 no sun, such as Begonia rex, English 

 and German ivies and others, which a 

 little experience will soon find out. It 

 is not necessary to repot plants often- 

 times, for instead, a regular coui-se of 

 feeding them with some good plant- 

 food prepared for that purpose, or if 

 nothing better is to be had take a tea- 

 spoonful of spirits of ammonia, dilute 

 in a pint of water and give a little 

 twice a week. Temperature sliould be 

 about 50 or 55 at night and 60 or 70 

 during the day. Greater heat will 

 have a tendency to make a weak sickly 

 growth that will produce little or no 

 flowers. 



PANSIES 



require a different kind of protection 

 from many other plants. The covering 



