120 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



the same prices as are charged for other ordinary bedding, greenhouse or 

 window plants. Any flower lover who has not yet tried the Tuberous 

 Begonia should certainly do so, and will find it an easily managed, most 

 satisfactory, and most beautiful flowering plant. 



Innerkip ,M(irch Sih, 1890. FRED. MITCHELL. 



HOUSE PLANTS IN APRIL. 



WHETHER in the greenhouse or the window-garden, plants that have 

 done their best all winter are now being made ready for their season 

 in the open air. While they remain within, the increasing heat 

 requires that they have greater care in ventilation and in freeing them from 

 insects. Plants that are taken out in summer, if wanted to bloom in pots 

 next winter, should be kept in the pots ; if turned out in the open ground, 

 they cannot be satisfactorily potted again. It is much better to start with 

 new plants from cuttings. Such plants may often be plunged in the border, 

 in the pots, with good results. Pots that are set out should stand on a 

 layer of coal-ashes to keep out worms. Such plants should be set in partial 

 shade but never under the drip of traes. Roots of dahlias and cannas, and 

 bulbs of tuberoses and gladiolus, if laid in boxes of soil, exposed to the sun 

 during the day, and taken in at night, may be appreciably forwarded, and 

 ready to plant out. — American Agriculturist. 



RULES FOR THE GARDEN. 



" IX. Grow an abundance of flowers for cutting ; the bees and butter- 

 flies are not entitled to all the spoils." 



• "X. Keep on good terms with j^our neighbor; you may wish a large 

 garden favor of him some day." 



" XI. Love a flower in advance, and plant something every year." 

 *' XII. Show me a well-ordered garden, and I will show you a genial 

 home." 



