The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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for the labor but seeks the best results in the form of his plants, continuous 

 pot culture is best. But to lessen labor most gardeners now turn their 

 green house plants out of pots and into the open border for summer, and 

 repot about the first of September. As a rule, plants are cut back when 

 so turned out. Azaleas may need attention to pruning some little time 

 before they are put out. We prefer to plunge the pots of Azaleas in sand 

 in the garden, and not to turn them out, though some gardeners do' so. 

 Before these plants are turned out, and when they have done blooming, the 

 weak wood can be cut out and the shoots shortened, and a top-dressing of 

 about an inch of fresh soil be given. 



THE AFRICAN LILY. 



THE tubers of the Calla, Richardia, continue to produce bloom plentifully 

 for a number of years, but in time commence to fail. A stock of young 

 and vigorous plants can be kept up from the offsets produced 

 annually by the old tuber. Every year, after the blooming season is past, 

 the plants should be allowed to go partly dry, reducing the water week by 

 week until they come to a state of rest, or nearly so. The plants can be 

 kept in the pots, nearly dry, during summer, or a better method and requir- 

 ing less care, is to turn them out of the pots and set them in the garden about 

 the first of June, and leave them there until the last of August or first of 

 September ; then lift them, repot in fresh soil. At the time of potting take 

 away all the offsets. Boiling water, or even warm water, is not needed to 

 place in the saucer of the plant ; few ever use warm water, although some 

 claim that they succeed better with it. A plentiful supply of water is 

 required during the growing stage, and those who are interested in giving 

 warm or hot water are probably so attentive to the needs of the plant that 

 it is never allowed to go dry, and this may be the cause of greater thriftiness 

 which is atributed to the higher temperature of the w-ater. 



