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iu pans for spring flowering, do so. Put 

 half a dozen plants in an 8-inch pan 

 and by growing them cool, you will 

 liave beautiful plants in May. Miss 

 Willmott, pink, is an especially fine sort 

 to grow in pans. 



IVY GEEANIUMS IN BASKETS. 



Basket plants are more popular each 

 M-ar. A good many plants are fine in 

 "lii skats. Among these are vincas, As- 

 iJiiagus Sprengeri, nephrolepia in vari- 

 ety fuchsias, browallias, achimenes, 

 petunias and ivy-leaved geraniums, to 

 mention only a few varieties. Give the 

 ivy geraniums a trial and you will find 

 them remarkably effective and florifer- 

 oas. Line the baskets with moss and 

 use a moderately rich compost and be 

 sure to have a saucer-like cavity on top 

 for water. It is a mistake to fill the 

 baskets level full, as many do. The 

 only way to water such baskets, if ever 

 they become really dry, is to dip them 

 in a tank or tub of water. 



SHOW PELABaONIUMS. 



As Easter comes late this year, it 

 should be easily possible to flower a 

 goodly batch of such pelargoniums as 

 Easter Greeting, Lucy Becker and Wu'r- 

 tembergia. If these are not already in 

 their flowering pots, lose no time in get- 

 ting them there. They like a coarse, 

 fibrous loam, with well decayed cow 

 manure added in the proportion of one 

 part in four. If your soil is a heavy 

 one, add some sharp sand to make it 

 more porous. Be sure to pot firmly. 

 After potting water moderately until 

 the plants s^rt into more active growth. 

 Give them a cool, airy house. You can- 

 not force pelargoniums. It would soon 

 ruin them. Keep them close to the glass 

 and, as they are apt to become head- 

 quarters for green aphis if there is any 

 in their neighborhood, do not omit a 

 weekly fumigation. Nicely flowered 

 pelargoniums make most acceptable 

 Easter plants. 



CHBYSANTHEIdUM STOCK. 



You will soon want to start propa- 

 gating mums, especially those you want 

 a larger planting of for another season. 

 So, if your stock is in some out-of-the- 

 way place, move it into a cool, sunny 

 house, well up to the light, so that you 

 can get a crop of nice, succulent cut- 

 tings later, when needed. The winter 

 has been so mild that shoots on mums in 

 cool houses are far more advanced than 

 usual. Stock planted in coldframes, 

 mulched with dry leaves and well venti- 

 lated, is even showing signs of activity 

 already. But we are not clear of winter 

 yet by a long way and it would be de- 

 cidedly premature to remove any mulch. 

 I5o not do it for some weeks yet. How- 

 ever, keep the stock fumigated and 

 grow it cool, where it gets lots of sun 

 and air. 



PI.ANTS FOK EASTEB. 



I have some white and purple wis- 

 loria in the field that were carried over 

 irom last Easter. How soon should 

 these be potted up and taken into the 

 .greenhouse to get them in flower for 

 ^^aster? Information as to how to han- 

 "le them will be appreciated. 



I also have hybrid roses and hydran- 

 S-^as that were potted up last December 



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and are in a cool house. They are start- 

 ing up now and I would like to know 

 how to get them to bloom for Easter as 

 well. L. S.— O. 



It would have been better to pot up 

 the wisteria last fall. However, I would 

 lift the plants and pot them as soon as 

 possible. They should have from six 

 to eight weeks in a temperature of 50 

 degrees to flower them on time. But if 

 they were forced last season, as stated, 

 I am afraid they will not flower par- 

 ticularly well. It would have been bet- 

 ter to give them rest for another year. 



Both the hybrid perpetual roses and 



the hydrangeas should be placed in a 

 warmer house at once. They should 

 have 50 degrees at night for sC time; 

 then, in a couple of weeks, thisjmay be 

 increased to 58 or 60 degrees. The 

 hydrangeas will need rather mfere time 

 than the roses. I C. W. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — W. H. Cline gro^ 

 vegetables, plants and flowers for the 

 market. He has been in this line for 

 six years and his specialties are asters, 

 salvias and pansies. He has just com- 

 pleted a new greenhouse. His business 

 is known as Cline 's Plant House and is 

 located at 629 Sixth avenue. 



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