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. pjanied iu rows eight or ten 

 ;irl and close euough together in 

 1,1 uive about three stems to the 

 „it. If single-stenmied jjlauts 

 II thoy can be jjlaiited seven 

 nil way, or even six with some 

 nif ones. Leave out every sixtii 

 li row to give a wallv to work 



liiiiild be staked as soon as jios- 

 • her witli a eane stake forced 

 iiio tlie groumi, or witli a wire 



i to a wire running over tlie row 



and one-half feet above the 



1 his time on they need almost 

 ■at ion. They should be tied f re- 

 in the stakes to keep the stems 



siukered both at the leaves and 



lid the same as the tomato. The 



lirmum revels in a bath and 



Ml' sjirayed once or twice every 



day, both on top of the foliage 



Irnieath, with enough force to 



iV any red spider that might be 



"^in'ayiiig nuist cease as soon as 



.-. begin to show color, the atmos- 



kf|)t drier and the ventilators 



Mpen and a litle heat on at night 



Ill-re is likely to be any condensa- 



..r a little water on the flowers 



ilicni. 



II- are t\vo kinds of buds, called 



'i\vii or summer bud, and the ter- 



biids. The crown bud is not nuich 



\i t'jit in the hands of experts, as it 



' 1 to do\eloj) a good flower from it. 



rminal buds are a bunch of buds 



.'iiie in the fall and all but the best 



iHiiild be pinched ofl: as soon as pos- 



.\s soon as the buds appear the 



- should be fed with liquid manure 



.11- twice a week until they show 



. :ind then it must stop. On well fer- 



I ground beds with a heavy manure 



' tliis feeding is not entircdy neces- 



Any grown in jiots shouhl be fed 



it this time. 



Marketing. 



packing the cut flowers for ship- 

 liiey should be cut before tiie flow- 

 iiilly ojien at the center, with stems 

 ' ' three feet long, according to the 

 v. The stems should be placed in 



ith several inches of cool water in 



Hid jilaced in a cool room twelve to 



tour hours before shipment. This 



I'lit hardens them for shipment 



iinre handling. 



light wooden boxes about one foot 



-ix inches deep and four feet long. 



Immu witii paper with a layer of 



jiapcr on the inside. Place each 



in singly, with a roll of j)aper 

 the necks of the lower row. Kach 

 dds one and one-half to two dozen 

 . Those boxes are returned and 



used as long as the express com- 

 ■II e merciful to you. 

 ''s range from 75 cents to $-i a 

 iircording to quality and season, 

 bunt $].")() as the average. Com- 

 1 houses charge fifteen per cent and 

 I'K'ss is the merchandise rate. If 

 'inents are made witli some firm 

 die the cro]) there is no reason for 

 mliemimis not lieing a profitable 

 \<ept in case of an nnnsual glut. 



Varieties. 



'here are a large number of varie- 

 \\ill only name a few that are easy 



'^v and make fine flowers. 



^vhite are October Frost, Ivory, 



' lionnaffon, Mrs. Buckbee, Mrs. 



^ Kobinson and Timothy Eaton. In 



■ii'e Olory of Pacific, Pink Ivory. 



•■^- (I. Ilill, Dr. Enguehard, Maud 



Hydrangea Oinerea Sterilis, 



Hydrangea A.rboreticen? Alba GrandiRora. 



Leaf and Floret of Two New Hardy liydrangeas. 



Dean and Mm. Perrin. In yellow are 

 Golden Glow, Robt. Ilalliday, Major 

 Bonnaffon, Col. Appleton and Yellow- 

 Eaton. 



As each variety comes in at a certain 

 date, several varieties must be grown 

 when a succession is wanted. If each va- 

 riety, or those that bloom at the same 

 time, are planted in the same bed the 

 wliole bed can be cleared oft" at the same 

 time and planted to lettuce. By using a 

 succession of varieties on different beds 

 the lettuce can be brought on in succes- 

 sion. 



Other Crops. 



While I am on the subject of flowers I 

 will mention a few others. Sweet peas 

 seem to be in fashion now, and as they 

 require the same temperature as lettuce 

 a single row can be planted down the 

 center of a north and south house and 

 take up the room of only one lettuce row 

 for the first crop of lettuce. They re- 

 (piire about eight feet of head room. If a 

 house is jilanted solid, leave two and one- 

 half to three feet between rows. The 

 sweet peas can be supported witli eitlier 

 chicken netting or close woven wire fenc- 

 ing. Ked S]iider seems to be tin' most 

 serious enemy. Be sure to use the winter 

 flowering varieties iu straight colors. 



Smiliux could be grown in a winter cu 

 cumber house. This is planted in the 

 summer seven or eight inches apart. Two 

 and three crojis can be taken from the 

 same plants during the year. At the 

 juices it has been quoted at the past 

 year it should be quite profitable. 



Carnations can be grown in the warm 

 er lettuce houses and cucumbers or toma- 

 toes planted iu between in the S|iriug. 

 (^■round beds give as fine or finer flowers 

 than raiseil beiich(>s, but not cpiite as 

 innnv durinjT the winter. 



TWO NEW HYDRANGEAS. 



1 am sending two photograjilis to show- 

 leaf and floret \ariation in the two new 

 hardy hydrangeas. Some (d.'iim that tliere 

 is only a leaf variation. 



There is a wide and marked difference 

 in the two varietie-< in many ways. The 

 ])hn1ograplis give a characteristic leaf 

 and floret reproduction that speak for 



themselves. Tlie floret of Ilydriuigea 

 arborescens alba granditlora has four pet- 

 als and is much larger in size than the 

 florets of II. cinerea sterilis, which has 

 but three-petaled florets. 



The diiVcnentiation under greenhouse 

 culture is much more marked than when 

 grown outiloors. The arborescens blooms 

 freely in jtots, while the cinerea fails 

 to yiroduce ;< single flower under glass. 



1 preilict for li. arborescens alba gran- 

 ditlora a greater range of i)lanting, and 

 that it will be a far greater money-maker 

 for those who handle it, than any shrub 

 ever grown. A field of 50,000 plants of 

 II. arborescens alba grandillora planted 

 in May from small pots made a uniform 

 growth of two and a half to three feet in 

 heigiit. 



One of the widely distributed fall cir- 

 culars says: "We have the original va- 

 riety, which originated near Piqua, O.. 

 and which is characterized by a com- 

 paratively broail leaf, of large size, the 

 panicle of bloom also being larger than 

 iu the variety originating near Yellow 

 Springs and Springfield, 0., which has 

 serrated foliage." 



best this might give the impression to 

 the tra<lo that tlu^ [ilants grown and 

 olleied by the florists of Springfield, O.. 

 were of the cinerea variety, instead of 

 the arborescens alba grandillora type. I 

 A\ill say that with one exception all ot 

 the stock jiropagated from and ju-oduceil 

 in Springfield was originally purchased 

 iroiii the concern issuing the above quoted 

 circular, the one exce))tion being a iiiir- 

 serviiinn who procured his stock at Xenia. 

 (). Springfield will produce this year 

 iioi l(>-.s than a quarter million to a halt 

 million ]>laiits of tlie true arborescens 

 illi-i grandillora type, and I might add 

 ihat a blindf(d(!ed child should jiick out 

 the dilVercnce iu the two varieties. 



I would like to know why this plant 

 was given the name of arborescens, as it 

 in no particular answers the definition of 

 tliat word. Was it simply arbitrarily so 

 named 1 



'Hiese hydrangc^is iu no way coiifiict 

 witli IT. paniculafa granditlora and 

 sh.'Mild not therefore be held up in com- 

 parison to that variety, but to those who 



