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It is a bi^ mistake to grow 



i,..ss tlicy fail bo allowod aiiiplo 



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Berried Plants. 



til Thanksgiving and Christmas, 

 j.iliv at the latter holiday, there 

 1 1 call for berried plants. Of 

 ; of the best sellers is the easily 

 liristmas pej)per. As an indi- 

 i.iiit it is not specially attractive, 

 ,x,.s or ])ans, with some low green 

 .round their base, they make up 

 well. They do not sell well un- 

 I iiiits are fairly well ripened and 

 i^c has been retained. A sunny 

 . :i temperature of 50 to GO de- 

 ll suit them. As the fruit ripens, 

 ■ 111 into cooler quarters. A low 

 lire is liable to cause the foliage 

 these being less hardy than the 

 III I'herries (Solanum Capsicas- 



-,iI:iiHuns should now have some of 



1 lies riiKMiing. Those lifted from 



, 11 ground will be much more heav- 



rifil than the ])ot-grown ones. They 



! n'cjuire a warm house; in fact, 



. iiiist be kei)t quite cool to hold them 



mI shajie for ('liristmas. Anything 



i' freezing will suffice; even a few 



r. . ■< iif frost will not hurt thom. They 



' ii,i\e an abundant water supply, as 



■ ll y out rapidly. 



,.li>i;i crenidata is an extremely good 



i-iiiiMS plant. It is of slow growth 



aniiot be sold at any such low price 



M|i|ifrs or Jerusalem cherries, but 



i\ <ustomers prefer the ardisias, 



1^ III their being less common, having 



uircn foliage and carrying their fruit 



-11 many months. They are unsalable 



III fruit is not well colored. Let the 



'- liave a temperature of 60 degrees 



tiill sun. Spray at least once a day 



< >|i ttiem clean, and use liquid manure 



-iiMKilly. They will stand more heat 



I 1 1 ther berried jilants, but can be 



' |iiite cool after the fruit is ripe. 



Poinsettias. 



'ill- we ha\i' so far had an excep- 

 ily warm and favorable fall, prac- 



'y immune from frost, these condi- 

 '•aniiot continim nuudi longer. With 

 iri\al of cold, sunless iuul damp 

 • 1. any poinsettias still remaining 

 IS or in coldframes should be 

 ! \\ licre they can get some fire heat. 

 Mil li()us(> is not necessary; 50 to 5.5 

 s at night will keep the plants 

 1!^' nicely and will not draw them 

 ~ will a temperature 10 degrees 



■ Careful watering will retain tlu; 



■ down to the surface of the ]iots 

 ■HIS. I'oinsettias with leaves to their 



•^ill sell much better tiiau bare- 

 •d ones with a variety of green 



d plants tucked among them to 

 'lii'ir nakedness. 



Is being grown in beds or benches 



'ting are now growing fast. As 



|'<rrnits, stake uj) the strongest 



It is im|)ortant that these be 



Maight. The bracts will begin to 



n November, after which time and 

 iht'v ;ire (hnclopcd warmer treat- 

 "^ <lesirable. .\void heavy fumiga- 

 ^^liere poinsettias are being grown, 

 '■avy loss of leaves is likely to occur. 



Dahlias. 



^'s have already cut the d.aiilias 



111 many jilaces, and inquiries as to 



'" dig and where to store them reach 



''^<'ry mail. There is no immediate 



about cutting the stems down as 



■IS they are frozen. It is, in fact. 



' ' ''• <lelay so doing for a few davs. 



Cattleya Citrini, the Tulip Orchid. 



Killing frosts are usually tollowc'd by 

 spells of warm, sunny weather, which will 

 dry up the frozen stems, and there will 

 he less bleeding if a few days elajtse be 

 forc^ cutting the stems down to within 

 six or eight inches of the soil. 



Lifting should be done on a clear, 

 sunny day, so that tli(> tubers can be thor 

 oughly dried before being placed in the 

 ccll;ii- or shed where they are to be win 

 tereil. lie careful not to cut or break the 

 tidiers in digging. A careless workman 

 will Soon spoil a lot of dalilias. I'or 

 winter (piarters a dry cellar, where thei'e 

 is little or no fire heat and where jiota- 

 toes will keeji well, should be all right 

 for dahlias. He sure, after lifting, to 

 tie the labels securely to tlu' stems of the 

 plants, ^'ome growers pack their roots in 

 sawdust or dry s.'ind and they ke(>p well 

 tre;it(Ml thus. 



Erica Melanthera. 



The (lower buds are now (|ui1e jiromi 

 nent on the Krica melanthera. Xo other 

 \ariety blooms over so long a jieriod, it 

 being ))ossible to s(>cure bloonung plants 

 from Th.'inksgiving until Kaster. or even 

 later. A batcli placed in ;i light linuse 

 now, and kept at 45 to 50 degre(>s at 

 night, will come .along for eitlier Thanks 

 giving or (liristmas. If the plants are 

 in flower at the earlier il.ate and do not 

 sell, they will easily keep in line condi- 



tion for Christmas in a cool house, lie 

 ■always sure tli.at ericas do not suffer 

 from dryness at the root. Hard wooded 

 )p|aMls .-ire seriously injured and often 

 killed by ;i single se\ere drying out. 



CATTLEYA CITRINA. 



<'attleya citrina is totally unlike any 

 others of the genus. The px'iido bulbs 

 are compaiatively simill. ov.il in shape 

 and silvi'ry in apiiearaiice. usualh- carrv- 

 iiig two to four lea\es each. The tlowe'rs 

 are lemon yellow in color, of a delicious 

 \anill;i like odor and are usually jproduced 

 one or two on a stem from the new 

 jisendo iiullis. On rare occasions three 

 tloueis ;ili' lioriie. '['lie tlowei's aie (luite 

 stout and waxy. 



This cattleya succeeds liest on a block 

 of wood on which a little fern fiber anil 

 sphagnum are tied, and delights in a 

 cool house where it laii get abundant 

 ventilation. The best li.-itch 1 have seen 

 were grown cjuite near the roof ventil 

 ators ill an odontoglossum house. Init the 

 pl.aiit here pictiir<>d was grown in a cat- 

 tleya house, suspended from the roof. 

 The tloweriiig season is .Tune to .\ugust. 

 Triiveler.s in Mexico frequently purchase 

 baskets of this cattleya, which are sold 

 by the natives cheaply. The jilant was 

 first introduced from Sfexico in 18.38. 



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