Атап, 26, 1919.] ТНЕ GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 207. 
| NOTES FROM TASMANIA. siderable protection, rus: at night time in дм Lord Derby and » adame Thibaut. Ivy-lea ved 
N the blinds will also e to ien out a sider- Расина, pos en's Glory, Galilée, " Īncom 
А E STOCKS. able amount M TOA fine days une window parable , Jubilee, Madame rode а Souvenir 
y may be opened is = m or so, but this must de Charles Turr Scented-leav elargo- 
à Tue Tas в Government has appointed a þe done. very cautiously, cold draughts are — niums, aei tais "Cloriuda, нна ог 
M кен. "a ‘tha e leading orchardists to invest very harmful to Ws the. plants, ‘aaa would ERA in Pheasant’s foot, Lady Scarborough (“ Parsley- 
and report on the merit of tne blight-proof а check 10 pu. The best time for repotting leaved’’), quercifolium (*Oak-leaved"), ar 
stock, as “compared with the seedling m c indoor plants early spring; those that re-  lisson's Unique. Mimulus moschatus, the common 
stock. lt was suggested that the Com es ёе quire. inc ть v room should be afforded Musk, and Harrison's Musk. Myrtus communis, 
should include a departmental officer larger pots, but over-potting must be guarded the common Myrtle, and the variety Jennie 
nurseryman, but against that was the her that звао, and it is very essential to provide ample ^ Reitenbach, with smaller foliage. Nerium 
the best officer for the wo "e had is е = drainage. Certain plant s will not need repot- Oleander album, double white, and N. О. 
pressed his opinion, while to ask a nurser ymar ting for two years provided the soil remains  roseum, doable rose. Phyllocactus Akermannii, 
who might have a large stock R either blight sweet; a little concentrated fertiliser given at Agatha, Ena, PRA, La Belle, AR Niobe; 
Р: or seedling stocks for disposal, to adjud licate | intervals woul e beneficial to such plants and. Vallota purpurea “ Scarborough Lily,” 
i mould be to place him “the: position he should Tn watering the planis it is a great convenienc bright scarlet. 
| not be } b uctus = s = eA pond to stan 2 Du m the орад; and this allows КошАсЕ PraANTS.—A] 1 the sweet 
E AES Шо гр = Ul T i damping x overhead to done at the same scented Verbena; Anthericum sage id m, green 
onte gp дм ge EE I УЧ ve Heb inh dona Du peri me are leaves striped with white, and pale blue flowers; 
] principal lied Suus lic: iat ht а E Aes ecessary un uui the a to Кее г from Aralia Sieboldii, large green рио аа 8. 
i Et sup jns k^ T gee th ie i oe stoc t ат: кд on the floo variegata; Araucaria excelsa, pale n foliage; 
EU Ww cora оа ава. tan Mi rU. The following is a "list of plants that are suit- Asparagus plumosus; A. Sprengeri, aright green 
: sent fruit expert would not endorse that opinion 
Probably the cessation of hostilities will bring 
1 number of uld-be orchardists here from 
BY over-s ost earnestly recommend th t 
р properties before ey, kno 
facts; and I should be very happy асан our 
ass em in the way of we Ves ане 
People who pur horses ree knowin 
e from cows are generally accounted Bol j 
but it is by no means very to convince 
ose of a *'know-all" type that the vendors o 
rchard properties are not invariably angels. 
1 ыг Garnett, Cambridge, Tasmania. 
PLANTS FOR DWELLING ROOMS. 
ALTHOUGH the growing of plants in dwelling 
rooms is the oldest form of indoor cultiv gin, 
ii was never practised ta such an extent a is 
h season enormous numbers of pot 
; plants are raised by nurserymen and sold in the 
markets for s special purpose of decorating 
dwelling roo 'The conditions in dwelling 
rooms are r spe favourable to vegetation, and 
v s employed for lighti d fire 
_ used frequently the plants will n for 
4 lon a ondition B 
Villa residences are fitted with electric light 
and i front windov 
recesses of some ese front rooms. are almo 
like du conservatories, and they аге 
pi or ing of many plants in pots 
ottage windows in country 
i ы» ‘that plants thrive best, and the cot- 
i tagers’ front windows are amorgst the most 
interesting features in these villages e - 
Bots ends her Fuchsias 
lage skill, MAU, ventilating and shading 
ah ES from hot sunshine as carefully as would a 
i EN garde ~ 
{ 18 surprisin, how many uncommon plan ; N АЛАШ NIATA: А G NT FO: E OMS. 
T my be met. with сри үү windows; A реа of Ета. 97.—CLIVIA (IMANTOPHYLLUM) MINIATA: A GOOD PLANT FOR DWELLING ROOMS 
клеш pro came pone ** gli s" given : К-С. . 
Е some gardener, or brought ча тая able fon Pe purpose, and their cultivation is not foliage, заты i ren baskets ; Ego idm ac 53 pa 
mo s. It is stated that the Fuchsia dicu Ore RICE : pan 
Was first discovere ing in a cottag in- Fro ROS ғов DweLLING Rooms.— rooms; A. lurida о ат arex japonica 
^. do ndon т. Lee. a nurseryman Self- coloured; e-edged and grey-edged Auri- aim An with grasslike foliage; Cissus rhom- 
ee of Hammersmith” and instances dna culas. ca газит ml Begonias : B. Dregei, bifolia trifoliate, dark green foliage, useful as a 
n where species ne science have been er ; B. fuchsiodes, bright coral-red ; climber ; Copre: Baueri variegata, of dense, 
y Iscovered in a cottager’s front room. А great B. insignis, ish Knowsleyana, blu compact habit; Eulalia japonica variega 
ns! Variety of flowering plants will succeed in an white; ee orange; B. Weltoni ; tall, graceful grass; F um grande, leaves 
gi ordinary room during the spring, summer and light pink; tuber egomias ear fe colours. spotted zm Vois Ficus elastica, the ** India- 
ù autumn, and with a few Ferns and other foliage Cereus flagelliformis, the © ail” Cactus; rubber Plant a ^ : 
7 Plants the windows may be mS bright se C. speciossimus, intensi Hey Campanula hanging. plan t, жые dark fo pure arie- 
E cheerful throughout the Who the yea isophylla, lilae blue; C. i. alba, white, both gata, with cream whita variegation: eri 
a # Many plants, after the bins Word early in these. panulas are fine plants for hanging Vas plant with beautiful, fernlike орна, 
# the Season and made ‘their no th arly in be baskets Clivia miniata (see fig 97) a Opie Dogon (Liriope) spicatus 'aureo variega tus, 
gf Placed out-of-doors in a елин partially- t bos its green foliage and large yellow. пече оре Ornithogalum longi- 
T Shaded situation for the ripen baissé ge shaded flowers Crassula ricis e “Onion plant,” a favourite for 
"tabing them indoors again CHE ттд winter. Sach (Kalos сараа) іпеа, whic ves beautiful ат win p. lo 2 ji 
f plants as are placed out of doors in wa masses of scarlet flowers; Epiphyllum Gærtneri, ALMS.—Chamaerops excelsa, C. Fortunei, and 
аш be k rilli lak. uchsias (double flowers) C. humilis; Cocos Weddelliana; Corypha aus- 
ics PTS ay at is gon and given brilliant sca А so n Kent : < Forsteriana ; 
Only suffici n mild days to kee p them Avalanche, allet Girl, Brilliant, Duchess of tralis; Kentia Can o Rocbal K. Fors у 
B 
yi from flagging, К Edinburgh, Phenomenal and Sylvia; (single Phoenix canariensis, P. linii, P. rupic 
iJ Plan grown just inside windows should be flowers) Charming, кының, Grenfell, Mrs. Вһаріз flabelliformis. Д 
an relly examined for decaying foliage, and Rundle, Mrs. Todman, Olympia and Rose o Ferns. — Adiantum cuneatum; Asplenium 
k cold, damp weather, if convenient, a Sor Cenie. Zonal Pelargoniame, (single) Bowood, Colensoi, es dimorphum;  Cyrtoiium апото- 
cd be lighted in Toom. - en, Kingswood, Mrs. Brown plora Hum фа, Tode note "Ma 
Freather shee ts of Polter, and Snowdrop; " (double) Decorator,  lepis exaltata exaltata superba 
^i e of the sets of newspaper placed rea E: Dcuble Jacoby, King t Denmark; Hermione, shallii, ха po eh N. Whitmanii.; Onychium 
