DECEMBER 6, 1919.] 
FLOWERING PLANTS FOR WINTER 
DECORATION. 
ERE plants requiring only 
Eus: ary eene pt are ашса ш 
E d ning the warm greenhov or 
oT dur mg the dull winter | mont tha 
robu 
rowing | poi introduced from por. 
It forms a rather tall 
e flowers, 
А o-lipped mo TI 
ay November to. Ma arch, 
uentl he: 
ls à coran for ueri М 
Bro fre 
And - 
d 
ant 
wering. С. е m 
in iuteemodiale temperature 
тана. very much the вате. kind of treat- 
- which are cultivated for 
Cuttings inserted in March 
php e plants pinched back branches, or 
Sie ve e or 
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мы inflorescences, each 6 inches to 9 inches 
ng. 
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suita able the 
жа 
oliage is 
flow ев аге small, 
Moschosma ripari 
wooded greenhouse Bo: m 
Ета. 137.—ERLANGEA TOMENTOSA. 
A useful white- flowered plant for the decoration of the greenhouse in winter. 
ver in small pote, forming useful decorative 
Ov 
lants 9 in. to 12 in. high. 
Erlargea ton entosa qm ig. 137) is a strikingly 
beautiful warm greenhouse plant, producing pale, 
mauve flowers in great abundance for two to three 
mont uring the winter. The foliage is de- 
г тат fragrant I es an excellent pot 
plant, and is he supply 
Cu 
fio 1 
April an and make good, The 25 vede 
plants =ч че озин. wither: im 
introduced from British East Afri 
rnc mucho grandiflora is a free-flowering 
— €— introduced from the Hima- 
t 
E yan regio It continues in fi fro 
ovember Finar and is s of great 
value for the winter decoration of the conserva- 
tory or- greenhouse. The leaves are ovate ànd 
have serrated m. The flowers are bright 
yellow, Mi roduced in great 
gs 
a light appeal and is most effective. 
tings root onec ‘aut the spring and summer 
months. John Heal, V.M.H. 
THE ADVANTAGES OF GRAVEL. 
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to declare ees believe that his soil, if it can к 
called soil the an 
uselessness of tryin 
nothing but gravel dei us and th 
a hundred feet bel 
volv 
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nnd Кее high. A. C. css vrais Data 
VEGETABLES. 
SEEDLING р POTATOS. 
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mae at or.’ ad Mr. Chittenden’s re- 
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