June 6, 1888.] 



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not only in France, but on the Continent of Europe, exists at 

 Segrez; it represents many years of care and study, and cannot 

 fail to impress the visitor with the value of the labors of the 

 late M. Alphonse Lavallee. It is earnestly to be hoped that the 

 present representative of the family will follow up the work 

 carried on with so much enthusiasm by his father. 



George Nicholson. 



In most green-houses such vines as Passion-Flowers, Ste- 

 phanotis, Allamanda, Ouisiiualis, Lapageria and the like are 

 trained to wires running along the rafters or lengthwise across 

 the rafters. Unfasten these now and give them a thorough 

 cleaning before tying them up again. To remove the coating 

 of black dirt often found on the old leaves of vines, keep the 

 leaves wet by sprinkling them with water for some hours 







Fi^ 33 — T'le Ginkt^i) Tree. — See pag*^ *73* 



Cultural Department. 



The Green-house. 



f~^ REEN-HOUSES have now been emptied of summer gar- 

 ^^ den plants, and many winter-blooming plants have been 

 turned out-of-doors for the summer to complete their growth 

 and ripen their wood. This gives an opportunity to clean thor- 

 oughly green-houses and the plants remaining in them, and 

 to rearrange and display them to the best advantage. 



Wash the dark stains off the sash-bars and rafters and scrub 

 the dirt and green confervas off the plates, sills, stages and 

 walls inside. Glass partitions and doors are apt to become 

 dingy, and they should be well cleaned. If the houses are old, 

 and there is any appearance of mealy bug about the plants, 

 paint the wood-work inside with turpentine or kerosene, and 

 stop all nail-holes and cracks with putty or rubber cement. 



before washing. This softens the scurf, and it can be washed 

 off with comparative ease. 



The in-door decoration of the green-house in summer de- 

 pends upon the kinds of plants grown, the purpose for which 

 they are required, and the room and other con veniencesat hand. 

 Green-houses in summer are not in all cases genial homes for 

 plants ; they are apt to become too hot, hence gardeners pro- 

 vide out-door summer quarters for all the pot plants which are 

 benefited by such treatment. But if the summer decoration 

 of the green-house is desired there are among fine-leaved 

 plants Palms, Anthuriums, Caladiums, Dracaenas, Crotons, 

 Marantas, Begonias, Ferns, Mosses and many others. See that 

 all are perfectly clean and in good condition at the root ; that 

 they are neither over-potted nor under-potted ; that the drain- 

 age is perfect, and that they are so arranged that each plant 

 has abundance of room, and that all are arranged effectively 

 and tastefully. Among flowering plants there are Gloxinias, 



