﻿March, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XIX 
  

  

  coloring; 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  shade 
  they 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  

   "hark 
  back." 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  greenish 
  strain. 
  

  

  Coleus 
  should 
  never 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  bloom, 
  

   but 
  all 
  flower-buds 
  should 
  be 
  removed 
  as 
  soon 
  

   as 
  they 
  appear. 
  They 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  kept 
  

   cut 
  back 
  and 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  make 
  too 
  robust 
  a 
  

   growth, 
  for 
  when 
  growing 
  too 
  rankly 
  they 
  are 
  

   likely 
  to 
  loose 
  their 
  large 
  leaves 
  and 
  to 
  present 
  

   a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  ragged 
  appearance. 
  

  

  The 
  ricinus, 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  noblest 
  ornamental 
  

   plants, 
  is 
  also 
  very 
  quick 
  to 
  respond 
  to 
  culture. 
  

   The 
  seeds, 
  which 
  take 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  to 
  

   germinate, 
  may 
  be 
  sown 
  in 
  pots 
  in 
  March 
  or 
  

   April, 
  using 
  a 
  four-inch 
  pot 
  which 
  should 
  have 
  

   the 
  drainage-hole 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  shard, 
  

   or 
  the 
  roots 
  will 
  push 
  straight 
  through 
  to 
  the 
  

   detriment 
  of 
  the 
  p'ant. 
  When 
  planted 
  in 
  four- 
  

   inch 
  pots 
  in 
  April 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  usually 
  need 
  re- 
  

   potting 
  before 
  planting 
  out 
  in 
  May, 
  but 
  if 
  

   necessary 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  shifted 
  into 
  six- 
  

   inch 
  pots 
  and 
  should 
  make 
  robust 
  plants 
  by 
  

   May. 
  

  

  The 
  ricinus 
  when 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  center 
  for 
  a 
  

   bed 
  of 
  cannas 
  should 
  have 
  the 
  lower 
  branches 
  

   removed 
  and 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  an 
  umbrella 
  form, 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  leave 
  more 
  room 
  for 
  the 
  cannas 
  

   while 
  affording 
  a 
  grateful 
  shade 
  for 
  such 
  tender 
  

   bloomers 
  as 
  the 
  Burbank 
  and 
  those 
  orchid- 
  

   flowered 
  varieties 
  which 
  fade 
  in 
  strong 
  sun- 
  

   light. 
  

  

  The 
  brilliant 
  salvia, 
  so 
  beloved 
  of 
  all 
  lovers 
  

   of 
  gorgeous 
  color, 
  is 
  another 
  easily 
  raised 
  seed- 
  

   ling, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found, 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  thing, 
  

   that 
  the 
  seed-raised 
  plants 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  

   robust 
  than 
  the 
  greenhouse 
  plants 
  raised 
  from 
  

   cuttings. 
  Any 
  plant 
  raised 
  from 
  seed 
  is 
  far 
  

   more 
  likely, 
  given 
  good 
  conditions, 
  to 
  prove 
  

   a 
  good 
  bloomer 
  than 
  plants 
  raised 
  from 
  cut- 
  

   tings, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  seed-grown 
  plant 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  check 
  of 
  intention, 
  the 
  natural 
  bent 
  

   of 
  the 
  seedling 
  being 
  to 
  sprout, 
  to 
  grow 
  and 
  

   to 
  bloom, 
  it 
  proceeds 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  direct 
  

   way; 
  not 
  so 
  the 
  cutting. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  the 
  

   parent 
  plant 
  has 
  been 
  denied 
  its 
  natural 
  fune- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  bearing 
  seed, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  checked 
  in 
  its 
  

   growth, 
  mutilated 
  and 
  diverted 
  from 
  the 
  orig- 
  

   inal 
  impulse 
  implanted 
  in 
  it 
  at 
  its 
  birth 
  by 
  

   nature, 
  and 
  if 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  going 
  on 
  for 
  several 
  

   generations 
  of 
  plant 
  life, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  strange 
  if 
  

   natural 
  selection, 
  in 
  the 
  struggle 
  of 
  existence, 
  

   produced 
  a 
  non-blooming 
  plant 
  or 
  one 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  desire 
  to 
  breed 
  and 
  reproduce 
  its 
  species 
  

   is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  weakened. 
  I 
  have 
  grown 
  sal- 
  

   vias 
  from 
  seed 
  that 
  were 
  giants 
  of 
  their 
  kind, 
  

   I 
  remember 
  one 
  bed, 
  given 
  generous 
  culture, 
  

   that 
  when 
  I 
  had 
  penetrated 
  to 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  

   the 
  bed 
  I 
  could 
  just 
  see 
  over 
  their 
  tops, 
  and 
  

   they 
  were 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  flowers 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  

   ground 
  up. 
  

  

  The 
  dahlia 
  is 
  another 
  plant 
  that 
  comes 
  

   easily 
  from 
  seed 
  and 
  will 
  do 
  better 
  in 
  the 
  

   hands 
  of 
  the 
  amateur 
  than 
  the 
  plants 
  from 
  

   roots; 
  especially 
  is 
  this 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  single 
  kind 
  s, 
  

   which, 
  by 
  the 
  way, 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  effective 
  

   for 
  cut 
  flowers 
  and 
  corsage 
  wear 
  than 
  the 
  

   double. 
  Dahlias 
  grown 
  from 
  seed 
  in 
  my 
  own 
  

   garden 
  this 
  summer 
  were 
  a 
  month 
  or 
  six 
  weeks 
  

   ahead 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  from 
  tubers 
  in 
  blooming. 
  

  

  Dahlia-seed 
  may 
  be 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  boxes 
  in 
  

   the 
  house 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  hotbeds 
  — 
  preferably 
  the 
  

   latter. 
  They 
  should 
  be 
  sown 
  in 
  drills, 
  a 
  half 
  

   or 
  an 
  inch 
  apart 
  in 
  the 
  drills 
  and 
  covered 
  an 
  

   eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  They 
  are 
  ready 
  germinators 
  

   and 
  make 
  a 
  rapid, 
  sturdy 
  growth 
  from 
  the 
  

   first, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  planted 
  out 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  

   to 
  remain 
  when 
  quite 
  small. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  ornamental 
  plant 
  for 
  bordering 
  beds 
  

   of 
  tall 
  growing 
  cannas 
  or 
  to 
  intersperse 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  caladiums 
  or 
  other 
  foliage 
  plants 
  is 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  globe 
  artichoke 
  — 
  the 
  variety 
  that 
  

   shows 
  the 
  silvery 
  foliage. 
  A 
  row 
  of 
  this 
  in 
  

   my 
  garden 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  summers 
  ago 
  was 
  ad- 
  

   mired 
  more 
  than 
  many 
  choice 
  bedding-plants, 
  

   and 
  truly 
  the 
  great 
  silvery, 
  spiked 
  leaves 
  were 
  

   beautiful. 
  Another 
  of 
  the 
  silvery 
  foliaged 
  

   plants 
  well 
  worthy 
  cultivation 
  is 
  the 
  Solanum 
  

  

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  property 
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  methods 
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