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do this without disturbing the whole clump. 

 It is better in every way to cut the plant apart, 

 with a thin-bladed, sharp spade. Of course, 

 in doing this, you run the risk of cutting in 

 two some tubers, but this will not injure the 

 plant nearly as much as the general disturbance 

 of roots which results from an attempt to 

 divide it without the loss of any portions of it. 



Marguerite carnations intended for winter- 

 flowering in the house ought to be potted as 

 soon as you have made sure about the charac- 

 ter of their flowers. It is not safe to make 

 use of a plant for this purpose until it has 

 blossomed, because you can never tell what 

 it is going to be in advance. Some of the 

 most promising plants, so far as looks go, turn 

 out to be single and worthless. In potting 

 these carnations, use a somewhat heavy loam. 

 Drain their pots well. Shade them for a week 

 or ten days, showering them daily. Disturb 

 their roots as little as possible in lifting them. 

 It is well to remove all buds they may have 

 on them, as the development of these would 

 overtax the vitality of the plant at this crucial 

 period of its existence. Concentrate all the 

 strength of the plant on the production of new 

 feeding- roots for the first month of its exis- 

 tence as a pot-plant. 



Those who have never made use of this 

 class of carnations for winter-flowering will 

 be delighted with it, if they give it a season's 

 trial. True, its flowers are not as large as 

 those of the greenhouse carnation, and not 

 quite as fine in form, but they are equally as 

 fine in color and in fragrance, and there will 

 be a score of them where you will get but 

 one from the greenhouse kinds. What they 

 lack in quality they make up for in quantity. 

 And some of them are really but little inferior 

 in quality to the greenhouse sorts. 



Cinerarias, Chinese Primroses, Primula 

 Abconica, the "Baby Primrose," and Calceo- 

 larias, intended for winter use, ought to be 

 procured from the florist at once, and got 

 under headway as speedily as possible. Most 

 persons fail with these plants because they 

 wait until late in the season before they get 

 them. They should be given ample time in 

 which to establish themselves before the com- 

 ing of cold weather. If your plants are strong 

 at the beginning of the winter season you may 

 reasonably expect good results from them ; but 

 if they have not recovered from the effect of 

 late planting, the chances are that they will 

 not be very satisfactory. 



A correspondent asks me if there is no good 

 winter-flowering fuchsia. To which I reply : 

 yes, the variety sold under the name of 

 Speciosa. It has a single flower, sepals pink, 

 carolla carmine. It blooms in clusters, at the 

 ends of the branches. It is a vigorous grower, 

 of somewhat drooping habit after it begins to 

 send out side-branches, and a most prolific 

 bloomer. It is not as showy as some of the 

 summer-flowering sorts, but it is really a beau- 

 tiful plant, and deserves a place in any col- 

 lection. It is one of our best winter-bloomers. 

 I know of no other variety that is worth the 

 room it takes up for winter use. 



Tuberous begonias and gloxinias will soon 

 begin to show signs of ripening off. When 

 the production of flowers ceases, and the 

 foliage commences to turn yellow, gradually 

 withhold water. Give less and less, until the 

 plants have lost all their leaves. Then put 

 them away in their pots, in a cool, dark, dry 

 place to remain over winter. It will probably 

 be the last of October or the early part of 



