Koveinber, 191.S 



Sedum Sieboldii. 



The Stonecrops present a great 

 \-ariiety of height, haliit and colour, 

 but Sedum Sieboldii has slender, 

 arching steins furnished with three 

 leaves at each joint. Thse leaves 

 are nearly round, beapitifully scal- 

 loped on the margin, and of a 

 pleasing sea-green hue. The flow- 

 ers are produced in flattened clus- 

 ters at the apex of the stem and 

 of a pleasing pink colour. The 

 plant may be growTi in a shady 

 position, but it ^\nll produce the 

 best colour if gi\'en a sunny aspect. 

 The stems and leaves will also be 

 firmer and more durable. Whether 

 grown in sun or shade, however, 

 the plant never becomes coarse or 

 rampant, .so that it is admirably 

 adapted for growing in windows. 

 If hung up by a piece of wire in a 

 small ba.sket or cocoanut shell, it 

 will fill a place in the window or 

 verandah without interfering with 

 other plants, and be seen to better 

 advantage than if crowded up. 



♦ 



Streptocarpus. 



Both as regards size of flower, 

 and brightness of colour, this beau- 

 tiful plant is remarkable for the 

 wealth of bloom, and the continu- 

 ous succession in which the same 

 is produced, 



iTf a packet of seed be procured 

 a fine stock of plants can easily 

 be raised, which, apart from the 

 trouble necessary in the earlier 

 stage of their growth, will need 

 but comparatively little attention 

 to successfully cultivate. The paus 

 in which the seeds are sown should 

 be well drained, and nearly filled 

 with a compo.st of equal Parts 

 loam and leaf mould, and half a 

 part of silver sand, the top layer 



Sow the seeds thinly, and cover 



K. BECHTEL, 



SADDLER, TRUSS & BANDAGE 

 MAKER. 

 59 O'Connell Street, 

 NORTH ADELAIDE... 



Patent Attachable and Detachable 

 Bug^, Spring Cart, Yankee, and Gab 

 Saddles. 



Trusses, Bandaerea, iKneecaps, T^eathpr 

 .Jackets, Shoulder Straps, etc.. Wade 

 to Ordr-r, and •ent to all parts of the 

 Commonwealth. Fit Guaranteed. 



LADY IN ATTENDANCF 



them with a light dusting of silver 



sand, and after placing a piece of 

 glass on each of the pans stand 

 them in a shady i^osition in the 

 greenhouse, supplying water when 

 necessary and wiping the mois- 

 ture every day. 



' t " 



On germination taking place, re- 

 move the pieces of glass, and when 

 the seedlings are large enough to 

 handle, prick them out in other 

 pans prepa'red as before. After a 

 short time in these, pot up singly 

 in thumb pots, and later on into 

 ,^in. pots, using a compost of equal 

 parts loam, peat, and leaf mould, 

 with a good proportion of silver 

 sand. 



During the winter great care 

 .should be taken not to overwater 

 the plants, but with the return of 

 spring liberal supplies of Toot 

 moisture are required, but syring- 

 ing the foliage should not be, prac- 

 tised. . ' 



Move into the flowering size pots 

 (5 in.) using the compost as in 

 the previous pottines, with a 

 sprinkling of a reliable chemical 

 fertiliser added. 



During the flowering period oc- 

 cai.^onal applications of weak 

 liquid manure is beneficial, and all 

 faded blooms should be removed, 

 except those required for providing 

 seed . 



iTf the plants be given a dry po- 

 sition after flowering the grower 

 can save his own seed, but as the 

 Streptocarpu.s is not self fertilising 

 it is necessary to perform this op- 

 eration by hand. This should be 

 done on a fine dry dqv by carefully 

 tran.sjerrintr the pollen on to the 

 stiii^ma ("when the same is ripe) 

 with a camel hair brush. 



A greater yield of seed will re- 

 Pl'ilt if the flowers on different 

 plants are crossed, but if it is de- 

 sired to Perpetuate a^v narticular 

 variety the flowers on the same 

 should of course be used only. — 

 " The Gardening World." 



• ♦ 



Sclii/.ostylis coccinca, soinetim.es 

 called Winter Gladiolus, is bulbous 

 and semi-herbaceous, i.e., -^t loses 

 its old leaves annually, but before 

 these decay the yoimg leaves are 

 a good size, so that it is nearly 

 evergreen. Kstabli.shnd clumps send 

 up many spikes of deep scarlet 

 flowers. The flowers are durable 

 in a cut state and extremely 

 pretty. 



The Day Liliies. 



The beautiful day lilies, or 

 Hemerocallis, succeed under the 

 . commonest treatment in any or- 

 dinarily good garden soil, if deeply 

 worked, moderately enriched, and 

 with a good supply of moisture in 

 spring and early summter. There 

 are variegated varieties, and these 

 make splendid pot specimens use- 

 ful for house or greenhouse decor- 

 ation. They produce their large 

 lily-like flowiers in great profusion, 

 they bloom for a long period, the 

 -flowers are valuable for cutting, 

 and the plants never need any 

 stakes or supports of any kind. 



H. flava is one of the conimon- 

 est kinds ; its clear yellow flowers 

 are freely produced, and they last 

 for a long time in good oondiition, 

 they are also sweet-scented. H. 

 fulva is ' a bronzy-orange colour, 

 shading to crimson. There is also 

 a double variety of this, which is 

 often termed the " tawny-flow- 

 ered day lih'." H. flava argentea 

 has silver yariegated foliage. A 

 \iery early variety is H. Middien- 

 dorfiiana ; it is a smaller growing 

 plant than the others, and its pale 

 yellow flowers are only a moder- 

 ate size. 



H. aurantiaGa maior has large, 

 deep polden yellow flowers, and is 

 one of the finest ; its blo*oms are 

 fulh- six inches in diameter. 



4 



Magnolias. 



Every garden should contain 

 someth ng that at some time shall 

 give it an indi\'iduality and char- 

 acter. Large sized flowers have 

 a striking and distinctive effect ; 

 they do, give the originality and 

 indiN-iduality that should belong to 

 every garden. Take for instance 

 the Magnolia which is one of the 

 mo.st beautiful of trees. M. grandi- 

 Hora is one of the best known. 

 It is a evergreen and the flowers 

 are large white and highly per- 

 fum'ed. M. conspicua is of smaller 

 growth and is sometimes used as 

 a wall plant. The stellata is suit- 

 able for the smallest gardens for 

 it is one of the dwarf - growing- 

 It is deciduous and one of the 

 earliest to bloom. The flowers 

 consist of numerous long, narrow 

 petals, giving the flowers a starry 

 appearance, and in this respect it 

 differs from most other Magnolias 

 which have fewer and broader 

 petals mostly arranged in the 

 form of a cup. In this case the 



