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THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



now be obtain«2d, and during au- 

 tumn will make a splendid show. 

 Thev are tall jjrowinsr, and should 

 not be placed too near the path. 



Petunias for pot culture are best 

 propagated from cuttinsjs made of 

 the youne shoots 3in. lone, for one 

 is never sure that a seedling v ill 

 be worthy of such culture. 



Keep the refuse heap turned over 

 to produce pottinj; soil. One of 

 the scarcest soils, and one most 

 soucrht after, is leaf mould. Vou 

 cannot depend on buN'ingf it ; vou 

 must make vour own ; and, there- 

 fore, all vegetable refuse should be 

 carefullv collected and placed in a 

 small pit to rot. The rottinsr pro- 

 cess is helped by the periodical 

 turning over of the whole. 



THE SHADRHOTJSE. 



One of the most effective class of 

 plants for shadehouse ''decoration 

 are the basket plants. These re- 

 quire constant attention to their 

 wateringf, because the air having 

 free access all round them the rate 

 of evaporation is larf^er than in 

 other not plants. The best way 

 of givinc: them water is to dip 

 the basket into a bucket or tub of 

 rain water. 



Durincr January we mav e'xpect 

 hot weather, and everything in 

 the shadehou.<»e must be re^ularlv 

 watered and spraved overhead 

 twice, and probably sometimes 

 three, times a dav. Ferns and 

 such plants must not be allowed to 

 sret drv, and manv plants will do 

 well if occasionallv given a dose 

 of linuid manure. 



One of the cleanest and most 

 easilv mixed is sulphate of am- 

 monia, dilutin"- a teaspoonful in a 

 frallon of water. Tn jnvintr liquid 

 manure remember that two apnli- 

 rations of weak manure is more 

 likdv +o be beneficial than one 

 dose of strong. 



CARNATIONS. 



LANE'S NOVET.TIES-STT^ONr; 

 PLANTS NOW READY. 

 INSPECTION INVITED. 



Cut Flowers of all kinds always on 

 hand and cut to Order. 



^J, O. LANE, 



NTIRSERYMAN. WALKERVILLE 



Such fine-rooted plants as aza- 

 leas, heaths, rhododendrons require 

 to be plunged in sand, or their 

 roots are liable to injurv from 

 heat. 



Hvdrangeas, especially if they 

 are of any size, will want an abun- 

 dance of water and a little liquid 

 manure. 



A number of plants may be re- 

 mo\"ed to the shadehouse after 

 th'ev have done service in the green-- 

 hou.se, and will be much benefited 

 h\- the rest in a cooler situation. 

 All plants in the shadehouse must 

 be kent religiously free from dead 

 and decavinor leaves, as these only 

 serve as a harbor for various pests 

 — caterpillars, slusrs, spiders, etc. — 

 and at the .same time destrov the 

 effectiveness and brisfhtness of the 

 plant itself. However careful we 

 are, pests are bound to make their 

 anpearance, but by careful atten- 

 tion and unremitting- care thev 

 ma--- be kept within limits, if not 

 exterminated. 



With reg-ard to pot plants, it is 

 most important to know how and 

 when a plant should be watered. 

 I\Iuch harm is often done bv s?iving 

 water indiscriminately to all in the 

 house without any regard as to 

 whether thev require it or no. 



Established plants require more 

 moisture than newly potted ones. 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



The blaze of colour made in this 

 house a few weeks asro with the 

 pelaro-oninms, cinerarias, azaleas, 

 rhododeTidrons, camellias, and a 

 number of others is now practically 

 over, and the plants on the bench- 

 es require rearrau'Hncr, and a crood 

 disnlav made vyith foliao-e plants 

 intermixed with those ?rown for 

 their flowers alone. .A.nd for this 

 purpose some of the plants whose 

 "sual place is the stove-house mav 

 be brou"-ht in, and will do in it for 

 a. month or two. \monefst these 

 T mav mention caladiums. ferns, 

 anthuricums, srloxinias, early achi- 

 menes, yresneras, tvdaeas, beeoni- 

 as. dracaenas. impatiens, and a 

 .selection of others. 



The Plants removed to the shade- 

 hou.se to make room in the frreen- 

 houS'f» should liv no means be neg- 

 lected, but must be kept \'i(rorous 

 and healthy for next season. Manv 

 of the flowers bloomiufr in the 

 ereenhousp are impatient of "water 

 on their flowers, and the dust 

 from their foliaire must be re- 

 moved bv svringinsr carefullv. It 

 is essential that the air ' in the 



house be kept at the p'roper point 

 of humidity, a point most import- 

 ant in the growing and propaga- 

 tion of ferns. Keep the staging 

 and floor regularly watered. 



The shading must be Well at- 

 tended to. Flowers in bloom must 

 not be allowed to receive a check 

 from an-y cause whatever. Some 

 require a little liquid manure, as 

 was advised above, for the be.'^t 

 blooms are borne by plants in the 

 full vigor of healthy growth. 



The coleus is a grand foliage 

 plant for making a display in 

 the houses at this tim.e of the year. 

 But how seldom we see them well 

 grown. Like the zonale pelargoni- 

 um', they are generally allowed to 

 erow without the tiniest attempt 

 beinof made to train and shape the 

 plant. And yet this is easily done 

 — only it cannot be done in one 

 dav, nor two, but requires atten- 

 tion for weeks in the nipping out 

 of the srrowing point of the leading 

 branches when thev have attained 

 a sufficient length, say three inches. 

 Nor should the plant be allowed 

 to remain in the same position on 

 the bench, but should be turned 

 round a little every day, and by 

 this means it grows more tmi- 

 formly. 



Don't allow them to flower, ex- 

 cent one or two from, which von 

 intend collecting seed, and raising 

 your own plants — an operation 

 which can be recomm.'ended as be- 

 ing a most interesting one, and one 

 also which the novice need have no 

 qualms in attacking. 



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Good care navs. Gardeners too 

 often overlook this. 



Flower Seedlings ! 



for present Planting. 



Asters, Balsam, Zinnia, Cosmos, 

 Correopsis, Sunflower, Centaurin, 

 Phlox, Petunia, etc., at 7/- per 

 too; posted, 2/6. 



Plants for Bazaars, etc., at whole- 

 sale rate — Coleus, Ferns, Begonias, 

 Palms, Fuchsias. 



E. A. LASSCOCK, 



LOCKLEYS. 



'Phone, Henley 34 



