THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



droop, always giving a copious supply. Permit no insects. No man can grow good 

 plants and insects at the same time. A little top air should be left on all night long 

 after June, admitting more very early in the morning, and increasingly, to prevent the 

 heat rising much over 80°, as registered by a shaded thermometer. Hard-wooded 

 plants may be placed on a bed of ashes out of doors, and under an awning of tiffany or 

 cotton blinds. A heavy permanent shading is apt to make the softer plants in a 

 greenhouse grow weakly, especially during a dull sunless summer, and for this 

 reason canvas or cotton netting blinds on rollers are better, as these can be run up 

 or let down at will. 



If on the score of economy a permanent shading is desired, this should not be very 

 heavy. There are various methods of providing such shading. One of the oldest is to add 

 fresh lime to a bucket of water to form a rather thick "wash" ; if this is applied, while 

 fresh, to the roofs and sides of greenhouses with a long-handled brush, it will adhere 

 closely till the autumn. Whiting mixed with skim milk, or made into a paste with cold 

 water, adding a little liquid size, and enough hot water to thin it sufficiently for use, 

 also forms a durable shading material, to be applied with a brush. Those who prefer a 

 green tint can add a small quantity of Brunswick green to the whiting mixtures, and 

 the following is also a good recipe for a green shading: — Ingredients: 1 lb. of wheat 

 flour, -| lb. of whiting, and 1 lb. of common candle or Kussian tallow. Make the flour 

 into a paste, and then put in the candles while the paste is hot, crush the whiting 

 into a powder, mix with cold water, and then add to the paste, also adding as 

 much Brunswick green as needed. When required for use, warm it, and paint the 

 glass when the sun is shining upon it. Preparations for shading greenhouses can 

 also be bought from all horticultural sundriesmen. 



Autumn. 



Towards the end of September greenhouses have to be prepared for the reception of 

 late autumn and winter flowering plants, and it is then when a thorough cleansing 

 process is desirable. The glass and woodwork ought to have a scrubbing, and the walls 

 a coating of whitewash. Outside, the shading material, put on with a brush or syringe, 

 should be removed as much as possible, the time having arrived when the majority of 

 plants require all the sunshine they can have. 



Deciduous (leaf-shedding) plants, notably fuchsias, erythrinas, and plumbagos, 

 together with tuberous begonias, even if the}'' are unsightly, ought not to be too 



