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HOME AND FLOWERS 



Moonvines. — None of these plants are 

 hardy at the North. Lift the roots, and 

 keep them in the cellar over winter. 



Otaheite Orange. — This plant often 

 drops its fruit because it is allowed to get 

 dry at the roots. Water regularly. 



Ponderosa Lemon — This plant is not 

 hardy in any section of the United States 

 with perhaps the exception of Florida. 



Bulhs in Washington. — All the hardy 

 bulbs ought to bloom by the middle of 

 April in that climate. 



THE WHITE LA MARQUE ROSE 



Ivy Geranium. — (L. W.) Specimen 

 sent shows bacterial disease. Remedy, 

 copperdine. 



Lice on Roses. — Use the solution of 

 Ivory soap heretofore advised in this de- 

 partment. 



Gloxinias. — These plants should be con- 

 fined to pots. They are not adapted for 

 bedding. 



Specimen of Fern for Name. — The leaf 

 sent is from a plaij^ of the polystichium 

 variety. 



Soil for Fern. — (M. C.) Maidenhair 

 fern requires light, spongy leaf mold. 



Plant for Name.— -{A. M. G.) Hibis- 

 cus. Not hardy. Winter in cellar. 



Several Correspondents. — I have no 

 plants, bulbs, or seeds for sale. 



Grevillea. — This plant can be wintered 

 in the cellar, or kept growing. 



Fern for Name.— (Mrs. M. T. M.) 

 Specimen sent is maidenhair. 



Salvia. — Wait until the seeds are black 

 before gathering them. 



Japan Hop. — This is an annual. Pro- 

 cure seed in spring. 



Caladiums. — Store the roots in the cel- 

 lar in winter. 



£eaf for a Name.— {1\L C. K.) Cy- 

 clamen. 



THE PERUVIAN LILY 



{Alstrcemeria Aurantiaca.) 

 By W. C. Egan 



THIS genus, named by Linnseus after 

 his friend Baron Alstroemer, is na- 

 tive of Brazil and Chili, and but 

 little grown in northern gardens on ac- 

 count of their tender constitution. 



A. aurantiaca, from Chili, is hardy in 

 the North, if given a sheltered position in 

 a warm, well-drained soil, and heavily 

 protected in winter. It bears the com- 

 mon name of Peruvian lily, although not 

 a lily in structure. It grows about two 

 feet high, and bears from ten to thirty 

 flowers in a compound umbel. These 

 are a bright orange in color, with some 

 parts spotted brown. If the seed-pods 

 are kept cut they will bloom for a couple 

 of months, and the flowers last well in 

 water. They like a rich vegetable mold 

 and plenty of water during the growing 

 season. Some advocate partial shade, but 

 my plants are in full sun. 



