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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



203 



EUPHORBIA FULGENS. 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



Euphorbia fulgens^ or E. jacqnniseflora^ 

 to ja;ive it its more poj^ular name, should 1>€ 



half its height after 



4- 



flowering; 



cut back to about 



and kept in a house having a 

 temperature of 55 to 65 degrees, and 

 watered only if necessary to keep the stems 

 Irom shrivelling. 



About the middle of March begin to 

 syringe the plants daily in bright weather, 

 closing the lionse so that with sun heat the 

 temperature reaches 75 to 80 degrees. 

 Ventilate at 65 degrees, increase it at 7Ul 

 degrees, and again at 75 degrees, shading 

 only if the temperature exceeds 80 degrees. 

 Cuttings produced under these conditions 

 will root more readily than if grown in a 

 close, shaded house. 



Cuttings may be 

 and June, when 



THE ORCHID HOUSES. 



COOL HOUSES.— At the warm end of the 

 cool house, or in a house which is slightly 

 warmer than where the odontoglossxims are 

 grown, quite a lot of plants will succeed. 

 Amongst them are Dendrobium Kingianum, 



recommended for imported dendrobiiims. 

 The proper time to afford new rooting mate- 

 rial is when the new growths make new roots, 

 but as these growths do not extend them- 

 selves very far, the plants, if allowed a rea- 

 sonable space wherein to grow, need not 

 again be disturbed for some time, provided 

 the comport is swwt, and in good condition. 

 D. Victoria Regina will al^o succeed under 

 the same conditions. 



ONCIDIUM PULCHELLUM is another of 



taken in April, May, 

 about three inches 



m 



length; they should bo cut cleanly, with a 

 slig/it heel, and inserted in saucers filled with 

 silver sand which has been piei iously 

 watered ; place in the propagatmg frame 

 in a temperature of 70 to 75 degrees, keep- 

 ing them close and shaded diu\ng the day 

 Mith just a crack of ventilation at night, 

 if necessary, to prevent damping. In a 

 fortnight or three weeks, they will be ready 

 for potting into 3in. pots, using a compost 

 of four parts loam, tw^o of leaf-moukl 

 of 



two 



peat, and one each of sand and ashes 

 from the garden rubbish fire ; 

 whole through a half-inch sieve. 



the 



in St'- 



ndfe 



pass 



After pot- 

 ting return the little plants to the propa- 

 gating frame, and keep them close. Syringe 

 lightly occasionally, but do not give water. 

 Jt is r(>markable how little watering they 

 require at this stage; we have frequently 

 l)otted euphorbias into 60's, and transferred 

 them to 48's for a fortnight, before w^ater 

 other than that received by " 

 ings, has been necessary. 



When rooted through the 3in. pots re- 

 move the i)lants to a house having a tem- 



light 



syruig- 



■^^^ i ]■* t atuiv of 60 to 65 degrees at night, keep- 

 icl* th<^m rather close until settled in their 



f0 new home. From now^ onw^ard through the 

 growni^ reason a little night ventilation is 

 beneficial; g:ve shade at 70 de 



re 



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: IS 



create ventilation 

 c f ten 



below 



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P - raturc 



grees hs 



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^ and as 



necessary afterwijrcls to kefp 

 egrees, I'edufing it as the tem- 

 recedes, closino; the house and 

 '• injving shading wlien ixbout 80 dear 

 >-*;ad,ed, at the same time .yringing^Hghtly 

 a.Kl dampmg the house ^ a 



Uhen ready transfer to U or 5in pots 

 compost as before, hut well broken 

 "•stoad of sifted; pot firmly. When 

 ' ^tal.lishetl euphorbias should be re 

 to a cooler house and given plenty 

 ^ '^"m, ^.tanding them on a damp base 

 UK. -ease the ventdation, and lightly shade 

 at the temperature before mentioned ; this^ 



t- 



ivc;! 



e comparatively cool tr 



yf of eourse, Vilfb 



IB^"^ P],^''Jf'^n"»^'i^varnier weather. ^ 



0 



kind of 

 luanure 



I . pots, 



can... f . ^'"^''S ^'^^ same 



;'>nipost but do not add artificial 



f^/J..^^ keep closer 



eKr.iV I \ -^^^ afterwards. When waH 



t'S y " « plant 



5 of w . Sl'^^n occasionally Bv tho 



SepU^nrber the plants i ill r^u J 



^^.j^^^ s,m they wdl probably flag some- 

 F 



1-' 



T'' t^^r«"ghout the 

 ■^"t- ^vdl require a teniDera 



Winter 



"^^tfiold Cardens. 



should 1 



)e 



re fully ap- 



H. Prime. 



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r 



1']:a DKKADNOUGliT. 



A handsome, finely flavoured and productive maincrop variety, introduced by Messrs. 



James Carter and Co. 



forme 



D. K. album, D. delicatum, D. lingutpforme, 

 D. Hilli, D. (speciosum, and its variety fusi- 



which bloom very prnt'nsely at this 

 season, and are very attractive. These thrive 

 V el] in shallow pans, susj>ended near the roof 

 glass, and as they root chiefly on the surface, 

 the compost should not be too deep, and the 

 pans should be quite half-filled with crocks, 

 riiey will (succeed in th-e compost previoudy 



these little gems, and the plants are now coi 

 mencing to grow again, and will need more 

 water at the roots ; the flower s])ikos will soon 

 begin to show, and, as these take some time 

 to develop, the plants shoidd placed near 

 the light. In our houses it is o^eutial that 

 the inmates should enjoy all tho light pos- 

 sible, especially during the dull ononths of 



the year. 



