In the Green House Month to Month 
By W. R. Fowkes, New York. 
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THE rose house will now be in full strength and 
every available amount of sunshine should be 
allowed the plants in order to enable them to 
withstand all fungus pests which are always with us 
waiting an opportunity to destroy the work of the gar- 
dener. 
The plants should be syringed every sunny morning 
and not on dull days. The original growth known as 
the "mother growth" should be cut away from the base 
of the plant. It is readily discerned by its short, stubby 
blind wood. Many people imagine they have a wonder- 
ful bush when they leave all this growth on, but it will 
never be of any service, but will be a serious detriment 
to the plant during Winter. Cut it out clean and you 
will have less dead leaves to annoy you ; also the red 
spider will not find the plant so congenial a home for 
his nursery. If the plants have been properly syringed, 
not sprayed, there should be very little red spider pres- 
ent, but the poor force of water on many private places 
is not sufficient to dislodge this pest, therefore spray with 
Aphine every two weeks, getting well under the foliage 
In cutting the blooms, study the strength of each plant 
and leave three eyes below the cut on a strong shoot 
and merely break off the buds on weak wood, and they 
will catch up later. They will stand feeding well now, 
but in spite of the daily assertion that cow manure is 
the best food, I firmly believe that its too frequent use 
is the cause of fungus diseases. Minerals produce 
firmer wood, and I find there is no better food for roses 
than Godfrey's Tankage ; also a little soot sprinkled on 
the beds, when the buds are developing, will intensify 
the color of foliage and flower, and no rose is of much 
value without good foliage. 
The chrysanthemums will be in full glory this month 
and in November and should have all air possible given 
them. A little warmth in the pipes will have to be 
given, and this will dispel all dampness so ruinous to 
the blossoms. Visit the chrysanthemum shows and note 
the best varieties of all kinds you may want to grow 
next year. It is pleasant and profitable and is an in- 
centive to yourself to be more diligent to produce better 
flowers. 
The palm house will not require much attention this 
month, but most of the shading had better be removed. 
The ferns also will have better fronds with additional 
light. The plants that have been outdoors all Summer 
will be infested with angleworms, and in order to keep 
the plants healthy these must be dispelled. Try a water- 
ing with Vermine, it will answer satisfactorily. 
Carnations will still need all sunshine and air in the TPHE subject of our cover illustration is the crysanthe 
day time, and try and keep the night temperature as m " m "™»>1tv 'Golden I introducer 
in the morning and not syringed in the afternoon at all. 
If the water is allowed to remain over night, the buds 
will drop and your good work will be useless. 
Cattle>as should have full sunshine by the end of 
this month to ripen up their growth. It will be a good 
plan to produce a few plants of Dendrobium Phalaenop- 
sis this month. They will soon be at their best and can 
be grown easily in the palm house and are invaluable 
for cutting. Freesias that were started early will re- 
quire staking and water. Keep cool always, and when 
filled with roots give a weak feeding of liquid manure. 
Hydrangeas that have done service outdoors all Sum- 
mer can be stored away in a cool room and only require 
water three or four times during the Winter. 
Sow a few pots of Mignonette. Use a good soil mixed 
with one-half rotted cow manure and sow a few seeds 
in three-inch pots, and they will come along nicely. 
Gladioli can also lie potted and placed under carnation 
benches. 
Cultivate lightly between the Snapdragons and the 
Sweet Peas. Do not be heavy with water on the peas 
or stem rot will develop. Be careful until they are about 
nine inches high, then when watering do so thoroughly, 
and the plants will show the benefits received. 
Sow a flat of lettuce, the Mignonette forcing kind be- 
ing the best I know of. It will come in very useful and 
can be grown in flats planted about five inches apart. 
Procure from the seedsmen some roots of Seakale. This 
delicious vegetable is not forced and used enough as it 
deserves to be. It is easily raised. Place a few roots 
in the bottom of ten-inch pots and place any kind of 
soil around them, placing another pot on top to exclude 
the light, and they can then be placed in the palm house. 
Chicory can be forced in a like manner with very little 
trouble. 
Gloriosa Rothchildiana is a grand plant to grow and 
can be grown in a temperature of 58 degrees at night. 
Procure a few bulbs and place in nine-inch pots in a 
compost of half loam and the remainder cow manure 
and do not water until they commence to grow and then 
train to wires and grow in full sunlight, and you will be 
rewarded with many beautiful blooms for cutting. 
(Correction. — In the September Greenhouse Notes by W. R. 
Fowkes, through, a printer's .' / in transposing type, several 
lines irere omitted — thereby making notes on cucumber culture ap- 
pear as the cultural notes on Adiantum cuneatum.) 
OUR COVER ILLUSTRATION. 
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near the 50 mark as possible. Fluctuations in tem- 
perature are a prolific cause of trouble by the bursting 
of the calyx. They will stand feeding each week with 
a weak liquid made from sheep manure, which is a 
good food ; also a light dressing of wood ashes. 
The peaches and nectarines that have been repotted 
can be kept best in a cool, airy shed or cellar, but it 
must be cool in order not to excite the buds. Examine 
the roots occasionally, for they must never be allowed 
to get dust dry or failure will result. 
Bring in a few more bulbs as needed. Keep them 
near to the glass and when the bloom stalks appear feed 
well with liquid manure. Gardenias should be watered 
mum novelty r , "Golden 
Charles H. Totty, says of it : 
"We consider this the finest yellow chrysanthemum we 
have ever handled. Flowers from the early buds were 
fully open October 1. There is no other 'Mum at all 
approaching it in size that would be in flower for some 
weeks later. Later buds are producing Wonderful flowers 
that will be in ideal shape for the early shows. It is an 
American raised seedling of the Golden Wedding color 
in yellow, and though the picture imperfectly illustrates 
it, the petals are whorled in the most graceful manner. 
The growth is dwarf and very robust, and the foliage is 
carried directly up to the flower, as will be noted in the 
photograph. 
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