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By W. R. Fowkes, New York. 
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WE are now in the midst of the dull period of the If scale is prevalent use the insecticide as well. Lily of 
year, and more interest will he centered indoors the Valley can be had in flower daily if a few are planted 
in pots each week and grown in the palm house. 
All bulbous plants such as Caladiums and Gloxinias 
'E are now in the midst of the dull period of the 
year, and more interest will be centered indoors 
— the frost having completed its work outdoors, 
will give more time to the glass houses. The chrysan- 
themum shows will soon be over and much knowledge 
will have been gained by visits to the shows, where large 
and small growers of these horticultural gems have made 
displays. Many of the places so prosperous today owe 
their beginning to the initiative and energy of the enthu- 
siasts in each community who commenced these wonder- 
ful exhibitions of flowers, giving pleasure to thousands 
of people. 
Many persons are somewhat at a loss as to what to 
grow to fill the vacancy caused by the end of the chrysan- 
themums, but this is where the bulbs come in useful as 
well as sweet peas. They all like the cool temperature 
of the chrysanthemum house. The Mignonette that was 
sown last month in pots can be planted on the side 
benches, using rich soil containing plenty of rotten cow 
manure: plant eight or nine inches apart and thin out 
seedlings to one plant and cultivate lightly between the 
plants. 
The pot fruit trees will have their place in this house 
later on, so do not plant anything permanently in the cen- 
ter benches or much profit will be lost. Azaleas can now 
be placed in this department and kept until wanted in 
bloom, which can be done by taking a few as required 
into the warmest department. 
Keep the atmosphere of the houses sweet. Sprinkle 
air slacked lime under the benches and around dark and 
damp places. Many plants quickly become infested with 
fungus diseases unless their abode is kept clean and 
sweet. 
Fumigation is the order of the day on most places, but 
it has attendant evils resulting from closing the houses 
tight, and the strong fumes are injurious to soft wooded 
plants. Mignonettes should never be fumigated. Take 
also the roses after fumigating; it will be noticed that 
many of the robust lungs of the plant, the leaves so nec- 
essary to the welfare of the future crop of flowers, be- 
come yellow and fall off, and, denuded of foliage, the 
plant cannot be healthy. The better remedy is to spray 
with insecticides. The same applies to the use of sulphur 
on the pipes. This old remedy causes the frequent loss 
of many valuable leaves. In the carnation house it is 
bad for the flowers, for they will quickly go to sleep. It 
is far better to spray with insecticides and fungicides. 
Sow this month a pinch of seed of Clarkia. The new 
varieties advertised by reliable seedsmen in the 
ChroxicU': are exceedingly useful; also Scbizanthus 
should be sown. Both require cool treatment and light 
soil for the seedlings. Calendulas commonly called "Pot 
Marigold" are coming into favor again as pot plants, 
while for Easter pots and pans a good strain of pansy 
can be sown that will prove a good inexpensive addition 
to the cool greenhouse. All watering in the houses must 
be done on mornings, and with the exception of the palm 
house should never be damped down after twelve noon. 
Roses will readily become infested with fungus dis- 
eases if grown in a muggy atmosphere. When plants are 
watered it should be done thoroughly and in a careful 
manner, for the basis of all successful plant culture is 
founded on careful and proper watering. Orchids need 
not be sprayed now. but in order to keep healthy they 
should be well cleansed with a soft sponge and water. 
471 
that have completed their growth and work and have 
been ripened properly, must now be placed in their rest- 
ing quarters. Caladiums can be kept in pots and placed 
on their side under the rose bench. Turn out and ex- 
amine occasionally and if signs of decay are visible cut 
the bad parts away and cover with sulphur. Gloxinias 
can be turned out of pots and cleaned and the bulbs will 
keep in bags of sand in a temperature not lower than 
forty-five degrees, a dry atmosphere being necessary. 
Freesias which were planted in August will be rapidly 
growing and will require support to keep them erect or 
their full value will be lost. Neat stakes fifteen or 
eighteen inches long are best for the purpose. Tie care- 
fully and avoid cutting the growth. Keep cool and well 
up to the glass to induce a stocky growth. 
Hyacinths and Narcissus will be greatly benefited by 
liquid manure. The proper way to make this is to place 
a bushel of fresh cow manure in a bag to which add ten 
pounds of dried blood in a barrel containing fifty gallons 
of water. 
Cyclamen will be helped by a watering once weekly 
with soot water. Make in the same manner as the liquid 
manure. Give Azaleas Clay's Fertilizer and soot water, 
but on no account use animal manures or their fine 
fibrous roots will be destroyed. 
the 
GROWING ROSES FROM SEEDS. 
"1T7TIEN plants are propagated from cutting 
"* progeny is almost invariably found to be similar 
to the parent plant. When they are raised from seed a 
stronger tendency exists towards the production of sports 
or varieties having qualities different from the plants 
which produced the seed. Although I have never actual- 
ly experimented myself. I have heard it stated on good 
authority that a nectarine stone may put forth a peach 
tree and vice versa. There is one thing that we all know 
from experience ; that there are flowers whose color we 
cannot tell with certainty until they are actually in bloom. 
I once saw a laburnum tree on which the flowers were of 
three or four distinct colors, including yellow, white and 
mauve. Ivies and hollies again produce eccentric sports. 
With roses, as with chrysanthemums, we may at any 
time meet with a pleasant surprise. 
Some roses produce seed capsules very freelv. and at 
this time of the year they may be noticed adding a charm 
to the place which recently gloried in a galaxy of bloom. 
The flowers have probably been fertilized by insects dur- 
ing the Summer, and the fruit, or "hips" as they are 
rometimes called, will be filled with the rough bodies 
known as seeds. There is no better illustration of this 
than the beautiful Japanese rose (Rosa rugosa), the 
lovely flowers of which are superseded in the Autumn 
by brilliant clusters of orange-red berries (the seed pods), 
which are almost, if not quite, as ornamental as the 
blooms themselves. Let these berries ripen until they are 
a deep red. Then gather ; open them with the fingers 
and collect the seeds on paper. The seed should be pre- 
served in a cool, dark place, where it will not become 
too dry. In fact, the hips may be left as gathered un- 
til the time comes for sowing. 
In November or December make up a compost con- 
