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remain for some weeks. Get all stock plants of Rose Geraniums, 
Heliotropes, Ageratiini, Fuchsias, Salvia, Coleus, Abutilons and other 
material indoors. Purchases of Hydrangeas can also be made. Stock 
not requiring a warm house can be placed in a frame so long as the 
frame is protected during cold nights. Pot up sufficient stock plants; 
ifrom these, cuttings will be got in the early Spring. Now is a good 
time to bench the general stock of Snapdragons. As soon as the Dutch 
bulbs arrive pot these or plant out of doors. 
Palms Under Lath-House 
Recently the South, particularly Texas, has had dreams of being able to grow 
much more of the plant and flower stock it uses, than formerly. The time may 
come when Texas will grow ail it needs. Why could not Kentias, as shown 
here, be grown abundantly in the Sunny South ? 
October 
First Week . — Young stock of Primula malacoides can be purchased. 
Shift into Sy^in. pots and grow on; tliey give excellent cut flowers. 
Primula obconica may be planted out on a bench in a cool house. 
Next February, INIarch or April these can be lifted and potted up. 
Poinsettias must have a temperature of at least 55 deg. at night and 
during the damp chilly weather. Poinsettias love heat. Support your 
Stevia plants. Surplus Carnations from the field may be potted into 
4in. size and plunged in a coldframe to be overwintered there. Shift 
into 5in. pots next March or April for sale for bedding plants. Like 
Stevia, Mignonette must now be supported. Sow seed of Mignonette for 
January and February flowering; use flats or small pots. Inspect tlie 
leaves of Calceolarias and keep them sprayed or fumigated against 
insect pests. Protect the beds of Chrysanthemum maximum. Clumps 
of the variety King Edward VII can be lifted, carried along in a frame, 
brought into a temperature of 48 deg. in January, benched, and they 
will flower at the beginning of April. Coreopsis can be treated in the 
same manner. 
