1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
9i 
The Garden. 
Cowslips and Shooting-stars. 
J. C., Cook County, 111 .—The wild Shooting-star 
is described as the American Cowslip; it is a 
common wild flower with ns. Is this like the 
foreign Cowslips of which we read ? 
Ans. —No. The Shooting-star or Ameri¬ 
can Cowslip is Dodecatheon Meadia, a 
very handsome plant found in rich, open 
woods from Pennsylvania west and 
south. It is often grown in herbaceous 
gardens, both here and abroad. It be¬ 
longs to the great Primrose family, like 
the Cowslip, but the latter, a native of 
Europe, is quite distinct. It is Primula 
officinalis (synonym P. veris). The Cow¬ 
slips are not very satisfactory with us 
under ordinary garden conditions ; they 
need the shelter of a frame in the Win¬ 
ter and, during the Summer, the young 
plants must have a cool situation. 
Annual and Herbaceous Phlox. 
Subscriber, Middlesex County, N. J■ What ia the 
difference between the Phlox raised from seed 
sown in the Spring, and the hardy varieties ad¬ 
vised for garden planting ? 
Ans.—T he Phlox grown from seed in 
ordinary garden culture is P. Drum- 
mondi, a very pretty annual. It is ob¬ 
tained in great diversity, both in shape 
and color of bloom. Sown in April in¬ 
side, to be put outside later, or sown in 
the border in May, it makes a very 
attractive garden plant. The hardy 
Phloxes are perennials, which come up 
year after year ; there are many varie¬ 
ties of them. The types usually seen in 
our gardens are varieties of P. decussata, 
P. panieulata, and P. suffruticosa, tall, 
showy herbaceous plants, producing an 
abundance of vari-colored bloom, in all 
shades, from white to carmine and crim¬ 
son. They are some of the most striking 
hardy garden plants we have. Other 
familiar hardy varieties are some of the 
dwarf or trailing native plants that give 
us such a show in the spring, the Moss 
pink or Mountain pink, P. subulata, P 
reptans, and P. amoena. 
Seasonable Notes. 
The Callas which are now blooming 
should be kept warm and light, with oc¬ 
casional liquid manure. If they were 
not properly ripened last Summer, they 
will not flower satisfactorily, and must 
be kept growing until Spring, and then 
thoroughly dried off during the warm 
weather. When a Calla is weak, spindly, 
with no inclination to bloom, there is a 
strong presumption that its Summer care 
was neglected. Little offsets, which 
were broken off the old tubers, and 
potted in the Fall, need the same treat¬ 
ment as the older plants, though they 
will not be expected to flower. 
After the tulips and hyacinths potted 
for the house have bloomed, they may be 
dried off and ripened, and the bulbs 
planted somewhere in the lawn. They 
will not flower next year and they may 
disappear entirely, but if they survive, 
their bright flowers will be a pretty fea¬ 
ture in the grass. It would be useless 
to attempt forcing them again. Owing 
to the open Winter, hyacinths in the 
lawn are already (January 24) showing 
growth, but they will, doubtless, suffer 
during February for their temerity. In 
the grass, however, they are more pro¬ 
tected than in beds. 
□ If forcing Lily-of-the-valley in pots, do 
not water overhead so as to soak the 
flowers; they suffer by it. The florist 
forces this dainty flower very rapidly in 
a high temperature, the roots being 
planted close together in pure sand ; but 
in house culture, it must be given more 
time, being treated like other Spring 
bulbs. A few years ago, when “ Valley ” 
was more carelessly grown, it was not 
uncommon for florists to sprout corn in 
the greenhouses, that the young sprouts 
might be used as foliage with the lilies, 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins- 
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while Teething. It is the Best.— Adtv. 
the hasty growth forcing out the flower 
without accompanying leaves ; but now, 
better methods of culture, with, perhaps, 
more carefully ripened “ pips” or roots, 
have put an end to this practice. 
Blooming Azaleas should have the 
small shoots forming around the flower 
buds carefully rubbed out ; we want all 
the strength to go into the flowers. A 
greenhouse temperature of 45 to 50 de¬ 
grees at night suits Azaleas best, but 
they may be forced a little in a higher 
temperature if wanted early. After the 
flowers are open, it is wise to keep them 
cool, as they will then last better. As 
the flowers fall, the seed pods should be 
nipped off, and not allowed to mature. 
There is not much likelihood of house 
plants being fumigated for the removal 
of aphis, but if this be done, it should be 
remembered that many flowering plants 
will not stand smoke while in bloom. 
Even if no other harm is done, the color 
of the flowers ig likely to suffer. Tobacco 
water as a spray will be a safer remedy. 
Heliotrope, either in the window or 
greenhouse, should have the warmest 
and sunniest place possible to secure. If 
cool or shaded, there is no likelihood of 
bloom. A shelf or bracket right up near 
the glass is suitable, either in green¬ 
house or window. In the greenhouse, 
Heliotrope is often seen growing lux¬ 
uriantly planted out in a bench close to 
the glass, where it will sprawl about at 
will, flowering very freely. 
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