1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
651 
Seasonable Notes, 
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”?r> Jr As soon as the frost has cut the foliage, 
JL it is time to take up the Cannas. The 
newer French Cannas must not be treated 
A Book About Aquatic Plants. 
Interest in the water garden has ad¬ 
vanced very rapidly during the past de¬ 
cade. It is especially noteworthy that 
the taste for aquatic plants appears to 
have progressed among the amateurs 
with comparatively little encourage¬ 
ment from professional florists, for al¬ 
though some of the large firms now 
make a feature of aquatic plants, the 
small dealers have gone into them quite 
slowly. Amateurs still find it difficult 
to learn the the working details of the 
lily pond, except by actual experience, 
and they will be disposed to give a warm 
welcome to “ The Water Garden,” by 
William Tricker, published this autumn. 
Mr. Tricker is well known among 
florists as an aquatic gardener of many 
years’ experience, now in charge of the 
aquatic section of the Dreer Nurseries. 
In the 19 chapters contained in this 
book, he discusses the preparation of a 
pond or stream, the making of artificial 
ponds, sowing, planting, care of seeds, 
insects and diseases, heating of ponds 
for tropical lilies, wintering, and treat¬ 
ing of margins. A descriptive list of 
water lilie3, with cultural directions, 
will be found of great value. Miscella¬ 
neous aquatic plants are discussed, and 
there is an ample list of plants, shrubs 
and trees, suitable for planting in the 
margins of ponds, or in other moist 
situations. 
The illustrations in this book are 
numerous and beautiful, most of them 
being fine reproductions from photo¬ 
graphs. One whose knowledge of water 
lilies is confined to the native denizens 
of our ponds would be astonished at the 
first glimpse of the great Victoria regia, 
the giant lily of the Amazon and its 
tributaries. This plant has great leaves 
five to six feet in diameter, turned up at 
the edges five to seven inches, like a 
huge flat saucer. The upper side is 
bright green, the lower crimson, fur¬ 
nished with large cellular veins, which 
buoy it up on the surface of the water. 
This under surface is very prickly, and 
the stem looks like a thorn-covered 
cable. The mature leaf is capable of 
bearing a weight of 200 pounds. The 
flower is from 15 to 18 inches in diameter, 
very double, and white when first 
opened. The color changes gradually, 
finally shading, upon the second day, to 
a bright rosy crimson. It lasts two days, 
and is fragrant. This lily requires arti¬ 
ficial heat, when outside, as our warm 
season is not quite long enough for it. 
The night-blooming water lilies form 
a very interesting class ; a number of 
beautiful red forms are met with among 
them. Nor is the lily fancier confined 
to tender varieties for showy specimens ; 
the Marliacea section of hardy Nym- 
phseas includes some very striking forms. 
The cultural directions given in Mr. 
Tricker’s book are very complete and 
practical; every point likely to come up 
in such work is touched upon. Every 
lover of such plants will find it of value 
and interest. Price $2. 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
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while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
/ like the old Canna Indica, the tubers of 
were completely dried off, and 
stored away. Cut off the tops, and take 
iup the tubers without shaking the earth 
off. Pack the tubers together, one deep 
and heads up, in a shallow box ; if the 
earth has not adhered to them, pack a 
little soil under and around them. The 
earth must not be allowed to become 
perfectly dry. Place the tubers in a 
cellar, or under the benches of a cool 
greenhouse, in some place where there 
is no risk of .drip. The temperature 
should range from 40 to 45 degrees. 
There should never be any risk of frost 
touching the tubers after they have been 
dug, neither should they be exposed to 
furnace heat. The greatest trouble with 
them is a tendency to rot, which often 
appears where all the conditions appear 
favorable for their keeping. They should 
be examined from time to time during 
the winter, and any decayed portions 
removed. Be sure that they are properly 
labeled before being put away, that 
there be no confusion at planting time. 
Cannas now lifted and potted for in¬ 
door culture should be in bloom about 
February, and give a constant succes¬ 
sion of gay spikes from that time on. If 
potted in August, they should come into 
flower in November, and continue all 
winter. They are very showy in a green¬ 
house and, where there is room, may be 
successfully grown in the house. The 
dwarf-growing varieties will be the best; 
our old friend Mme. Crozy, Queen Char¬ 
lotte, Premier, Chicago, and Black 
Beauty suggest themselves for this use, 
and there are many others. The big, 
orchid-flowered Cannas make a show 
under such conditions. 
The tender summer bulbs, sujh as 
Montbretias, Millas, Besseras, Tigridias, 
Oxalis, and the Atamasco lily, should 
now be taken up, thoroughly dried off, 
and stored away in some place where 
there is [no risk of frost. They are 
mostly small, so a convenient plan is to 
put them in dry paper bags, and hang 
them up in a closet. Care should be 
taken to keep them out of the way of 
mice or other vermin. 
Gladioli that are out of flower may be 
cut over and dug up. If a bright sunny 
day, the bulbs may be left lying on the 
ground for some hours, to dry ; then 
they are laid out on wooden trays in a 
cool, airy place. After this, the remain¬ 
ing portion of the stalk may be removed, 
and the bulbs put in a dry cellar for 
keeping. They must never be exposed 
to frost after they are out of the ground. 
The Elephant’s-ear Caladium (Colo- 
casia esculenta) should be dug about the 
same time as the Cannas. This root 
should not be touched by frost, and it 
needs a warmer place of storage than 
the Cannas. Florists usually keep them 
under the benches in a rose house, where 
they are laid upon boards to keep them 
off the damp earth. If moist, they are 
likely to start into growth, and this 
is not desired. In too cold a place, there 
is liability of rot. 
The Gloxinias, which have given 
abundant bloom during summer in the 
greenhouse, should be dried off by turn¬ 
ing the pots on their sides and withhold¬ 
ing water. The roots may be left in the 
pots over winter, the soil being kept 
dry, but not dust dry. The pots should 
be piled up on their sides in the cellar 
or greenhouse, in a temperature of 50 
degrees. Gesneras should be treated 
like Gloxinias. 
Amaryllis plants, which have been 
resting outside, should now be ripe 
enough to be pat in the cellar or some 
other out-of-the-way place until they 
show signs of starting into growth, 
usually about January. The Callas, 
which have been re-potted and left out¬ 
side, should come in now, as they are 
ready to make active growth in prepara¬ 
tion for blooming. 
Chrysanthemums in pots must be well 
watered, and treated to weekly liquid 
manure. See that any approach of 
Black aphis is met by a prompt use of 
tobacco. The plants must not be crowded 
together, or they will lose their lower 
leaves, and grow into awkward shapes. 
Plants outside should be sheltered by a 
muslin or paper covering on frosty 
nights, to prevent injury to the flowers ; 
if a little protection be given, the season 
of outdoor flowers is much prolonged. 
Cacti and other succulent plants which 
have been bedded out during the sum¬ 
mer, would better be indoors now. The 
houseleeks and Echeverias (Cotyledons) 
will not suffer from two or three degrees 
of frost, but they will be inj ured if they 
stay out too long. The most convenient 
way to carry them over winter is to put 
them in shallow wooden boxes or flats, 
planted in about three inches of soil 
and almost touching one another. The 
soil is shaken off them when they are 
taken up, and no harm is done if some 
of the roots are broken off. Keep them 
in a cool greenhouse or north window 
In a greenhouse it is convenient to have 
a hanging shelf up near the glass to 
accommodate such plants. One does not 
expect them to grow during winter, so 
they receive very little water and, dur¬ 
ing dark weather, none at all. 
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