1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
699 
A Small Greenhouse. 
M. J. S., Denver, Col .—Will you give sugges¬ 
tions for one who intends to begin with a green¬ 
house this fall—house of not over 100 square feet? 
include such, plants as Asters, Drum¬ 
mond Phlox, stocks, balsams, Chinese 
pinks, Verbenas, Scarlet sage, Petunias, 
Coreopsis Golden Wave, Globe amar¬ 
anths, single Dahlias and Evening prim¬ 
rose. Centaureas, Lobelias, Zinnias and 
marigolds may also be sown. Of the 
climbers, Cobsea, Maurandya, Lophos- 
permum scandens and moonflowers may 
be sown. Cyclamens, to be grown and 
flowered in pots, may be sown in Novem¬ 
ber. All these seeds may be sown in flats 
or seed pans, and started in a frame, 
being transplanted as soon as necessary, 
either singly into pots, or into other 
boxes. Planting out would begin, we 
imagine, about the end of February. 
The Babylon Willow. 
Ans.—A house of not over 100 square 
feet w;ould be so tiny that it gives very 
little scope, either for building or plant¬ 
ing. M. J. S. does not say anything at 
all about the situation or style of house, 
but in the case of so small a place, we 
infer that he may think of connecting 
it with a dwelling house. In such case, 
it may be as plain or as elaborate as de¬ 
sired. The simplest style would be a 
plain lean-to against the wall of the 
dwelling ; this might be built with a 
brick wall at the ends and sides about 
two feet high, and above this, two or 
three feet of glass. The sloping roof 
should have ventilation at the top, and 
there should be conveniences for venti¬ 
lating at the side, also. It may be pos¬ 
sible to heat this from the dwelling- 
house. If the latter is heated by steam 
or hot water, it would not be difficult to 
extend the heating to the greenhouse. 
If, on the other hand, the house is heated 
by a hot-air furnace, it is quite possible 
to arrange a simple system of hot-water 
circulation heated by this furnace. 
If M. J. S. does not wish to attach the 
greenhouse to the dwelling, an even- 
span house would be best, and this might 
be planned with the idea of enlarging if 
desired. It would best be heated by a 
little hot-water boiler. The dimensions 
given mean a place only 10 x 10 feet, so 
the plants grown must be general green¬ 
house stock, rather than those requiring 
special culture. It will be quite possi¬ 
ble, however, to make such a house very 
gay and attractive. Palms .and ferns, 
of the varieties usually seen in house 
culture, Azaleas, Cytisus, Linum trigy- 
num, Acacias, flowering bulbs, started 
in the cellar ; Calceolarias, Cinerarias, 
Cyclamens, and similar plants, should do 
well so long as the place is not too 
warm. Roses and carnations do not usu¬ 
ally do very well in a house full of mixed 
plants. If a lean-to, the wall of the 
dwelling-house might be covered with 
the Creeping fig, Ficus repens ; it would, 
also, be a place to hang Stag’s-horn fern, 
growing on blocks, or some of the easily- 
grown Mexican epiphytal orchids. Dur¬ 
ing the summer, when a good many 
plants would be outside, Fancy-leaved 
Ciladiums, Tuberous Begonias and Glox¬ 
inias would be showy in such a place. If 
the house were a little longer, it might 
be divided into two sections, one end 
being kept warmer than the other, and 
this would permit the culture of a greater 
variety of plants. 
Plants From Seed. 
G. H. D., Savannah , Ga .—Will you suggest 
plants and flowers which should now be planted 
In this latitude for spring and summer blooming; 
also climbers ? 
Ans. —C. H. D. does not state whether 
he desires plants for outside planting or 
growing under glass. We infer that he 
means plants for outside bedding. Dur¬ 
ing November and December, he may 
sow the seeds we sow here in February 
or March, his planting-out time being, 
probably, three months earlier than in 
the latitude of New York. This would 
B. R., New Jersey .—Is the Weeping willow the 
willow of Babylon, referred to in the Bible ? 
Ans —According to some of the later 
botanists who have made a study of the 
plants of the Bible, the willow by the 
waters of Babylon was not a willow at 
all, but a species of poplar, Populus 
Euphratica, which is a native of the 
valley of the Euphrates. Although 
the home of Salix Babylonica, the Baby¬ 
lonian willow, is given as the Levant, 
it is now stated that it was introduced 
to that locality, probably from China or 
Japan, and was unknown there at the 
time of the Babylonish captivity. 
Seasonable Notes. 
Plants for flowering in the cold frames 
may be planted out now. These would 
include Polyanthuses, forget-me-nots, 
daisies, and some Anemones. Pansies, 
which were sown in July, a month in 
advance of those to be wintered outside, 
may be planted in the frame and treated 
like violets. These plants which are ex¬ 
pected to flower in the frame, should re¬ 
ceive sun whenever it is possible to give 
it, although, of course, the frame should 
be banked up to keep the frost out, and 
covered up at night, and in the day, too, 
in stormy or very severe weather. If de¬ 
sired, lily-of-the-valley may be bloomed 
in the frame a month earlier than out of 
doors. Dig up clumps from outside, and 
plant them in the frame. These clumps 
are not really forced, but the protection 
given by the frame will result in flowers 
a month earlier than outside. 
This is a good time to root Begonia 
Rex, if one has a greenhouse bench with 
bottom heat. This Begonia is rooted 
from leaf cuttings. A well-matured leaf 
is selected, and several cuts made across 
the nerves on the under side. The leaf 
is then laid flat upon the propagating 
bed of clean sand, being held down by a 
bit of crock laid upon it, or a tooth-pick 
running through it. The leaf is then 
treated entirely like an ordinary cutting. 
Old Fuchsia plants, which have been 
ripening their wood for several weeks, 
may now be started up if cuttings are 
desired for propagation. They should 
be repotted, and the slender tips of the 
shoots cut off. Kept in a moderately 
warm house, and freely syringed, they 
will make plenty of shoots. One ad¬ 
vantage of getting cuttings early is that 
they do not flower when so small. Cut¬ 
tings taken late in the season make little 
plants that want to flower when very 
small. 
Poinsettias, which are growing fast, 
will soon need liquid manure. They 
soon exhaust the soil in their pots, and 
if not properly fed, they will begin to 
lose their lower leaves. 
It will be necessary to examine the 
plants just brought in for traces of 
Mealy bug; this insect spreads very 
rapidly during winter under glass. 
Stock plants of Coleus, retained for cut- 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Beat.— A&v. 
tings, are very likely to be infested. 
Hard syringing with cold water on 
plants that will stand it, or spraying 
with kerosene emulsion, are the best 
remedies. In the case of delicate plants, 
the insects must be gently rubbed off. 
The first Chrysanthemum flowers to 
appear in the New York market this sea¬ 
son were Marquis de Montmort, a pink 
Japanese variety having a rather flat 
flower, somewhat the style of Viviand- 
Morel. This appeared during the last 
week of September. These flowers were, 
of course, grown under glass, but the 
earliness of this variety suggests its use 
out of doors. It is of French origin, and 
has been grown in this country for about 
three seasons, though not very exten¬ 
sively. It is too early to make an appear¬ 
ance at the Chrysanthemum shows. For 
several seasons, the earliest white in the 
market has been Mme. F. Bergmann, a 
pretty and graceful flower, though not 
extra large ; it is excellent for garden 
culture. Lady Fitzwygram is one of the 
newer early whites, but its earliness is 
its chief recommendation. Miss Kate 
Brown is a fine early white. While the 
earliest Chrysanthemums are best for 
blooming outside, some of the best 
flowers for amateurs are found among 
mid-season varieties. 
Tender Hydrangeas (H. Otaksa), which 
were planted outside after cutting back 
in the spring, should be brought in about 
the end of this month. A little touch of 
frost will not hurt them, but a hard 
freeze will kill the young flowering 
buds. The wood must be well ripened 
to give a good show of bloom. They 
are heavy feeders, so will take good- 
sized pots, and they prefer a rather 
coarse soil, with a mixture of one-fourth 
cow manure. It sounds very monotonous 
to remark that they need good drain¬ 
age, because that advice is given with 
the potting directions for every plant 
not absolutely an aquatic, but the 
Hydrangea needs plenty of water, con¬ 
sequently, there must be no risk of clog¬ 
ging. They should be kept in a cool, 
light place, but as they will make but 
little growth until about the beginning 
of the year, they may be set aside any¬ 
where out of the way. 
Carnations and pinks from cuttings 
are now planted out in the frames. The 
pinks are hardy, but give more flowers 
when thus protected during winter. 
Forget-me-nots, now in the frames, 
may be lifted and potted in the latter 
part of January ; they then flower nicely, 
and do well in window or greenhouse. 
The frames act as a species of annex, 
from which plants may be brought into 
the window or conservatory, as desired. 
As long as possible they should be left 
open ; it is a great mistake to weaken 
the plants in them by coddling. The 
English daisies wintered in the frames 
may be planted out with the pansies, 
early in the spring. 
Tufted pansies (Viola cornuta) may be 
divided now and kept in the frames over 
winter, or good strong plants may be 
planted out. These pretty flowers are 
produced very freely early in the season, 
but our hot midsummer sun is very try¬ 
ing to them, and after June they do but 
little in the way of blooming until Sep¬ 
tember. Most herbaceous plants in this 
locality have made a good deal of growth 
quite late in the season, which has been 
mild and favorable, and planting opera¬ 
tions are likely to continue quite late. 
Though Canna foliage was cut by a 
sharp frost October 9, blooming con¬ 
tinued after this, and such plants as 
Phlox, Verbenas, Alyssum, Geraniums 
and Nasturtiums were little affected. 
China Asters were cut, but the native 
species continued to bloom freely. Some 
of the fine varieties of the New England 
Aster are very showy, and deserve to be 
more fully appreciated. The Jerusalem 
artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) is still 
blooming freely. This, while too coarse 
for the garden border, makes a good 
screen, and is always to be depended 
upon for a plentiful crop of golden bloom. 
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