1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
823 
THE GARDEN 
BULBS IN THE HOUSE. 
T HE Easter lilies, which were potted 
in the beginning of October, and 
kept cool and dark that the roots might 
make a good growth before the tops 
started freely, are now brought into 
light and warmth. When potting them, 
it is wiser not to bring the soil right up 
to the top of the pot; leave about an 
inch space, to be filled up now with rich 
compost. This will encourage the bulb 
to send out a lot of roots right at the 
top, greatly to its advantage. See that 
no greenfly (aphides) infest the leaves. 
As the rich green leaves expand this lit¬ 
tle pest finds a place of refuge deep down 
in the heart, and this is unquestionably 
the most prolific cause of blighted buds 
and malformed flowers. The aphis sucks 
the juices from the yet unformed bud, 
and the result is often a “ blind ” shoot, 
as the florists say ; one which can never 
develop a flower. Tobacco water will 
be the best preventive. 
Such bulbs as tulips, Dutch hyacinths 
and yellow Von Sion narcissus need not 
be brought into warmth yet. The whole 
secret of satisfactory bloom is a suffi¬ 
ciently strong root-growth before the 
leaves are thrown up. For this reason, 
the commercial florist keeps his bulbs 
outside as long as possible. They are 
planted in shallow boxes (generally 
called flats) and left outside covered with 
earth, the thickness of this being in¬ 
creased as the cold grows more intense. 
If the earth the bulbs are planted in is 
slightly frozen, no harm is done. It is 
not safe, however, to leave bulbs in 
flower pots out in the frost, because the 
pots are often broken by it. Some of 
the florists scatter a thin layer of buck¬ 
wheat husks over the surface of the soil 
in which the bulbs are planted before 
the earth covering is put on ; this pre¬ 
vents the top layer of earth from stick¬ 
ing to the flats. Roman hyacinths will 
be the earliest bloomers, preceding the 
larger Dutch hyacinths. The tulips 
should not be strongly forced, or they 
come very short-stemmed and badly 
shaped. Good forcing tulips are Canary 
Bird, Chrysolora, Kaizer-Kroon, Yellow 
Prince, Cottage Maid, LaReine, and Ver¬ 
milion Brilliant. The dull purplish colors, 
such as Duchess of Parma, are not pretty, 
and it is better to omit them from our 
choice. 
Among the narcissus, the Chinese 
Sacred Lily is the most familiar and 
easiest managed. It now seems the most 
popular of its family for indoor culture, 
in this country at least. The Paper 
White, much grown by florists for cut 
flowers, is another good sort for house 
culture, blooming early. The yellow 
Von Sions are later, and if they are 
forced too much, poor flowers (if any 
be produced at all) are the result. Of 
late years, serious complaints have been 
made regarding the Von Sion narcissus, 
many defective flowers being produced 
even under the most favorable circum¬ 
stances, but this is generally regarded as 
the result of carelessness and haste on the 
part of the foreign bulb grower, the nar¬ 
cissus bulbs suffering from a shortened 
ripening and maturing process, k. t. b. 
ROBUST DECORATIVE PLANTS. 
F OR a roomy hallway or reception 
room, where the temperature often 
falls below that of the living rooms, 
nothing is handsomer than the Norfolk 
Island pine, Araucaria excelsa. Its 
beautiful pyramidal form, with flat 
tiers of dark green fir-like branches, 
makes it most decorative. Coming from 
a cool, moist climate, it does not want 
a dry, hot room, and while unable to en¬ 
dure our cold winter outside, it will 
stand well m a temperature of 40 to 50 
degrees. Symmetrical plants, with from 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best — A&v 
two tiers of branches up, are very popu¬ 
lar in the city trade. Most of them are 
raised in Belgium or Holland, imported 
while small, and grown on until salable 
in this country. The Belgian nursery¬ 
men grow araucarias in immense quan¬ 
tities, keeping them during the summer 
in slat-covered houses, instead of under 
glass. They are sent all over Europe, 
as well as to America, a great many 
being sold in France, where they are 
used largely in vestibules and balconies. 
The French florist usually ties a ribbon 
bow (often a brilliant red) on the stem 
between each tier of branches ; not a 
very happy illustration of French taste. 
The Silk Oak, so-called (Grevillea ro- 
busta), is an Australian tree which, in 
its small size, makes an ornamental 
plant for house or conservatory. It is 
easily raised from seed, may be planted 
out all summer, making a pretty effect 
among large-leaved plants, and then 
lifted and taken inside in the fall. It 
has an abundance of finely cut foliage 
and graceful shape. This Grevillea is 
used in California as a shade tree, but 
we need have no fear, in our latitude, of 
its becoming too large for house and 
greenhouse decoration. 
If we wanted a palm for a very trying 
situation, where light was often poor 
and temperature fluctuating, we should 
choose the old Bourbon Island palm, 
Latania Borbonica. Its fan-shaped 
leaves show to good advantage where a 
rather spreading effect is needed ; on the 
newel post of a stairway, for example. 
When kept free from dust, it always 
looks bright and glossy, and continues 
to put forth leaves under most adverse 
circumstances. 
In the way of ferns, the Boston variety 
of the sword fern, Nephrolepis exalta- 
ta var. Bostoniensis, will give infinite 
satisfaction. This Boston variety is not 
so rigid as the type, the lower fronds 
drooping and pointing outward. On a 
large plant, the fronds will grow four 
feet or more in length ; if placed on a 
small stand these arching leaves will 
droop to the floor. This fern thrives 
under the same treatment as palms, care 
being taken to prevent the presence of 
scale or mealy bugs, which, if neglected, 
become annoying. Kerosene emulsion 
and consistent cleanliness prevent both. 
e. x. K. 
When we think of yellow chrysan¬ 
themums, it is rather hard to make a 
decision—the list appears endless. For 
an early yellow, Marian Henderson has 
much to recommend it; the color is very 
rich, and the shape graceful. Miss M. 
M. Johnson is another good early bloom. 
The old favorite, Gloriosum, is now 
falling to the rear; it has a limp stem, 
and the paucity of foliage towards the 
flower gives the appearance of a long, 
bare neck; still it usually appears at 
all our shows. Major Bonnaffon has 
been notable among prize-winning yel¬ 
lows ever since it made its first appear- 
“Mend it 
or End it 
1 
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lias been the rallying cry of 
reform, directed against abuses 
municipal or social. 
For the man who lets him¬ 
self be abused by a cough the 
cry should be modified to: 
Mend it, or it’ll end you. You 
can mend any cough with 
Ayer’s 
Cherry Pectoral. 
Stylish 
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or Fancy Collar, 
Address Box 461, Palmyra, N. Y. 
ance at the World’s Fair show in 1893. 
But one can rarely tell just what the 
permanent rank of a flower will be, 
from the sensation it creates on first 
appearance. When the chrysanthemum 
Philadelphia made its appearance two 
or three years ago, it created a wonder¬ 
ful sensation with its size, symmetry, 
and distinctive shape ; but when it ap¬ 
peared another season, growers decided 
that the uncertain color, yellowish- 
white, stained with butter color at the 
tips, was too dingy in effect for a first- 
class flower, and it has now lost its orig¬ 
inal standing. 
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