1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
585 
GREENHOUSE WORK IN AUGUST. 
Summer Seed-Sowing. —Seeds of vari¬ 
ous Spring-flowering plants should be 
sown during midsummer in order to give 
them plenty of time in which to develop 
a sturdy growth, among them being pan¬ 
sies, Cinerarias, Calceolarias, and English 
daisies, the pansies and daisies being much 
used in early Spring for filling window 
boxes and vases, while the Cinerarias and 
Calceolarias are very popular as pot plants 
of moderate cost. Most of these seeds 
may be sown in a well-prepared seed bed 
in an outdoor frame, and are more likely 
to thrive in such a location than in the 
greenhouse, provided the soil is always 
kept moist. A lath covering is an ad¬ 
vantage to have over the seed bed in very 
hot and dry weather, but when the weath¬ 
er is cloudy and damp this shading may 
be dispensed with, else the seedlings may 
become drawn and weak. The Calceolarias 
are perhaps somewhat more troublesome 
to the beginner than are some of the other 
species mentioned, the seedlings being 
rather delicate, and it is a good plan to 
sow these seeds on the surface of the 
soil in seed pans, and as soon as the 
young plants are large enough to be 
handled they should be transplanted to 
other seed pans or to shallow boxes, in 
which they should remain until four or 
five leaves have been formed, after which 
they are ready for small pots. Both these 
and the Cinerarias are rather subject to 
attacks of green aphis, and this pest may 
be kept down by keeping some tobacco 
stems among the plants, or by frequent 
light dustings with tobacco dust. Two 
of the essentials in growing these plants 
successfully are that they should never 
be allowed to get very dry, nor should the 
young plants get root-bound or starved 
before repotting. 
Mignonette in pots and also planted 
out on a bench in the greenhouse forms 
a useful addition to the stock during the 
Winter and Spring, and this has the ad¬ 
vantage of not requiring very much heat, 
a night temperature of 48 to 50 degrees 
being ample for this sweet-scented old 
favorite. For early Winter flowering it 
is best that the mignonette should be 
sown in July, but with proper attention 
that sown in August will also give good 
results. A bench containing a depth of 
six inches of good soil is required for the 
mignonette, the seed being sown either 
in rows 10 or 12 inches apart, or in dots 
of three or four seeds together, but in 
either case the seedlings should be thinned 
out liberally in order to give space for a 
strong and vigorous growth, and when 
extra large spikes of bloom are desired it 
becomes necessary to pinch out the side 
growths so that the main spike receives 
the full strength of that particular growth. 
Plenty of ventilation is needed by the 
mignonette and the soil should not be per¬ 
mitted to get very dry at any time. The 
common yellow butterfly is one of the 
most troublesome pests to the grower of 
mignonette, this insect laying its eggs 
upon the young plants, and the eggs in 
question producing a most voracious 
brood of caterpillars within a short pe¬ 
riod. This butterfly being so plentiful 
sometimes makes it necessary to cover the 
ventilators of the greenhouse with mos¬ 
quito netting, but if this be not done a 
careful watch should be kept daily for the 
caterpillars, the latter being of just about 
the same color as the leaves. 
Carnations that have been growing in 
the field should be lifted and transplanted 
into the greenhouse during this month, 
and if it is possible to do this work during 
a damp and cloudy spell of weather, it will 
not only be much more comfortable for 
those engaged in the operation, but will 
also be less trying to the plants, for it is 
not always possible to dig these plants 
with a good ball of earth. But if the 
weather continues clear at the time the 
carnations are replanted it is a good plan 
to put a thin shading of mud wash or 
slaked lime on the glass, just enough to 
protect the plants from the strong rays 
of the sun until their roots begin to take 
bold of the new soil, after which no shade 
will be needed. A light sprinkling of 
water over the foliage two or three times 
a day for the first week or 10 days after 
they are planted will also be beneficial to 
the carnations, care being taken that the 
soil is not made sodden by too much 
water. During a hot Summer, such as we 
have experienced in the East this year, 
there is frequently trouble caused by red 
spiders and thrips on the carnations while 
out in the field, the punctures of these in¬ 
sects causing the tips of the growths to 
become yellowish and spotted, and in such 
a case it is a good plan to have a tub 
of solution of tobacco extract handy for 
the planter to give any affected plants a 
dipping in the solution before planting 
them in the bench. The tobacco extract 
in concentrated form costs about $1 per 
gallon, and a solution in the proportion of 
one part of the extract to 50 of water is 
reasonably effective for this purpose. 
The Roses that have been planted for 
Winter flowering will soon be in need of 
staking and tying, the neatest method of 
support being found in horizontal wires 
that are stretched from end to end of the 
bed, the lower wire being placed close to 
the surface of the soil, and the upper wire 
parallel with, and about three feet above 
it, these two wires making a framework 
to which the vertical stakes are tied, the 
latter being also sections of stout gal¬ 
vanized wire. The same method of sup¬ 
port is applied to Chrysanthemum culture, 
and with careful tying produces those tall, 
straight-stemmed flowers that are so 
much admired. 
Rubber Plants. —At this season the va¬ 
rious foliage plants that are in prepara¬ 
tion for next Winter are making their 
most rapid growth and among them are 
the younu Ficus or rubber plants. These 
are benefited by being plunged in ashes 
or other moisture-retaining substance out 
of doors, the practice making sturdier 
plants than those that are grown under 
glass exclusively, but it is well to give 
the Ficus the protection of some thin 
muslin or a lath framework for a few 
days after they are taken out of the 
greenhouse, after which the foliage will 
become hard enough to bear full expo¬ 
sure to the sun, and there they may 
remain with benefit until the latter part 
of September or the beginning of Oc¬ 
tober, according to the condition of the 
weather. w. h. taplin. 
Seeding ot Hungarian Grass. 
*./. K. (.Vo addreae). —I think I read some¬ 
where in Tub It. N.-Y. an account of growing 
a second crop of Hungarian millet by seeding 
down Just before cutting. Am I right? I 
have a good crop of Hungarian, and should 
like to get another crop if possible, as I do 
not need ground for anything else. 
Ans. —Do you mean seeding to Hun¬ 
garian in the standing crops before cut¬ 
ting? We have not heard of such a plan, 
and submit the question to readers. 
Growing a Big Pumpkin. 
C. H. It.. Limit Inland .—I have heard that 
pumpkins could he fed milk in order to make 
them grow large. If you can give me any in¬ 
formation in regard to this I should be 
pleased to receive it. I understand the feed¬ 
ing of milk to pigs, but do not know how to 
start the pumpkin at it. 
Ans. —'Phis story is a hoax. Some 
years ago a wag stated that he cut off a 
pumpkin vine and put the end in a pan of 
milk. According to the story the vine 
sucked the milk, made a wonderful 
growth and when they cut the pumpkins 
they found several pounds of butter in¬ 
side ! Some people believe this ridiculous 
story, and questions about it are con¬ 
stantly coming. To grow a big pumpkin 
you must have a variety noted for size— 
like Connecticut Field. Nip it off all but 
one bud and prune the vine. Then water 
the hill frequently with liquid manure. 
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