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THE WINHOW GAEDBN FOB NOVEMBEB. 
DISPOSITION OP PLANTS. 
By arranging your plants so that all 
them may he suited, ns <ioavemen^e 
will best allow, as regards a high or Ion 
peratm-e, sunshine or shade, you maj 
able to provide for quite a number of your 
pets. . „ , 
Geraniums, Fuchsias, Caruations, lotu- 
nias, Ageratums, Meteor Marigolds, Mignon¬ 
ette, Sweet Alyssuni, Stevias, and Abutilons 
in blossom like a sunny place in the window, 
but not a high temperature; merely keep out 
frost. Tea-scented and China Roses, Callas, 
and Begonias also like a simny windon, and 
warm but not close quai-ters. Of course 
these are as hardy as those before men¬ 
tioned, but in order to get them to bloom 
well in winter we have to humor them a 
little. 
Chinese Primroses like an east or west¬ 
facing window, but if shaded from strong 
sunshine by a piece of paper or muslin, will 
thrive in a south-facing one, or, if need be, 
will bloom nicely in a north or sunless win¬ 
dow. Oxalises should be suspended in sun¬ 
shine. Bouvardias, although warmth-loving 
plants, will bloom well associated with Car¬ 
nations. Cinerarias and Calceolarias love 
the light, but dislike direct sunshine. Grow 
them in a cool temperatm-e ; merely exclude 
frost. 
Coleuses, Iresines and Alternantheras, 
either as old plants orrooted cuttings in store 
pots, prefer warm, sunny quarters. Rooted 
cuttings of Lantanas, Heliotropes, Agera- | 
turns,Verbenas, Salvias,Fuchsias, Abutilons, I 
and Geraniums will do with less warmth and i 
sunshine, and maybe kept toward the inside ! 
while the plants in flower are placed next 
the windows. At this season these cuttings 
require but little water, our chief object 
being to discourage growth, and to keep j 
them as inactive as possible till spring, with¬ 
out hurting them. 
Oleander, Camellias, Azaleas, Sweet Bay, 
Orange-tree.s, Tea plant, Banana shrub 
established 
winter, but if . 
plants,- getting pretty cliy 
hurt them. large Cac- 
Yuccas, Centm-y PtoJ, 
tuses Canna, Dahlia, and 
and frost-proof j -gg ije stored in a 
Caladiura roots may Ukeivise 
dry place. 
frozen plants. 
, . .v. hardy 
Out-of-doors, in 
plants submit to frost wiiu 
fhese same plants, if grown - 
subjected to hard frost, would g« 
less injured. How much more, theicfo o, 
would be the injury done to P 
or even half-hardy ones, when subjected to 
frost? But in the event of some o om 
house-plants getting frozen accidontally, as 
soon as discovered we should place them in 
a low temperatm-e, only a few degrees above 
the freezing-point, and keep them dark, til 
the frost has altogether left them, and for 
some days afterward we should keep them 
TULIPA greigi, 
cool and away from sunshine. 
If the soil in 
(Magnolia fiiiicata), and English Ivy will do *'*'0 pots is frozen hard, bury the plants 
well in a cool room and a north-facing win- J'oots, and stems in earth or sand in a cool 
dow; of course they would like some sun¬ 
shine, but in winter it is not indispensable. 
Indeed, except the Orange-trees (I never 
like to put them in the cellar), if need be, we 
may winter these plants safely in a cellar 
having an average temperature of ."J.oO to 
4.5°, when, although they shall not need 
much water, we must never let them get very 
dry at the root. 
Ferns of all sorts should be kept in full or 
partially sunless windows, and never be 
allowed to get dry. Cactuses of al I sorts en¬ 
joy light, sunny quarters, but they are very 
accommodating plants, and providing we 
keep them dry, wo can safely winter them in 
the most sunless windows we have. 
Hard-wooded plants, Abutilons, Lantanas 
Fuchsias, Lemon-scented Verbenas and 
Grape Myrtles, either pot-grown or’lifted 
and potted, and cut back from outdoor plots 
may also bo safely wintered in frost-proof 
cellars; in the case of recently potted plants 
the roots must be kept a little moist through 
cellar, so that it may thaw out gradually. 
Should Heliotropes, Coleuses, or other tomlor 
plants get “burned” by frost, it is utterly 
impossible, no matter how soon wo “ e-Uch ” 
them, to restore to health the leaves or shoots 
that get frozen. B„t Geraniums, CenI, 
Hants, and many more may boii 
frosts without apparent injury. 
WATEIUNO PLANTS. 
Don’t overwater your plants. Carnat 
Callas, .fusticias, and otlier fast-, 
liiants, now ' 
wilting. If 
them 
•Iits are 
a SIC 
k plant. 
11 ry 
sliglit 
ions, 
.. growing 
in active growlh or coming inie 
bloom, require plenty of w-ile,.. „ ^ . 
plants of all kinds, very liii’i''. ’ 
-orelytobekeptmoTsI-ii’rT'r''”’ 
wintered over for next ’sm 
merely water enough to k^p”'’^ 
'»>y of yen,. 
from 
Wp Ulom '1'rrall.or'l’lm, 
. 
SEEIG’S TULIP, 
(Tulipa Greigi.) 
This as yet rather rare new T i- 
native of Turkestan, and is one of a 
showy and distinct species in enlt- '®'’»1 
Its large, goblet-shaped flowers 
nally bright orange scarlet, butthey? '”’6'- 
to purple and yellowish. The le **’^'"*» 
margins of which are boldly undula?*’ 
of glaucous color, the entire uppej 
being brightly spotted with purple o/T*" 
late brown. The plant is a vigorous 
its stalks reaching a height of twelve 
or more, and the diameter of its 
from four to six inches. For forcing 
in tlie house, or for outdoor eultu^-f!* 
cquall.y well adapted. ’ 
Wm. J; 
alooneu. 
THE PASSION FLOWEE. 
(Passiflora.) 
Not only in collections of greenhouse 
plants do we see the different species of 
Passion Flowers cultivated, but also by pet. 
sons who have no other accommodation for 
keeping plants but the window; and it h 
with remarkable success that some window 
gardeners manage to grow most of the 
hardier species. As The Ajieeican Oak- 
DEN is found in more homes in Ohio than 
any other horticultural paper published, and 
it is for the benefit of its readers that I 
mite, these suggestions about the cultivation 
of one of the most beautiful climbers will 
reach the eye of more flower-lovers than 
through any other means. 
Passion Flowers are rapid and rampant 
growers if liberally treated. The best soil 
for them is good fibrous loam, thoronghly 
rotted manure, and well-decayed leaf mold, 
adding sufficient sand to insure the free per¬ 
colation of water. Commence to train the 
shoots when small, and continue to do .so, 
else they wilt soon get tangled, so that it is 
difficult to train them properly when allowed 
for even a short time to grow at will. They - 
reciuirc plenty- of room, both for roots and 
tops, and when growing rampant, plenty of 
water. Unless properly attended to in this 
partieular, they- lose their leaves on the 
mature wood, and soon show a mass of nn 
sightly stems, wliich deprives them of ha 
their beauty. The best place to train them 
during snmiuor is on the voranda, or on 
trellises evoctedfor thepnrpose in thegan en 
Many of tho spoeios may bo taken ron 
llio pots and planted in tho open 
using good, rich soil, and they- will grow 
llower the groiilov part of summer. '' 
fall, tlioy may- bo lifted, cut back, lun 1 
tod, keeping them in tho house 
until Ihoy again start into growth. 
.sovoval ladios who adopt this mode o 
iii'o year n ftor year with romarkahlo 
If wantoil as s|)oeimon plants for the 
I'ioii of tho parlor during winter, the.^ 
to be kept in pots, out-of-doors, j in 
inm-, ciirefiiily attoudod to, ami ta' 
lieforo frosty rvoatlior in Hn' ^j|,jin- 
seoii some beaiitifiil windows, made >) 
iiig tlio vinos around tho frames, othois 
iiig ill graceful festoons, thus 
Niirroumliiigs for tho other window P 
Homo of the linest spoeios m’®' jpi- 
iilinosphero, subject to attacks of 
dors; but sohloiii is this post soon w 
plants iiro kept outside during 
proiioriy watered at the roots. When 
