September, 
214 
AND GREENHOUSE. 
THE WIMDOW (JAEDEH FOB SEPTEMBEE. 
PREPAKE FOR WINTER. 
We should know what plants we have that 
are available for winter use, the space and 
means at our command for wintering and 
caring for them, and get both plants and 
place in readiness. We should not allow 
any of om’ winter plants to get frozen, nor 
enervated by cold or wet, at the same time 
we should avoid housing them too soon or 
otheiwise treating them so as to induce a 
soft and tender growth. All plants are bet¬ 
ter outside than inside so long as the weather 
is favorable, and with a little extra care in 
the way of lifting them on the piazza at 
night, sheltered from cold, or at any time 
from wet or muggy weather, we may be able 
to keep Poinsettias outside till October, and 
Geraniums and Callas till possibly begin¬ 
ning of November. 
POINSETTIAS 
Are very sensitive to cold, especially to cold, 
wet storms. Under unf.avorable cii’cum- 
stanees they lose their lower leaves and as¬ 
sume altogether a sickly appearance. Bring 
them to the piazza, indoors, or any place 
that is warm and sheitered, but not shaded, 
for they love the sunlight, before cold weath¬ 
er or ehilly nights come. Sprinkle them 
overhead in the afternoon, water freely but 
cautiously and encourage an unchecked 
growth from now till November if you would 
have large flower heads. 
NASTURTIUMS. 
Sow some seeds of Tropmolum Lobbianum, 
or you may obtain plants quicker still if you 
have old plants, by striking some cuttings; 
.grow them on quickly and vigorously and 
they Mill afford you quantities of flowers in 
winter. For early use cut well back and pot 
some of the larger plants. 
PELAKGONIU3IS. 
Cut back the old plants, lift them and 
shake away the soil from their roots, and 
pot them in somewhat small pots. Plunge 
the pots outside and don't water much, if 
any, till new roots begin to come freely and 
the leaf-buds to become plump. Use the 
soft points of the primings as cuttings; 
rooted now they will make nice, large bloom¬ 
ing-plants next spring. 
Scarlet Geraniums should before now be 
e.stablished in theii- pots. Those we may 
pot now will not bloom in early winter. 
CM IX KH K PI! J .M ROS E.S. 
Keep cool, away from warm sunshine, re¬ 
pot as necessai-y and never allow thein to 
get dry. 
■MF.TEOR .MAKIGOr.D.S. 
Pot a few small to rnediurn-sizcd plants, 
plunge them in an open, sunny place; give 
them plenty of water and they will bloom 
nicely between November anrl New Year’s. 
iSOUVAKDIAS. 
Cease pinching them. Towards the mid¬ 
dle or end of the month lift and repot very 
carefully, stake each plant, moisten them 
freely at the root and overhead, and still 
keep them out-of-doors but in a warm, shel¬ 
tered place and shaded from sunshine. Don’t 
let them wilt if you can help it. 
CAIXAS. . 
As they begin to grow, pot 
drained, turfy soil. 
and slightly shaded for a little , 
remove them to a sunny place and „ 
abundance of water. 
CARNATIONS 
May be left undisturbed till next mon , , 
if you wish, you may lift and pot thm now^ 
and then plunge them in an open p ■ 
water them freely. Propagate 
winter them in a cold-frame, and 
next spring, and they should yield a gooc 
summer crop of flowers. , a 
CALCEOI.ARIAS AND CINERARIAS. 
Keep cool, shade from warm sunshine, le- 
pot before the roots get pot-bound, never 
allow them to get too dry, and look alter 
snails, crickets and green fly. 
PARIS DAISIES, STEVIAS, ETC. 
Shift into larger pots if necessary, using 
very rich, turfy soil, and give abundance of 
water and weak stimulants. A slight frost 
will hurt the Stevias but the Daisies are un¬ 
hurt by three or four degrees frost and, as a 
rule, may safely stay out-of-doors till the end 
of October. 
SIIGNOXETTE. 
Sow either in pots or frames for winter 
use. Miles’ Hybrid Spiral is about the best. 
CYCI.A.MENS. 
If not already done, shake out and repot 
the old corms and keep moderately inactive 
for a while. A good place for them is in 
company with Chinese Primroses. Young 
plants raised from seed sown last spring 
should be grown gently and without rest. 
GLOXINIAS. 
Those that bloomed hi pots may be dried 
off gradually but otherwise not disturbed. 
Don’t give any more water to those planted 
out in frames, and about the end of this or 
early next month lift the “roots” out of the 
frame and store them one Layer deep in shal¬ 
low boxes filled with earth to be kept dry 
over winter. The “roots” should never be 
subjected to a temperature under 50°. 
BEGONIAS. 
Do not let the Hex and other large-Ic.avcd 
varieties get too crowded or wet, else their 
leaves will rot; repot if necessary the young 
Stock of B. fiichsiokUs iiml other winter-llow- 
ering kinds, give them plenty room and en¬ 
deavor to secure stocky plants. 
EV ERG BEEN SHRUBS. 
Azaleas, Camellias, Oleanders, Bay L.au- 
rels, Myrtles, Orange trees, .and tlic like, 
should be freely w.ashcd overhead by hose' 
syringe or other means so as to insure 
their immunity from red spiders, thrips 
and other insect pests. 1 n the event of frost 
sjiread newspapers, sheeting or other liidit 
material over them, or take them upon the 
piazza over night to save them from the 
frost A few degrees of frosi, may not hurt 
the pl.iiits, but bear in minil it would 
them any goo.l, therefore he on 
side,. A sharp frost will injure 
hiids of Camellias and Azaleas. 
UACTU.SE.S. 
These curious ,,lants are now “fal” „,,,i 
vigorous, hence an easy prey to rot and rusi 
Opun las and (.'ereuses nap.ire no solicitude 
e.'cceiit jiroteetion from frost; Mandllarlnu 
and other little delicate kinds should i 
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the safe, 
the llower- 
FEBNS. 
Give them plenty of water and shade from 
sunshine. Keep them outside on the piazza 
n7elsewhere so long as there is no danger of 
".-St Where the fronds become disflgm-ed 
La layer of the scattered “seed,” wash it 
off with a sponge or syringe. If well rooted 
and in good, thrifty condition, you may re¬ 
pot some evergreen young stock, as the com¬ 
mon Maiden-hair, and Fteris serrulata, Ony- 
chium Japonictm, Aspidium falcatum and 
Mphrodium molle, to encourage fresh young 
errowths in winter. But old plants of any 
sort, and more especially of hardy and half- 
hardy Ferns, let alone, else you may start 
them prematurely and so weaken them. 
OTHER “GREENS.” 
Eepot or top-dress Smilax, give it extra 
watering and encourage it to grow. Have a 
few Bose Geraniums in pots to give you 
leaves in winter. Plant Club Moss and 
Tradescantias in the pots containing the 
other plants. And if you wish for green 
vines to run about and over your windows 
have some English Ivy, “German” Ivy, Ma¬ 
deira vine and Cobma started in pots. 
BEDDING PEANTS. 
Make cuttings of Zon.al Pelargoniums, 
Ageratums, Coleuses, Iresines, Alternanthe- 
ras, Abutilons, Hibiscuses, German Ivy, Cal¬ 
ceolarias, Lantanas, Heliotropes, get them 
well rooted before cold weather comes. Old 
plants require so much room that it will be 
found more convenient to keep over a stock 
of young ones than to preserve the old, and 
by having the young stock rooted early and 
well established in their pots, they are likely 
to winter well. Whatever old plants we 
may wish to keep maj" be lifted about the 
end of this month or earlji- next month, cut 
well back and potted into small pots. I pre¬ 
fer to raise my Salvias, Centaureas and Vin¬ 
cas from seed in spring rather than keep over 
old or young stock in winter. 
Wji. Falconer. 
THE PETUNIA IN THE HOUSE. 
Last fall, in cleaning up the beds, I came 
across some small seedling Petunias which 
looked so healthy and desirous of living a 
longer time than 1 knew the cold weather 
would allow them to, that I selected two or 
three, and planted them in six-inch pots. 
They took to their new quarters very readily, 
and began to bloom shortly after being 
brought into the house. To one I gave a 
trellis, another 1 put on a bracket, and al¬ 
lowed it to straggle about to suit itself, and 
the third one I kept pinched in well in oioler 
to make it as bushy and comiiact as possible. 
All these plants have done cxccediugly 
well, and I shall certaiul.y make, use of the 
I etuniii as a jilant Cor winter flowering after 
this. 1 lio planton the trellis waslargc enough 
to nil one ordinary window, and it has been 
covered witli blossoms all the. time. The 
one gi own on the. bracket has afforded me 
'•"'ch pleasure by its gniccCul habit of 
growth, and the profusion of its bright ma¬ 
genta flowers, while the one kept pinched in 
has done a. good wintei 
'"•ighton u]) 
.'r's work in hoiping to 
" .sl.and of Pelargoniums from 
Which no flowers were to he expected dur- 
hg the .season. On the trelli.sed i>laut wc 
'■oquently counted over one hmulrcil flowers 
•a , me. All the caiai that was given the 
plants 
All the 
was to keep the soil moist, aiid to riv 
