Pansy Seed 
The new seed of the genuine Roggli Swiss 
Pansy has just come over recently from 
Switzerland. This is an exceptionally fine 
strain of Pansies and very well known to many 
growers. 
Have you ordered what you need)? Now / 
is the time to sow them. 
Dish Gardens 
Since Pearl Harbor the “Jap” gardens went 
out of style, but under any other name they | 
have become the rage. 
There has been an unprecedented demand 
for dish gardens composed of various succu- 
lents, foliage plants and cacti. Several factors 
are responsible for the demand. One of these 
undoubtedly is the change in clientele—the 
buyers who formerly were unable to indulge 
in expensive plants and who now appease 
their desires by buying the unusual and yet 
lasting combinations. 
Another factor influencing the buying is 
that in apartments and small homes dish gar- 
dens present fewer problems of upkeep and 
stand much abuse. Whatever the causes are, 
the fact remains that the demand is there 
and should be taken advantage of. It should 
be remembered that individuality in arrange- 
ment of the plants in these gardens is im- 
portant. Likewise that attractiveness is en- 
hanced by the use of proper containers and 
special features, such as figures and land- 
scapes. In particular, attention should be 
paid to the assortments of plants so that 
water and temperature requirements of all 
the plants used in one arrangement be ap- 
proximately the same. Thus, cacti which need 
little water should not be mixed with philo- 
dendrons, table ferns and other plants which 
require much more. 
For cheaper eardens, second-hand pottery 
answers the purpose well. The following 
plants are largely in demand: 
Chinese evergreen 
Christmas Cactus 
Crassula arborescens 
Aloe variegata 
Cereus serpentinus 
Cereus triangularis 
Echeveria Peperomia Small palms 
Gasteria Philodendron Dracaenas 
Haworthia Pothos Cissus 
Nephthytis | Sansevieria Ivies 
Opuntia Sempervivum 
To these may be added small Saintpaulias 
and late cuttings of Kalanchoe Tom Thumb, 
which are attractive with one flower cluster. 
AN OLD TIMER is one who remembers 
when lumps of sugar were fed to horses. 




Terrarium 
Fertilizers 
We hope that you have stocked up with 
these. If you have not, it’s going to be just 
too bad. Some things like nitrate of soda and 
ammonium sulphate are out unless you have 
a friend somewhere who’s willing to part with 
them. Mixed goods are on the way out. 
Blood, tankage, cottonseed meal are getting 
scarce. So you may have to go back to the 
bonemeal and manure, which are all right, 
if you can still get those. 
Kalanchoe 
Keep your plants on the dry side and you'll 
avoid grief from rotting. If you want some 
as early as November start shading now 
(August 1), just like mums, from 5 p.m. until 
until 8 a.m. daily and keep it up until October 
1. If you want Christmas bloom, start shad- 
ing September 1 and until the middle of 
October. Grow in 60°. 
Best plants are three to a six-inch pan. 
Tom Thumb is especially satisfactory. ‘The 
tall, orange colored hybrids are mostly good 
for cut—they are too lanky for satisfactory 
pot plants. Watch out for mites and mealy 
bugs. 
The boy stood on the burning deck 
A lively place to be 
Shooting Japs out of the sky 
Into the foaming sea. 

