September 2, 1907 
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come up from the root again, but it will 
take them quite a while to amount to 
anything. Begonia Vernon is dwarf 
enough to be used in conjunction with 
alternanthera in formal bedding or in 
beds of geometrical design. After a week 
or two exposed to the sun the follage of 
‘the begonias assumes a bronze color in 
keeping with the effect produced by the 
other kinds of plants used. Lobelia is 
also suitable for the same kind of work. 
There is occasional complaint of it damp- 
ing off, but if Crystal Palace compacta in 
-single plants out of pots is used there 
will be but little danger of damping. 
-Pyrethrum is another good plant for this 
‘kind of work ; it will stand shearing just 
as well as alternanthera, and in color it 
is such that there is nothing else to equal 
it, although the yellow alternanthera may 
be better for general effectiveness, There 
are very few bedding plants that invari- 
ably give so much satisfaction to the 
planter as Begonia Erfordi, When small 
at planting they do not to all appearance 
seem to amount to a great deal, but when 
planted either in beds or borders in fairly 
rich soil they develop in a remarkably 
short time into large plants carrying 
beautiful pink flowers in gorgeous abun- 
dance. This refers, of course, to the true 
B Erfordi, which is pink. From the time 
the plants grow to meet one another in 
the beds until cut down by frost they 
never look patchy, being always covered 
with bloom. 
Crneranras when well grown are wel! 
worth the trouble necessary for their suc- 
cessful cultivation, but like many other 
things if they are in any. way neglected 
they are almost useless, and seldom pay 
for the labor expended on them. ‘The 
most essential point in the culture of 
cinerarias is to keep them growing unin- 
terruptedly from start to finish, never to 
let them get potbound until they are in 
their last or flowering pots. Equally im- 
portant perhaps is the keeping of them 
in as cool a temperature as possible when 
growing on, and in order to do this the 
plan s when in pots should be grown in a 
cold frame on a bed of ashes, with the 
sashes sloping to the north. The seed 
should be sown in shallow pans over a 
filling of sand, loam, and leaf mould in 
equal parts, pressed firmly. The seed 
should be scattered thinly over the sur- 
face and covered lightly with sand and 
then watered carefully with a fine rose, 
Place the pans in a cool place immediately 
and attend carefully to watering until 
the seedlings are above ground and fit to 
handle, when they may be potted at once 
into the smallest size pots obtainable, 
using soil for the first potting of the same 
materials and proportions as for the seed. 
But in subsequent potting, soil composed 
of two-thirds good fibrous loam and one- 
third of sand with a good sprinkling of 
sund added will suit them better. For 
the last potting it will be very beneficial 
if only a little leaf mould is put into the 
compost and in its place is afforded _well- 
rotted cow manure without sand. When 
there is danger of allowing the plants to 
remain longer in frames, they should be 
brought into the greenhouse, still kept 
cool but somewhat moist with an occa- 
sional aid to the circulation of air by a 
little fire heat, especially in very damp 
weather. The temperature at night should 
not exceed 48 degrees, allowing a rise of 
about ten decrees. with sunlight. When 
the flower buds appear applications of 
liquid manure will help the plants; but 
it should be rather weak, or else nse the 
precaution of watering immediately after 
with clear water. Cinerasrias are subject 
to greenfly, but the plants will stand 
fumigating mildly. Tobacco stems scat-— 
tered among the pots will act as a pre~ 
ventive, also. 
Hysrin CatceoLarias.—The cultiva- 
tion of hybrid calceolarias is not difficult, 
but it is absolutely necessary for the pro- 
duction of good plants to keep them 
growing without the least check from the 
time the seedlings are pricked off until 
they have outlived their usefulness The 
seed should be sown in shallow pans filled 
with soil composed of leaf mould, sand, 
and fibrous turf; the top portion of the 
soil should be run through a very fine 
sieve. Before filling, the pans should e 
provided with ample drainage. As the 
seed is very fine no soil is necessary to 
cover it, buu it will be well to water the 
surface of the soil in the pans before 
sowing the seed, which may be scattered 
evenly on the damp surface after the 
water has drained away sufficiently. Cover 
the seed pan with glass, and it should be 
kept covered and the covering removed 
only when the soil needs watering, which 
should be done by dipping in a pail or 
tank of water, so that there will be no 
danger of disturbing the seed in course of 
germination. When the little plants are 
easily discernible the glass may be re- 
moved from the pans, and when the 
seedlings can be easily handied they 
should be pricked off into flats, about an 
inch and a half between the plants. They 
may remain in the flats until they show 
signs of crowding, when they will require 
to be potted into the smallest size pots, 
using less sand and leaf mould and more 
fibrous loam with the addition of a rea- 
sonable portion of well-rotted cow manure, 
and continuing to increase the sustaining 
nature of the potting material with each 
successive shift. Culceolarias will not at 
any stage of their growth take kindly to 
the full sunlight buta thick shading is 
not what they want. Mather place them 
if poesible in a situaiion where they can 
have adequate light, such asa northern 
exposure of a house or frame affords; in 
fact, a eold frame is just the place for 
them during a great part of their growing 
period. A cool temperature is essential 
to their proper development, just as care- 
ful watering is necessary to bring them 
to perfection. They can be flowered in 
6-inch pots, but 7-inch pots will give 
better results. Liquid manure, when 
they are beginning to show flower, helps 
them considerable. When the plants are 
fully grown they should be placed so that 
the leaves of one do not touch those of 
another. Greenfly if :llowed to attack 
them will soon ruin them; the safest 
preventive is the distribution of tobacco 
stem liberally around the pots. 
FucHsIA PROCUMBENS.—As a basket 
plant or for window box culture the 
graceful trailing Huchsia procumbens is 
one of the most desirable, The intorest- 
ing little flowers are followed by large 
bright red fruit. The plant when not in 
bloom has a close rosemblance to Muhlen- 
beckia complexa. Grown with Asparagus 
Sprengeri, it is very effective 
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