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FLOWERS
How
Grow
to
Them
By
eben
Philadelphia
The
1898
Penn
Publishing
Company
e/rexford
14041
Copyright
1898
by
The
Penn
Publishing
Company
Sf,.
'esfc.
TWOCOFidSRcCtlVED.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction.
A
Word
Amatjeur
the
with
Florist
5
.
I.
Soil
Pot
for
Hints
Plants."
about
Potting
.
and
Eepotting
II.
III.
9
Watering
Drainage
Plants."
Showering
Exposure"
"
18
General
Hints
23
....
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
Enemies
Insect
31
Propagation
37
Care
Summer
House
of
Plants
40
Geraniums
47
Fuchsias
53
Chrysanthemum
The
60
Begonias
The
66
Abutilon,
trope
.
.
Lantana,
the
.
and
the
Helio71
."
,
XII.
The
Calla,
the
Agapanthus,
and
the
inia
Glox-
""j^-"-7^
XIII.
Salvia,
Jasmine,
and
Oleander
82
iii
X
Contents
iv
PAGE
XIV.
Carnations,
Roses,
and
Hydrangea
86
....
XY.
The
Primrose,
Primula,
the
and
Plumbago
93
.
XYI.
Amaryllis,
The
Imantophyllum,
and
Yal97
LOTTA
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
Decorative
Vines
Plants
for
the
XXIII.
Window
Garden
107
Window-Boxes
110
Hanging-Baskets
116
A
List
Bulbs
in
in
How
TO
Plants
Miscellaneous
of
Culture
XXII.
101
Adapted
to
Window-Garden
the
120
Winter
Make
123
and
Care
For
the
Lawn
132
...
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
Planting
The
Hardy
Table
the
Out-door
Border
Decorations
Lawn
110
Garden
119
Plants
160
168
INTRODUCTION
A
In
of
WORD
order
to
flowers
other
WITH
way
Unless
of flowers
no
right thing
in
experiment
it will
right
book
teach
to
of the
Much
growing
plants
It is the
feel
confident
the
at
way
a
upon
it is
any
and
habits
the
of
right
failure.
tivation
culin
its
the
doing
time.
in
The
stances
in-
many
It is therefore
should
understand
which
successful
culture
flori-
of
little
the
principles
who
flowers
grown.
of
person
gives
5
information
of
result
The
one
and
these
their
in
in
object
tain
cer-
this
concise,common-
a
practical manner.
sense,
the
based,
them
grow
lover
true
understood
are
beginner
general principles
is
to
the
largely experimental
be
to
the
and
"
successful,but
prove
prove
that
desirable
will
one
may
these
will be
the
FLORIST
understand
must
requirements.
nature, and
satisfied
be
not
one
"
well
flowers
grow
will
AMATEUR
THE
them
This
must
most
has
from
come
cannot
personal
who
for the
necessary
be
best
attention.
study
taught by
observation
the
a
ful
success-
and
books.
ence.
experi-
phmts
I do
of
not
is
mean
the
"ffntroDuction
6
works
who
this the person
by
them
among
the
most,
and knows
peculiarities
each plant needs.
Such
justthe kind of treatment
and
his work
a
intelligently,
goes to work
person
it is the result of thought and
because
good
tells,
startinga plant,just
judgment. One knows, when
stands
he underbecause
what
to do to develop it fully,
the
but
it
studies their
who
one
understands
he
as
will at the
thoughtless amateur
all plants after
grow
The
to
after
will
little he
a
of his
one
tlie
see
same
that
children.
own
outset
attempt
general plan, but
plants differ in their
family of children,and
as
a
quite as much
by and by he will see that it is necessary to vary
be laid
and
modify any general rules that may
to the plant rather
down, and suit the treatment
than to oblige all plants to respond to a particular
natures
of
kind
florist that it is
is not
It
treatment.
the
to
so
a
true
makes
one
make
a
The
more
amateur
not
than
content
do
of flowers.
lover
amateur
this,but
There
is
it
a
plantsgrow and develop
and almost
the work
sciously
uncondelightful,
acquires the knowledge necessar}^ to
successful
enthusiastic
the
to
great undertaking to
pleasurein watching
that
seem
may
at
he
to
one's
florist.
general thing, is very
the start, and almost
always attempts
is well able to carry through. He is
begin in a small way and enlarge his
as
florist,
a
1Intro"uction
garden
what
is needed
should
few
his windoAV
or
learned
how
undertake
and
grown,
until
easy
these
this way
understand
adapted to general
attempting to grow
like the child
at first,
modest
By the
time
is
well you
you
go
enough
cultivation
them.
who
as
this
of others
culture
in
3^ou
a
culture.
to grow
the
in
Begin
the
knowledge of
Avhat
precisel}^
fashion,with a
But
groAYS.
be done.
plants of
collection
7
must
will feel able to
quite as easily
on, by easy stages,
about
most
plants
warrant
content
master
before he is
Learn
of the
equal to the demands
general principleswell,and
the
in
come
realize
such
how
with
it
an
came.
easy
And
way
have
not
to
Be
you
that
you
in
slowly
alphabet
to go
the
first reader.
the
rest will
will
hardly
be content, also,to begin
very exactingin the way
you
not
are
plants which
of treatment
to
required. Select such kinds as seem
well with
most
and
cultivators,
try to grow
grow
them
better than
A very common
your neighbor does.
plant,well grown, is vastly more
satisfactory
than a rarer
should
be
plant poorlv grown.
Qualit}^
considered
as more
important than quantity,or anything
else connected
with
plants. Aim to get
jouv
out of any plant you grow
all there is in it. Develop
and
will have a specifullyall its possibilities,
men
you
be proud of, no
to
how
it
matter
common
may
be.
1[ntro^uctlon
8
And
have
learned
that
work
in
care,
love
do
shouhi
what
well.
plants
They
you
with
thorough
be
show
plants
not
be
Slipshod
that
always
neglect
the
well
attempt
work.
your
aim
done,
work
have
a
of
their
to
to
tliem.
give
yon
always
to
plants
among
enough
grow
When
slipshod
sults
re-
ance.
appear-
Unices
owner.
them
do
the
best
of
FLOWERS
I
CHAPTER
SOIL
FOR
PLANTS
POT
POTTING
ABOUT
HINTS
"
AND
REPOTTING
Many
that
ahnost
is true
also
soil
the
what
the
to
kind
soil
that
hand,
of
This
as
soil
your
loam
in
it,
sand.
adding
and
coarse
determined
9
to
rather
can
you
The
by
does
best
easily
requirements
heavy,
make
The
after
it
of
with
light
sand
quantity
experiment.
learning
aim
to
be
of
in
most
more
and
used
or
such
plants.
clay
than
friable
by
should
be
needed
Mix
it at
soils,
done
it
give
find
to
other
combining
adapt
must
unable
are
you
is
soils,it
j^ou
in,
it
While
most
words,
can
kind
sharp.
only
other
by
the
meet
is
results,
If
possible.
soils.
best
plant
it
manner
If
a
manufacture
elements
a
soil
in
grow
impression
well.
plants
will
In
plant.
of
if
get the
to
the
under
grow
plants
most
that,
true
will
soil
any
that
labor
florists
amateur
can
some
be
with
$"lowers
10
take
soil,then
the
it up
iirnilytogether. If,
when
and
soil crumbles
the
falls
enough sand, and
Such
soil will
a
for
the
so, it is safe to
to do
used
in the hand
no
conclude
that
need
well
is
roots
"
of
the
have
you
the basis of
as
ency
tend-
a
be added.
fibrous
a
post
com-
Plants
nearly all strong-rootedplants.
finer roots
relaxed,
shows
apart,or
it
squeeze
pressure
more
answer
and
sort
ing
hav-
will
"
do
loam
than clay,and
containing more
still better than
possiblyleaf mold might suit them
of the
the nature
This depends largely on
loam.
to be decided
by practical
plant,and is a matter
that
be
than
tests rather
can
by any instruction
given here. Many kinds of plants,like the fuchsia,
and
the begonia,like a soil composed
the gloxinia,
largelyof leaf mold, because it is made up chiefiyof
vegetablematter.
better in
a
soil
If leaf mold
is not
for it is found
substitute
sods.
Cat
over.
Examine
the
diatelybelow
full of very
sod
with
the grass
a
of the
leaf mold,
where
old
leaves
of
have
trees,where
from
soil taken
only
drifted
that
use
they have
inniie-
it in
be found
in
it
it is
ofi' all that
Shave
roots, and
old
turn
its surface
on
roots.
can
excellent
most
will find
growing
containing these
which
a
sharp spade, and
you
fine, hair-like
it
roots
in the
it,and
part of
the
obtainable,
in woods
hollows,
lain
place
or
until
about
thor-
Soil for iPot lplant6
oughly decomposed, giving a
black
in color,and rich
11
soil very
fine and
low,
mel-
in
elements.
fertilizing
almost
The substitute advised will be found
as good
in every way, if enough is used, as the roots of the
ness
grass yield a vegetable nuittcr (^uitesimilar in richWhenever
to that from
decayed leaves.
you
advised
leaf mold, and
cannot
to use
are
get it,use
grass-rootsoil instead,and your plantswill hardly
know
difference.
the
sand
should
either
With
of
these
soils
and
keep them
open
Not
much
will be re(iuiredas Avhere
as
porous.
clay or loam form the basis of the compost, because
and
do not pack down
they are somewhat
spongy,
and
become
hard
and
tion
compact under the applicaof water, as heavier
soils are
to do, unless
sure
some
well mixed
As
with
be
used,
to
sand.
all soils differ in
different
possible
it is imlocalities,
rule for the composition
is,proportionscannot
lay down any fixed
of pottingcomposts ; that
be given which
will secure
results.
But a
the same
good rule to go by is this : Mix in sand until the
soil with which
it is used shows
a tendency to remain
friable,whether
Squeezing it in the
dry or wet.
hand
will be a sufficient test for it when
dry. To
to
determine
it and
it all.
the
pour
Then
on
nature
of it when
enougli water
watch
the
to
result.
pot with
thoroughly saturate
wet, fill a
If the
water
runs
iFlowera
12
readily,leaving a soil that looks wet but not
muddy, you may be sure that you have it mixed in
proportions.But if the soil looks smooth,
satisfactory
sand.
sticky,heavy, add more
forms
loam
Garden
a
good basis for a compost
the requirements of nearly all
that will fullyanswer
out
the
is not
I
plantsone
common
never
rich,a
fertilizer must
advise
they
almost
these
worms
grows
the
use
always
are
sure
of
be
added
barnyard
breed
to
in the window.
worms
injureyour
to make
manures,
If it
it
so.
because
soil,and
plants. I much
in
the
This
is rich in
prefer finely-ground bone meal.
and
nutritive elements, lasting in effect,
perfectly
The
safe to use.
proportions are one teacupfulto a
large pailfulof soil,mixing it in well. If fine,the
feel the effects of it. If coarse, a longer
plants soon
to
time
must
elapse before it dissolves sufficiently
impart its richness to the soil. Therefore,in purchasing,
always get that which is finelyground.
If you get a plant with Avhich you are not familiar,
and do not know
justwhat kind of soil to pot it in,
few and large, like
examine
its roots.
If they are
geranium, and strong in
If
a moderately heavy soil.
give them
appearance,
they are small and threadlike,and there are a great
of them, give them
soil.
a
light, spongy
many
Plants with strong,large roots like a firm soil as a
those
of the
rose
and
the
Soil foe l^ot iplant6
13
generalthing,and will not do well in a soil that is
lightand fine. On the other hand, fine-rooted plants
be expected to do well on
cannot
heavy or compact
their roots have not sufficient strength
because
soils,
A study of the roots of plants
to penetrate them.
after a little
will enable
to decide satisfactorily,
one
kind of soil your
what
plants
experience,about
learn
of the things you must
require. This is one
floricultural career, and
it
at the beginning of your
it in the right
is easy to learn it if you set about
That way
is,as I have said,by studying your
way.
plants.
supply of pottingsoil
of them
on
plants,some
hand, as, if you have many
will need repotting,
or
shiftingto pots of largersize,
If you have the soil
at intervals during the season.
tion
ready,quitelikelyyou will give the plant the attenIt is
a
good plan
to
happen to have
let the plant wait
may
be
keep
a
late to
too
supply
of it whenever
Make
it.
hand;
on
that
see
if you
do
will be
apt
get a supply, and this
until you
benefit
; but
soil you
the necessary
of soil
you
a
it is needed
justwhen
it needs
not
keep
to
a
it
a
rule
also to make
plant
is in
to
use
need
of it.
To
If you
until
grow
a
plant well
find that
they form
one
a
has
it must
never
about
neglected.
pot with roots
the side,you may
filled its old
network
be
3Flower0
14
larger pot is demanded, and that at
To allow a growing plant to remain
in a pot
once.
for it is to give it a severe
check
too small
one
it will not easilyrecover
and
from which
in order
should
to properly develop a
be
plant no check
allowed
be kept going
to take
place. It should
ahead
quently
steadily. Therefore examine
your plantsfrebe
sure
that
a
"
"
and
You
This
can
may
know
do this
seem
the
condition
by slippingthe
a
difficult and
their
roots
soil out
are
in.
of the
pot.
delicate operation to
easilydone.
Spread
but it is very
perform at first,
the surface
of the soil,
right hand over
your
your
each side of the plant ;
second fingerson
first and
invert
the
thing
pot, tap the edge of it against somehard
and firm,then lift the pot with the left
hand, and generallyit will slipoff the ball of earth
without
disturbinga root of the plant growing in it.
about
If the roots,as has been said,form
a network
that repotting
the outside of the soil,
you will know
is necessary.
Use
for this purpose
a
pot
one
or
two
need not disturb
You
largerthan the old one.
if it is a young
the plant in the least,
potting
one, by rethe old soil and
it. Simply fill in between
the new
firmly
pot with fresh soil,pushing it down
with the fingers,
and jarringthe pot a little to make
that it gets where
it belongs. Then
water
sure
well,
and set the plantin a shady place for two or three
sizes
Soil for ipot Iplants
days, and
again.
When
old
old soil
If this
your
can
plant
plantsare
be crumbled
is
ready
to
15
go
repotted,a good
away
from
among
on
growing
deal of the
the roots.
given each
done, and largerpots were
time,they would soon requirea pot so largethat we
In recould not give them
a
potting
place in the window.
such
plants care should be taken to disturb
the old roots as little as possible. Simply crumble
about
the soil from
them, being careful to
away
the plant is put into its
of them.
When
break none
new
pot, or back into its old one, sift in fresh soil
about these exposed roots and jar it down
well,but
them
with force enough to bruise
do not press upon
Be tender of your plants always in all you
them.
After you have filled the pot with soil,
do for them.
apply enough water to saturate all of it. This will
the roots firmly,and your
settle the earth about
plantwill go on growing as if nothing had happened
to
were
not
it.
Young plants,seedlings,and those started from
be handled
carefullyin potting,as
cuttings,must
their roots are very delicate and tender and are easily
injured,and injuryto them is sure to result in harm
to the plant. It is always best to sift the soil lightly
instead of pressingit
about them, and jar it down
the latter operationmight
down with the fingers,
as
jflowers
16
break
them.
Small
plants.
young
for them.
enough
their roots
have
inches
three
Leave
filled the
across
in these
them
soil,and
then
large
are
pots until
shift to
pots
require
larger. Most young plantswill
if growing
three shifts during the season,
two
or
steadily. Plants a year old,or older,will not need
it is
Sometimes
a year.
repottingoftener than once
not
to entirelyrepot them.
Dig out as
necessary
much
without
of the old soil as you
can
disturbing
the roots,and put fresh soil in its place. When
this
it is all the attention the
is done each springand fall,
plantswill requirein this respect. Many preferthis
it is less
to entirel)^
repotting the plant, because
But
trouble.
for the first year of a plant'sgrowth
small pots to
it is advisable
to repot,wholly, from
those of largersize.
of using largepots for
the mistake
Do
not make
small f)lants.It is a common
mistake, but one by
all means
to be avoided,because
a
plant with but
of
few roots will not do so well in a large amount
a
size
Those
firstfor all
required at
pots are
soil.
in
two
or
It is not
it,and
that of
a
digestthe
and
able to make
use
of all the nutriment
gets into a condition quite similar to
dyspepticperson who is unable to properly
soon
food
the
system which
taken
result
into
is
a
his
stomach.
It is
general weakening
often results in the death
of the
fed,
over-
of the
plant.
II
CHAPTER
WATEEING
There
wrong
and
ways
Some
They
the
it, applying
soil to
only
below
the
line
very
often
they
die
less
or
always
the
keep
of
the
it alive, but
many
water
their
they apply
the
does
water
that
is
moisture
and
it is not
penetrate
to
the
of
suiter,and
has
plant always
This
not
It
plant.
time.
portion
appearance.
it does
to think
each
not
sure
the
plan.
plan
adequately
sufficient
ply
sup-
sufficient
be
may
it in
keep
to
is
to
a
condition.
which
on
quantities
wholly,
Directly opposite
go
small
sickly
a
of
needs
healthy
of
failure, because
a
they happen
great depth, and
roots
more
little-and-often
when
is that the
any
two
"
the
on
phmts
consequence
Avatering plant-s
right way.
go
then-
water
of
ways
one
persons
about
The
three
are
DRAIXAGE
PLANTS
from
soil is
condition
to this is the
same
day
one
kept
amount
to
saturated
all the
only aquatic plants,and
The
a
"
in
They
To-morrow
they
is that
It is in the
condition
which
so
result
moisture.
with
one
follow.
to-day, and
as
another.
time
overwatering
to-day.
plants thoroughly
the
of
thoughtlessly
persons
of nuul
IS
plan
tlic
that
suits
ordinary
TllHatenncj plants -2)ramai}e
will
plant
will
water
become
soon
sour
the
diseased.
soil,and
the
19
The
stagnant
begin to
will
roots
decay. This decay goes on because the conditions
that originatedif are continued,and
by and by the
the
two
are
one
plant dies. These
wrong
ways,
of this sort
Extremes
equally as bad as the other.
should be avoided,and
the only way
them
to avoid
is by watering your plantsproperly. And
this is done
by observingthe followingrule :
When
yo.u Avater a plant,do it thoroughly. Apply
enough to reach all portions of the soil in the pot.
Then
wait until the surface of the soil looks dry before
is applied.
more
This rule,like all other rules,has its exceptions,
but it is
follow
that
as
closel}^
possible. As long
soil looks damp you may
be sure
all the
moisture
an
extent
safe to conclude
soil below
be
other
that
that
is
more
applied. The
able to Judge of
ways,
great extent
to say
as
that
but
the
that there
that
a
surface
is
is needed.
passed off to
dry look, it is
needed, and
then
more
experienced plant-grower
the
amateur
by the appearance
no
plant should
the surface
on
the
as
has
moisture
the soil takes
be
should
lonar
in the
by evaporationthis
When
will
florists will do well to
all amateur
as
of the
such
one
condition
must
be
of the
governed
of the soil.
be
given
of the soil looks
soil in
more
wet.
to
a
It is safe
water
as
20
3flo\vcr5
Enough
bo
should
given each
saturate
all the soil in
is
all
given
take
to
that is. all
and
up
eonipletely
It' proper
drainage
pot.
surplus water"
soil eannot
bottom
the
time
hold
will
"
that the
water
off at
run
the
provided fortius
of the pot. through the hole
purpose.
"
The
term
"
but
amateurs,
puzzleany
soil above
one.
from
in the bottom
an
largersize
of
the pot.
ot
of it in four
ineh
inches
to pu/./.le
drainage seems
many
it that need
is nothing about
there
Orainage is provided to keep the
and
elosing the hole
washing down
proper
should
of it.
have
Very large pots
drainage.
old pots and
from
broken
into
these
pieces
drainage
briek.
Pound
not
|neoes
into
for the
quantities advised
down
them
of sod
the
or
well.
some
soil from
Over
a
of your
it is
marble.
Vut
pots in the
to
something that will
them
Avorking down
among
moss
is made
sizes, and
it is well
two
inehes
it Avell,until
various
them
to
three
material
larger than
bottom
the
need
will
best
The
pots of
one-half
and
ineh
an
least
at
jK^ts,and
tive-ineh
and
be
should
There
shake
lay
a
bit
prevent
"
"
before
the pot with
tilling
compost.
^[any pei*sous are very careless about drainage.
and
Some
consider it a whim,
neglect it altogether,
but the plants such pei*sons grow
generallyprove the
necessitv
of it.
There
is
no
whim
about
it.
It is
TIQlatciiiui KMants-Bvainaiic
based
sciontiru'
on
a.
tho evil
sure
soil you
If
|"rinci["lo.
to result I'roni too
21:
would
you
avoid
nuieli moisture
in the
lor surplusmoisture
provide some
way
this is preciselywhat
do wlieu
to eseape ; and
we
drain
With
such
we
our
pots as here directed.
danger from overdrainage there is ahsolutcly no
hold
in sus[)ensiononly a
watering. The soil can
certain
and
must
for your
enough
applying so
the drainage
some
soil above
nuich
tbere
Some
mucb
kept
quickly.
are
will be
seen
to do
that
this has
has
is
no
roots
tban
more
so
When
been
time.
been
will
some
may
the
others.
enable
tben?
Some
soils
to
can
When
tbat all the
know
understood
regularw^ateringtime
tbat
How
pot.
it will be
said
to
water
given? By
ofY through
run
of
escaping there we
it is wet through.
have
more
soil each
in the bottcMu
hole
wbat
From
applicationof enough
the
saturate
tell when
see
the
advised
thoroughly
much
up,
plants.
I have
that
dannnctl
jure
therehy prevented,water enough to inbe retained by
of a plant will never
roots
be sure
Therefore
to providegood drainage
the soil.
we
If it is not
water.
escape
the
we
of
amount
tor
make
part with
plants.
use
of
ure
moist-
Some
rooms
rapidly than others.
tbat evaporation takes
warm
place
it
considered
all these things are
that
there
can
be
no
regular time
for
^[owers
22
watering
plants.
of
pearance
the
Water
soil
be
must
shows
the
given
need
of
when
the
it, and
not
ajDtill
then.
Some
persons
Avater,
in
chill
very
used.
be
always
and
off
well
in
plants,
do
not
used
been
plants.
water
rain
have
never
on
tender
geranium,
I
have
effect
the
that
say
but
require
or
soft
able
I
to
would
winter
water
see
before
should
Avater
an}'
advise
ordinary
this.
soft
and
hard
difference
taking
it
applying
plants,
the
like
to
the
III
CHAPTER
EXPOSURE
best
The
a
not
plants
well
as
of the
The
one.
in
as
intense
taken, however,
the
of
part
under
day,
these
deal
flower-lover
to
There
But
flowers.
ferns, and
to
of
from
"
in
of
to
a
do
that
in
a
give only
well
good
a
be
true
willing
a
the
north
sunless
window
production
the
aspidistra,
and
will
will
take
window,
and
amount
of
green
add
greatly
of
tlie
sence
ab-
place slowly
it will
Avater
"
the
Because
room.
dow.
win-
there, if particular
flourish
watering,
the
in
palms,
to
north
well
the
will
prevents
will
any
hottest
loves.
sunlight evaporation
plants
the
necessitate
He
is
care
plants
grow
it will
but
because
If
glass during
of the
given
attraction
the
sun.
that.
he
some
is
things growing
afternoon
but
plants
English ivy
attention
named,
to
one.
windows,
exposures
of sunshine
lack
eastern
attention, although
plants
few
is
general thing,
western
possible
mind
not
the
are
The
of
and
will
for
AYork
it is
work
in
the
conditions,
more
an
the
shade
to
best
other
of
heat
a
grown
the
HINTS
plants is,as
next
be
can
GENERAL
"
for
exposure
southern
Some
SHOWERING
"
be
sary
neces-
needed
23
to
Jplowers
24
the
keep
this
often
which
results
let the
week, and
of the
roots
in
Stir the surface
plant.
a
this
will
bring
a
with
the
than
More
met
souring of the soil,a condition seldom
when
plants are fullyexposed to sunshine, and
disease
of the roots
is pretty sure
to bring on
a
about
a
moist.
soil
chance
to reach
have
It will
sunshine
the
or
of the soil two
air
plants.
soil what
tlie sickness
death
or
three times
free entrance
in
would
to
degree
some
do
of the
do
the
for
for it if it had
it.
Most
requirea
plants,lowering plantsespecially,
You
can
good deal of sunshine.
hardly have too
the carmuch
to suit the geranium, the heliotrope,
nation,
and the rose.
They must have it in order to
quently
full}''
develop the beauty of their colors. Conseis best of all for such plants.
window
a south
Others, like the fuchsia and the begonia,do not care
for strong sunshine,
sunshine
all the day, and
or
these are therefore better adapted to an east window.
If you
windows
can
contrive
into
a
sort
to combine
eastern
of southeastern
and
corner
southern
nook
for
plants you will have an ideal place for them.
The
sun-loving plants can have the south windows,
and all
those likingthe early sunshine
the east ones,
of tlio best
will
possible light
get the beneiit
througliout the day.
your
Never
have
curtains
at
the
windows
where
vou
3flowers
20
l^vorv
expresslyfor
made
throw
can
the
tlovist should
ainatour
the
stream
a
or
of it enables
use
have
brass
a
of ilorists.
use
of water
spray
him
to throw
syringe,
With
this he
and
pleasure,
water
justwhere
at
against the under side
dense
for there the spider will take
foliage,
believinghimself safer from moisture
quartei^s,
needed"
it is most
than
side of the leaf.
the upper
on
daily among
oil-cloth
or
plants.
your
linoleum
It is
under
the
Use
of
the
up
his
there
this
s^'ringe
a
good plan to put
plant stand to protect
the carpets.
daily showering of your
plants,and make it a part of the regularprogram, you
trouble
in keeping the spider down.
will have
no
But neglectthis part of their care
lor a week, during
that your
are
a warm,
dry spell,and the chances
the pest has
infested, and when
plantswill become
If you
start
out
obtained
once
to rid
matter
him
a
t\"othold
a
them
than
away
with
of it.
It is much
it is to drive
prevention is, in this case,
pounds of cure.
In case
your plantsshould
of
you
are
should
the
aware
of it,heroic
be resorted
insect.
to at
In tn*der to
temperature of 120",and
will
you
once
him
become
it
hard
a
easier to
An
away.
worth
and
lind
a
good
keep
ounce
many
infested before
prompt
measures
in the extermination
etfect this, heat
dip the
infested
water
of
to
a
plants iu
jBiposure-Sbowcrine"
it,allowing them
half
a
three
or
minute
fonr
remain
to
at
under
time.
a
General
Iblnts
water
Repeat
this
at intervals of half
times
an
27
for about
operation
hour,
and
pretty sure to kill all the spiders. Then
daily showering alreadyadvised,and keep
will be
you
beg-inthe
it up.
Don^t
but
chance
to
wait
act
for the
on
spider to
defensive, and
the
make
a
refuse
pearance,
reaphim
a
re-establish himself.
daily shower-bath, keep water
radiators in rooms
or
evaporatingon stoves, registers,
is used.
One
artificialheat
where
reason
Avhy so
fail to grow
plants well in the living-room
many
is the air in it is robbed of its vitalityby excessive
for the health
heat.
too warm
We keep our rooms
^Moisture
in the air
of both
plants and persons.
will,to a great extent, counteract this evil.
it is almost impossible
In furnace-heated houses
to
plants,because the dry, intense heat extracts
grow
the
the vital principlefrom
atmosphere. Plants
be expected
breathe as persons do, and they cannot
In
addition
to
the
^
to
flourish
almost
in
an
wholly
air from
taken.
Avhich
Tlie
moisture
has been
necessity of admitting
in liberal quantities,
will
frequently,
Make
it a rule to
therefore be readilyunderstood.
treat your
plants to a draught of outside air on
window
other
pleasantday by opening some
every
than that at wdiich the plant stands,or a door some
fresh,pure
air
aflowers
28
distance
mingle
and
the
from
with
thus
the
the
Air
allows
air of the
warm
outside
from
of the
of fresh
admission
doors
or
is
air,it
is often
at
generally cold
advice
shower-bath
in,
it reaches
in winter
admit
to
distance
some
air to
it flows
as
admitted
where
enough to
through windows
By the daily use
cold
it before
plants stand
injurethem, hence the
window
the
room
from
chill is taken
the
plants.
This
them.
and
made
it
from
them.
the
regular
possibleto
be
to die if
sure
plants where they would
The importhese precautionswere
not attended
to.
tance
be understood,and
of them
the
will therefore
wise floristwill see that they are made
a part of the
of the window-garden.
It is a
regular treatment
grow
good plan
plants,and
you
spray
keep
to
have
are
at
a
hand
at work
small
a
but
a
among
your
atomizer.
them
among
It will take
them.
of water
basin
ever
When-
during
moment
the
to do
day
it,but
if repeatedoften,
will soon
practice,
be seen
in the vigorousand
healthy growth of your
the foliageas
on
pets. The importance of moisture
well as at the roots of plantshas not been fullyrealized
but Ave are rapidlycoming to recognizethe
heretofore,
the effect of this
necessityfor it.
Keep the soil stirred well
air freely to their
admits
formation
of
a
crust
on
the
about
your
plants. This
roots
and
prevents the
surface,which
interferes
}Sipo6Uce-Sbowerina
with
the
free entrance
two-tined
fork is
a
General
of water.
good
An
tool to
use
in
Ibints
29
old-fashioned.
looseningthe
soil.
Always keep
adds
to
their
your
plants clean.
attractive
appearance,
This
hut
not
only
is of
great
benefit,
hygienically. If you allow the pores of the
leaves
the lungs of the plants to become
clogged
with
become
dust,they suffer greatly,and will soon
has
been
vised,
adsickly. The daily showering, which
"
"
will
prevent
this
to
a
great extent.
It is
a
them
with
a
good plan to cover
light,thin cloth,
while
Remove
sweeping and
dusting the room.
Cut off all flowers
as
seen.
every dying leaf as soon
throw
them
as
soon
as
they begin to fade,and never
the plants to decay. Burn
down
them, or
among
in some
that will not make
disposeof them
way
them
of infection to your plants.
a source
that the
Turn
a week, so
your plantsat least once
sunshine
and
light will have a chance to get at all
sides of them.
If this is not done, they will soon
become
one-sided,as their foliageand branches will
be drawn
to the light.
If they show
a tendency to make
an
unsymmetrical
the
development, prune
objectionable
away
branches,or pinch off the ends of them, and keep
of the
weaker
them
until
some
pinched back
A strong
branches
chance
have
to get a start.
a
30
3f lowers
will
branch
plant
by
ought
to
drawing
will
it
the
of
rest
If
a
which
it
cut
branches
one
they
have
keep
on
tlirow
to
make
almost
in
this
made
doing
out
as
the
always
respect,
Ixick
at
will
start
until
force
if
this
a
it
time
of
some
the
of
you
have
when
course
the
four
as
plant
tliird.
In
or
live
ol^liged
you
think
If
as
is
come
pursued.
to
only
the
as
soon
and
inches,
plant
to
necessary
You
developed.
to
stances,
in-
most
stalk.
back
and
tall
up
grow
these
cut
bushy
plant
a
along
branches
many
to
least
growth
this
of
which
during
tendency
a
a
Do
end
the
approi)riate
however,
start,
two
or
whieh
monopolized.
has
sliows
plant
branchless,
it
oi^
clieck,
may
entire
branches.
smaller
nipping-off
plant
the
nourishment
the
the
Avith
temporary
the
force
vital
itself
The
a
dominate
itself,
to
to
this.
give
left
shared
be
allow
not
if
often,
your
can
terms,
CHAPTER
IV
INSECT
Every
make
who
one
sooner
of
One
is the
the
red
this
The
aphis,
all
among
and
daily
will
for
or
therein
is the
of
care
the
doing
much
damage.
short
time
and
find
the
in
kept
with
wonderful
short
time
will
The
is
chapter.
The
one
covered
exterminating
thus
be
a
branches
tender
is
your
left
if
of
This
aphides.
collection
warfare
vented
pre-
surprised
rapidity,if
ruin
aphis
neglect
will
with
done
the
and
But
found
is
taken,
check,
and
increases
against
is
you
young
completel}^
and
plant-life
showering
plant
insect
a
insects.
onl}^ successful
Where
be
to
last
sary,
neces-
plant louse, is generally
green
kinds
in
the
be
of
enemies
in
many
and
with
always
a
day
some
battle
must
pest.
good
from
plants
of
collections.
almost
it will
destructive
most
advised
fighting
a
wage
plants
grow
that
start
spider, spoken
treatment
in
the
at
later,to
or
to
attempts
mind
his
up
ENEMIES
alone,
a
sistent
per-
waged
not
it.
principal
tobacco,
in
one
insecticide
form
used
or
in
another.
fighting
Some
the
aphis
depend
32
3flowec5
fumigation entirely. I consider this the most
effective way
of killingoff the pest,but its disagreeable
features are
so
pronounced that many
persons
hesitate to resort to it. The odor of burning tobacco
will penetrate to every room
in the house, and
cling
for days to everything with which
it comes
in contact.
It is so strong that it often brings on
nausea,
upon
and
on
this account
this form.
But
few
the fact that
penetrate everywhere
in its favor.
where
escape
the
persons
is
It searches
are
the fumes
of the
one
out
aphis is likelyto
able to
the
be in
use
of the
it in
weed
strong arguments
nooks
and
corners
hiding,and
none
it.
to be used expressly
good plan to fit up a room
for fumigatingpurposes.
it apart from
Have
it as snug
the main
portion of the dwelling. Make
and tight as possible. Let there be shelves across
of it,two or three feet from
the middle
the floor,
to
Put
live coals in an iron
set the plants on.
some
these
sprinklea quantity of tobacco
pot, and over
be bought at any cigar
leaves and stems, such as can
manufactory. It is well to dampen them somewhat,
burn
this makes
them
as
more
slowly, and they
the dry material.
off a denser
smoke
than
throw
the coals until you
have your
Do not put them
on
the plants. Then
put
pot or kettle in place under
and close the room
them
on
tightly.Leave the plants
It is
a
J'lowcrt?
34
pleasantsinoU Avliich results from fumigation. Yet,
for large eolleetions, I must
advise the latter.
But
little good is done
by applying tobacco tea -with a
syringe. Some of the insects are sure to escape, and
in a short time another
applicationmust be made.
After fumigating plants,shower
well with
them
clear water.
The
is
mealy bug
becomes
he
annoying pest when
one's plants. He looks
among
downy. He gets into the axil
most
a
domesticated
like cotton,
of the
and
white
leaf, and
hides
in
and
cracks
where
crevices
it is almost
impossibleto get at him. On this account
in the open." The only way
cannot
one
tighthim
elfective warfare
to wage
against him is by using
infusion
It must
some
strong enough to rout him.
be applied with
a
syringe,and applied wherever
there is a crack
crevice large enough for him
to
or
'"
crawl
into.
reliable
very
to
the
water
infusion.
to
If you
for if
AVhen
use
do
a
to
few
rapidlyand
it
your
of the
in
a
fighting this
to reach
labor
bugs
short
to
escape
time
Two
added
be
of
the
cool, apply it.
Be
gallons
two
part
every
will
a
justbrought
should
about
begins
be
to
enemy.
in water
this
To
make
enough
not
fir-tree oil soap
be dissolved
boiling point.
enough
sure
in
agent
of it should
ounces
found
I have
be
spent for
they
your
of the
plant.
naught,
will propagate
plants
will be
35
ITnsect jBncmics
pest is generally
collections by
into
introduced
ordinary window
they are
plants bought from greenhouses, where
infested
badly
as
as
This
ever.
It is well,therefore,
always to be found.
over
when
plants,to look them
buy new
very
you
other
with
your
carefully before putting them
plants. A little attention of this kind, at the proper
a
great deal of labor and vexation
time, may save
almost
later
on.
English ivy, the
hoza, the lemon and orange, the oleander,the palm,
often attacked
and the myrtle are
by what is called
be called,attaches
scale. This insect,if insect it can
subsists by
of the leaf,and
itself to the surface
Smooth-leaved
juices. In
yellow look,
its
a
take
on
a
and
have
a
the
time
whole
the
leaf will
plant
Often
the branches
sicklyappearance.
almost
are
completely covered with it.
effective than
ing is more
advised
rather
the
short
sucking
stems
,
plants,like
in
the
will
and
Noth-
fir-tree oil soap
same
Apply it with a
the parts affected
fightingthe mealy bug.
stiff bristle
brush.
Rub
forciblyenough to dislodgethe insect. Go over each
escape
by branch, and let not one
plant, branch
three days after doing this,give
For two
or
you.
the plant a thorough washing with the soapsuds,to
"assurance
make
doubly sure."
in the soil. The
Plants are often injuredby worms
36
3Plo\vcr5
most
destruotivo
bores
its way
kind
introduced
prepared
from
barn-yard
used
in
have
already said,
the
after
plants.
to your
the
plant
to
Many
prepared
be
certain
a
do
not
On
the
under
in
portion
is worthless.
yard
barn-
of
found,
Take
I
as
prepare
of
piece
a
it
let it dissolve
and
and
water
found
apply
in the
enough
all the
;
bottom
each
to
soil around
it.
applicationAvill do no good.
the impression that lime-
this
it if
the
of
lime
to
use
soil in
the
should
strong
so
applied
Water
case.
in
plant.
any
used
is
manner
is not
afraid
the lime
soil
coti'ee-cup
; put
a
clear
injured by
of the
:
manure
same
use
is
It
account,
the
Apply
amount
be
this
are
as
saturate
to harm
enough
that
lime
sediment
such
but
quantities,
every
The
are
plants might
and
otf the
the
by
or
water
pour
thoroughly
persons
water
never
large
as
this is done,
Unless
liquid
worms
worthless.
is
pail
of
following plan
lime,
dissolved,
when
hold
the
the
roots.
advise
never
ordinary-sized pail of
an
of
I
When
perfectlyfresh
in
soil,
which
one,
young
use
potting-compost.
manure.
lime-water
the
by
white
small
a
tlie tender
into
generally
is
liberal
can
only
composition
Bear
"
this in mind,
enough
pot.
in
that
to
penetrate
It is very
be fresh.
portant
im-
Air-slaked
CHAPTER
V
PROPAGATION
house-plants
Most
which
placed
are
cutting
A
the.y
as
which
is
callus
a
of
preparatory
stage
which
in
very
well.
before
form
the
partly ])ends, you
you
want.
a
branch
by breaking
the
with
can
be
which
parent phxnt,
away
it off
in
which
it away
lower
from
a
sure
often
and
is
A
ting,
cut-
tough
breaks
what
sharp knife, unless
point
leaves, leaving
two
or
it is
from
the
it
remove
union.
of
nor
root
to
partly
to
three
37
a
This
roots.
entire
of
sort
a
it is about
it is better
the
is
very
If it
roots.
it
as
produced.
removed
case
bark,
of
right condition
be
may
of
neither
selected.
branch
and
Cut
the
purpose,
cutting,
be
is
al)out
in
the
of
recent
tough
a
callus
A
can
wood
this
for
inches
of
plant
formation
roots
four
desirable,
forms.
the
the
the
brittle,is
Bend
in
roots.
or
with
very
edges
the
cuttings,
development
the
to
soft wood
new,
healing-over
must
the
good
not
are
three
of
part
some
fovorable
before
decays
branch
from
form
to
generally covered
are
is not
Neither
earth
or
of
piece
a
branches
Old
growth.
sand
in
from
taken
long,
is
propagated
are
Trim
at
the
iflowers
38
.
oiul
of it.
in
base
the
Insert
vessel of
shallow
a
placeby pressingthe soil
the tingers.
that nearly all cuttingsroot
It will be found
most
readily and certainlyin clear, sharp sand, which
should be kept wet all the time : not wet
enough to
be in the condition of mud. with water settling
to the
it firm in its
making
against it with
earth,
sand
it
as
make
roots
weeks
they
be
will
the
cuttingswill never
Plants
having
a
much
in the
water
without
becoming
will
place. You
have
begun
outting-s
warm
.most
of
end
the
at
allow
to
as
possibly retain
can
muddy.
Keep it in
surprisedto tind that
never
with
of the vessel, but
bottom
a
week,
and
in
to
three
Be
ready to put into pots.
If you
sand to get dry.
be
do
sure
your
revive.
tough bark, like the Kngbetter in
the oleander, genemlly root
lish ivy and
Often they refuse to ptit forth
than in sand.
water
for weeks, but do not be discouragedas long as
roots
fresh. It
the leaves at the end of the cutting remain
is
a
rather
a
good plan to put
Suspend
liUeil Avith rain-water.
the
where
cutting.
time
to
or
the
As
time,
t'ull. Leave
two
will shine
sun
three
Avater
them
inches
in
upon
them
the
the
long.
bottle
water
in the window
the lower
evaporates,
keeping
bottles
in wide-mouthed
them
add
about
part of the
nuu-e
from
two-thirds
until their
roots
r.re
plants
Many
propagated
are
division
by
of
the
*
of
Ferns
roots.
in
this
So
can
manner
etVectively
more
sprengerii,
asparagns
throwing
begonia
of
crown
the
class
adiantuni
the
stalks
np
Cut
plant.
in
the
in
than
and
all
increased
be
can
varieties
of
numbers
large
roots
other.
any
the
from
with
apart
a
the
sharp
knife.
and
Bulbous
and
young
and
old
calla,
the
offshoots
potting
plants
they
in
growing.
like
plants,
be
can
as
them
are
tuberous
soil
propagated
appear
similar
by
that
amaryllis
removing
old
the
about
to
the
in
which
the
plants,
the
VI
CIIArTKK
SUMMKK
Vfky
house
them
ph\nts
them
turn
the
the
tiiey sink
ot" suinnieriuir
methods
These
the
beeause
to
under
They
treated
will
"take
a
good
In
save
this
that
true
else.
and
Uunn
in
it in
of
them
in
is,
that
"
the
ground
in
set
the
growth
that
it will
from
it"^
40
make
owner.
plants
so
consei|ueutly
by resorting
to
make
thetn.
to
that
open
than
this
But,
ui^t
a
be
growth
when
will
make
it"kept
in
without
fall
eomes.
its
a
pot,
much
pot, and
the
any
the
anything
of
out
the
through
and
witli
turned
ground,
it would
all
satistied
plant
during
wanted,
speeiiiiens are
will
of
use
attention
given
be
must
It is true
stronger
expeets
one
tlower-lover
that
by
mistaken.
if tine
season
trouble"
themselves,"
of labor
resorted
are
"save
impression
of
deal
plants
they
the
eare
are
winter
coming
the
are
they
Plants
think
owners
them.
they
phint
Some
plant
"
the
with
putting
sununer.
pluniie
"
of
habit
pots and
their
Others
pot
the
its rim.
to
lip
of
ground.
open
in
of dooi'j" in
out
out
PLANTS
HOVSK
are
persons
many
their
OF
OAKK
attention
and
it
be-
^flowers
42
have
reallylost
worse
off than
good
winter's
the labor
of
it
work.
been
''
attention
at
"
their
moist,and
impression that
it would
The
roots.
from
this
to
admit
that
quitesufficient
have requiredif it
is not
the
will
case.
from
soil about
is
one
the soil in them
Examination
such
have
pot.
plants generally suft'cr
seems
that
will
a
left in its
Plunged
moisture
You
is
and repottingwas
lifting
to offset all the
had
good deal,because the plant
in spring after having done
was
a
of
lack
the
pots
likelyto get
is in
a
similar
generally convince
The pot prevents the
the
dition.
conone
soil
in it from
of moisture
absorbing a sufficient amount
from the soil about
is careful to
it,and unless one
the plants,and
them
watch
water
they
frequently,
from drouth.
If
almost
certain to suft'erseverel}^
are
have
plunged plants you must
you have noticed
observed that they never
with the vigor and
grow
luxuriance
of plantsin the open
ground. The chief
factor in the dift'erence of development is the result of
lack of sufficient moisture at the roots.
To givethem
the water they need makes
work
it about as much
to
of them
take care
as
require if kept in
they would
pots on the veranda, where they can be given shelter
"
''
from
I
strong sunshine
and
winds.
would, tliereforo,advise
intended
for next
winter's
use
always keeping plants
in pots during the en-
Summer
tire
shaded
roof.
In
either
a
of
these
great
from
those
places
you
them
almost
sunshine
to the
a
give
can
you
a
slat
der
un-
all the
ble
it is advisa-
can
can
tially
par-
them
withhold
resting spell,thus
dormant, and
needs
have
You
a
with
growth
season.
needing
shed
a
You
43
place on
a
under
extent.
at this
iplants
them
required to plants whose
to encourage
water
give
veranda, or
control to
water
would
I
season.
ot Ibousc
Care
ing
keep-
temper
the
of each
can
specimen. You
give the little attentions
daily which they would
if put in the garden ; and
most
likely go without
the secret of successful plant-growing consists,
in a
great degree,in giving just these "little attentions"
difficult to
which
servant
the obare
describe,but which
if he
learn
plant-grower will soon
goes
to work lovinglyand
with a view to fully
carefully,
understanding the character and requirements of
his plants. And
it is quite as necessary
that you
should know
plantsas thoroughly as you know
your
children.
about
You
will find peculiarities
your
each one
of them, and these peculiarities
be
cannot
ignoredif you would be successful with them.
Plants
summered
in
this
way
very
often
do
not
need
simply the removal
complete repottingin fall,
of the upper
portionof the soil in the pot and the
substitution
of fresh,rich earth.
The result will be
that
they will
come
to the
season
of removal
to the
flowers
44
house
best
ill the
condition
stand
possibleto
the
tryingchange.
I
"
do
bother
care
of
the
man
''
a
"
'^
the
culture
the labor
of
of rest
rather
them.
of them
them
caring for
he
than
never
Plant-growing by
those
lioriculture
Plants
if you
for winter
intended
to bloom
allowed
induce
to
coming
in
the
season.
exhausted
the
period
plant
to
itv^elf to
comes
a
to
to
grow
simply
want
(piite
for the
more
fashions
with
success
should
do
uj) energy
now
of
it.
never
must
bloom
does
is
them
fads and
store
If allowed
attempt
care
You
summer.
found
one
have
use
of
If
who
acliieve
Avould
lover
a
will be
weariness.
should
them,
be
must
plants because their neighbors
must
likelyto be a failure. You
plant itself tlian you do for the
have
the
about
"
love
can
talk
persons
of lettingplants take
or
plant-culture,
If one
themselves/'
reallyloves plants and
who
would
be thoroughly sucwoman
cessful
or
source
not
hear
to
of
in
them
like
not
be
all you
for the
it Avill
fore
greater or less degree be-
when
you
hope
to
get the
pleasurefrom it.
Do not give fertilizersto plants not making strong,
is
active growth. The
point to aim at in sunnner
tlie
rest, and to feed a plant on rich food encourages
greatest amount
reverse
of rest.
plantbegins the
of
Hold
back
work
of the
your
season.
fertilizer until
the
Care
Summer
As
has
house
is
ot 1bou6e
stated,the
trying one
been
season
BMants
of removal
45
to the
phints. Out of doors
to fresh air,moisture,
they have been accustomed
not
and
a
high temperature. In the house
very
they will find conditions changed greatly. The air
will be dry, and there will be heat of an
enervating
character,because of the lack of moisture in it. So
the
a
most
should
windows
if
possible,
weather
left open,
as
much
as
is
is
pleasant,and the plants
should be showered
every evening. Use no fire heat
then
weather
is quite cold, and
unless
the
just
enough to keep a chill off the air. Keep up this
until your
selves
themtreatment
plants have accustomed
to the change.
By care in this respect you
used
conditions
to the new
can
by such
get them
the cold season
arrives and
easy stages that when
have
the rooms
to be closed they will not mind
it
much, especiallyif you are careful to keep up the
and
the admission
of fresh,pure
daily shower-bath
of the day.
air during the middle
insects breed
At this season
rapidly because the
conditions
wdiich generallyprevail in the house
are
extremely favorable to their production. It is well,
therefore,to make sure that your plants are entirely
free from
them
when
they are brought in. If you
find one
aphis give the whole collection a thorough
fumigation.
the
be
to
In
addition
to
this it is well to
treat
thorn
lo
bath
a
iulvisod
in
in
tho
chapter
prooautions are
is the
priee
When
at
this
slowly.
be
iu
When
Many
plant
ii'iveit is
liberal
the
force
a
ot"
of
give enough
to
results
goes
it will
grow
larger quantities.
which
and
exist
in
when
r"ear
this in mind,
a
of
a
tor
plant
a
be
make
plant
it is
has
its stomach
is
a
matter
been
was
use
of
killed
unable
this
of it, and
active
making
at
dormant
a
Fcrtili/crs
plant.
giving
is all wrong.
it is iu
sha]H^ to
of
fertilizer
This
growth.
injure the
to
mistake
serious
fertilizer while
it is not
given
tbodwheu
medium
the
to
to make
evaporation
use
conditions
little Avater
trequently
because
application
to
be
rich
not
plant begins
make
only
Many
the
them.
needs
condition,
through
make
the
thinking
season,
it is
anioui:
condition
soil, which
year,
to
pei-sons
plants
that
but
a
careful
be
the
study
governed by
to
the
condition
a
Therefore
Xo
of
season
on
Suoh
vidlanee
true
insects
in
not
then
of the
souring
cause
less
no
from
are
'rhereforc
roots,
to
their
They
moisture
much
eternal
**
groNving much
not
are
needed.
of
If
is
freedom
of
plants
Avill be
their
liberty/'it
ononiios.
insoet
on
as
^Yindo^v.
in the
plants
use
of
tir-tivo oil "oap.
of
useless.
never
price
the
also
infusion
an
should
growth.
tance.
great imporby
to
giving
digest
it.
it
VII
CHAPTER
OEUANTUIMS!
TiiK
goraniuiii has
overvbody
bocauso
llower/'
and
little trouble,
unfavorable
circunistances
of most
specimens
constant
bloomer
year.
It
in
conies
varieties, both
double
and
through
shades
of
lighter
other
A
of
are
plant
and
the
dow
of
of
after
one
effect of
the
the
has
have,
double
bloom
seen
I
to
at
half
ordinary
Personally,
iiowers
ought
specimen
trusses
size
of
prefer
kinds,
the
the
the
dark
No
like this
least
at
the
during
in
plants
tiner sorts
single
to
delicate.
readily
more
crimson
brilliancy,and
have
such
can
much
but
time
a
the
range
The
window
to
dozen
a
some
me,
the
up
line
of
its colors
and
dainty
very
of
list of desirable
and
richness
under
seasons
white.
\n\vo
very
ivrot'useand
a
red, scarlet, and
brighten
can
well-grown
(k"zcn
are
all
endless
and
exceeding
ones
It is
single,and
peach, salmon,
rose,
colors
the
many
production
nearly
almost
an
Avith
llourishes
It
plants.
at
everybody's
it
grow
the
to
other
iilmost
pale
can
it well.
grow
'^
justly called
boon
be
one.
half
a
Avintor,
a
Avin-
imagined
at their
varieties.
best.
Their
individuality than
great decorative
47
possi-
lowers
J-*
48
latter
Inlitios of tho
Their
hi^^t
trusses
kinds, and
The
tion of small
tlowoi-s
valued
than
those
of
of
some
than
large tlower more
blossoms,
so
closelyare
Thov
are
lightly.
the singU^
freelyproduced.
douWe
tinest
the
one
together.
set
bo
to
general thing,more
of
trusses
resemble
sorts
longer
a
as
are,
not
avo
the
eoUeo-
a
individual
balls
veritable
of
bloom.
nium
plenty of blossoms from the geraduring Nviuier. the pl:u\tsseleettnl for winter
in summer.
receive
should
spcvnal treatment
In order
use
to
They should
a
bud
the
is
will
cause
nip
pinch
other
stalks of the
that
be
never
seen
season
have
is
allowed
it otV.
From
otY the ends
branches
to
to
bloom.
time
to
As
soon
durmg
time
of the branches.
along
start
as
the
This
main
illhave a specimen
plant,and by tall you
with
blossoming
bushy and compact,
it. Unless you pinch back your plants
^v
points all over
and oblige them
to send
out
branches
all
along the
quite likelyhave a tall, spr:\wly
specimen with but two or three pointsfrom which to
the geranium that
1 .eftt o tnxin itself,
expect tlowers.
the
in a pot is capable of making itself about
grows
awkwaixl and ungainly of all plants. l"nt insist
most
its growing into symmetrical shape by frequent
on
stalks, you
and
it
proper
verv
will
pruning and pinching and
tractable.
you
will ttnd
J'UnvcrsJ
50
SINGLE
Athlete.
round
Footk.
tlowei's
;
large
and
profuse bloomer.
Salmon,
shading to bright
^vhite edge to each petal;
a
:
"
^Yitll a -wide
at eentre,
rose
soarlot
enornunis
Haii.ock.
Maky
a
Brilliant
"
trusst^s
;
SOKTS
lovelyvariety.
most
CtKanvu.i.k.
bloomer
The
"
tinest
soft and
color very
;
"MiKANDO.
SorvENTK
PE
large
and
full
'svith
rose
:
lower
sort;
a
free
very
delicate.
A
"
fancy
sort
tloit^ts
:
petals crcam-Avhite,
upper
:
pink
petals
saluion-rose.
A
beautiful
edged
^vilh
white
markings.
Queen.
Violet
"
most
individual
heliotrope;truss large,and
good size and tine form.
and
of
^[AKGrEKTTK
is very
lloriferous
stained
come
T.A/KKS.
PK
so-called
*"
;
with
pink
"
whites
in
shape
Mapame
truss
and
"[akv
and
lU.K
Rich, dark
"
or
are
green,
tUnvei-s
thc
;
large,and
as
rose
many
plant
never
of the
do.
nOU
S. A. XuTT.
tiowers
the
"wlute
Puvc
"
of
shading
SOKTS
crimson
;
tiowers
perfect
size.
DKnorcHE.
"
Briglit rose-color;
large
tine tlower.
lIii.L.
llowei's lariie;
"
verv
Deep pink,
of
free bloomer.
a
pure,
rich
tone;
51
(Beranlums
Colossus.
inches
oiie-balf
great size,often two
color a soft,bright
of
Flower
"
across;
and
rosy
crimson.
Rosy cerise,shading to
a
strikingsort; plant of compact habit;
perpetualbloomer.
Marquise
orange;
almost
La
a
Favor
Galard."
de
it a.
Pm-e
"
The
foregoing sorts
of each
representatives
of other
tastes
can
One
of
it has
from
sorts
; very
the
comprise
class.
to
distinct
most
there
But
which
fine.
scores
are
select,and
all
be suited.
the
is Madame
grown
but
fine
white
small
most
useful
Salleroi.
leaves
geraniums
This
sort
I have
never
produced in such
of foliage. The
ever
blooms,
profusion
leaves are
plant is one mass
a
pale green edged with pure white, and they have
flowers.
The
effect as
plant
quite as ornamental
without
in a rounded, compact form
any
grows
extremely
training whatever, and will be found
useful to fillin among
largerplants. It is very fine
dozens
I grow
decoration.
for massing in mantel
of plants of it,each
year, in the greenhouse, and
of ornamental
find it one
of the most
satisfactory
foliageplants.
lection,
be a rose
There
should
geranium in every colits leaves
not only for its beauty, but because
will be found
indispensablein making up small
that
a
3Plo\vcrs5
52
boutouuioros.
bouquets
and
sort with
beautiful
leaves
almost
are
foliageis
as
fragrant
Livingston. Its
Another
the Dr.
tlnely eut
tine,
those
as
of
some
varieties of fern.
beauivy-leafvarieties eomprise some
very
tit'ulspeeimens for window-use.
ihie of the thiest is
fc^ouvenir de Charles
Turner, with large tlowers ot' a
brightpink, the upper petalsfeathered with maroon.
Another
d'Are.
white.
good sort is Jeanne
pure
P. Orozy is a very tine variety,with tlowers ot" a rieh
The
shade
of scarlet.
These
varieties, beeause
of their
of some
be given support
semi-elimbinghabit, must
sort.
as
eharming when
They are
very
groAvn
bmeket-plants,and allowed to droop.
Some
labor under
the impression that a
persons
geranium is worthless after the first year of its existenee.
to
of
This
is
a
mistake.
It takes
at
least two
years
fullydevelop. A year-oldplant is merely a hint
what
a
two-year-old plant will be if properly
grown.
And
its usefulness
is not
outlived
at
two
sharply in springand repot it,and
not allowing
keep it growing slowly during sunnner,
it to bloom, and
in fall you will have a plant quite
years.
Cut
it baek
good, or better, than it was
Sueh
to you
a plant will prove
eapable of doing in the window
is only able to make
promises
the
as
what
:
but
previous year.
a
geranium is
a young
plant
for the future.
KUniSIAS
fuchsia,
TiiK
j)lan(8
and
fusion
until
sight
a
of
owe
luive.
wo
season,
is
is
It
worth
(he
going
A
long
way
tlio
in i^reat [)ro-
full-grown
to
in
oarly
(lowers
("all.
a
suiuin(M--l"K"()mini!;
blossom
to
"j;iveus
to
in
Ix^st
begins
oontinues
late
tlu'
sjxH'iuien
lull
in
when
s(H*
bloom.
The
a
little
dilYerent
of
plants
best
is well
to
mix
frec^
he
must
is
It likes
i\.
overhead.
the
If
roots.
Make
thoroughly.
of
treatment.
the
draimvl,
injure
Apply
pot.
11' you
watiM-,
is
practice
a
until
geiun'ously,
It
as
this
'I'he
i(.
walcr
stagnant
both
at
give
to
(he
at
roots
plant
to
and
soil
much
it. daily
o(T
runs
the
it too
water
neglec^t this
a
the
and
])erf(H*t
some
Never
allow
likes
it
leaf-mold.
through
hardly
can
it
and
plant.
drainage
one
it
reijuiret}-
place,
of
water
as
this
of
deaJ
the
porous,
with
i(
geranium
(irst
wholly
of
passage
good
and
light
siind
(lie
(In^
alniosl
\\(A\
to
sure
from
In
coarse
lhi(
cultivation.
class.
composed
faeilhates
roots
of
trea(nuM)(.
that
soil
a
])o(s
is easy
fuehsia.
is
at
and
tlu^ bottom
at
j)art
of
get really dry
53
the
at
3flower0
54
it will
the roots
it receives
and
quitelikelydrop
check
a
its leaves and
it will
which
from
buds,
cover
hardly re-
during the entire season.
It requires frequent repottingduring the
early
rootto become
stages of its growth. If allowed
and making free growth it is sure
bound
while young
of its roots,and
to be greatlyinjured. Keep watch
as
as
soon
you see that they fill its old pot shift to
A large specimen will require
of larger size.
one
about
pot, if
ten-inch
a
enable
would
you
it to
do
itself justice.
best in
It does
of the
sunshine
better than
will curl
leaves
the
that
heat
of
opening to the east. The
early part of the day suits it much
its
In a west window
of mid-day.
as
a
window
if scorched
afternoon
the
the influence
under
Never
sun.
attempt
of
to
it there.
grow
extremely rapid growth. A plant started
will often attain a height of five or six feet
in March
welllike a weed," and
one
by August. It grows
nary
of the ordideveloped plant will quite fill a window
It is of
"
size.
As
habit,support
the
use
of
varieties
most
will be needed.
racks
I would
trellises.
or
of
are
They
very
never
are
slender
advise
heavy,
is
one
unsightly affairs,and a plant trained on
most
support
satisfactory
never
very graceful. The
I have
ever
found
is
a
stout
iron
rod
with
holes
3fucb6ias
punched
Through
these
and
out
in in
holes
such
projecteightor
Do
not
not
be
seen
after
run
a
inches
that
on
loops in
it
the rod.
regular. They will
they are only intended
and
little,
support the branches,so it does
they look when the frame is made.
the rod
plantto
the
all sides from
to
stalk of the
inches
these
to make
a
six
apart.
heavy wire,twistingit
or
manner
a
ten
attempt
five
it
through
55
and
not
matter
Tie
the
how
main
let the side branches
the wires.
A
disposeof themselves over and among
plant trained in this way will have a natural,graceful
look,and everybody will admire it because of the
of formality and
absence
almost
primness which
always characterizes a specimen trained to a flat rack
or
trellis.
like the lately-introduced
Little
varieties,
These
of a drooping habit.
never
Beauty, are
made
to assume
to advantage when
an
appear
right
upSome
form.
Let
plant
is most
about
half-way up
There
are
train
them
effective when
many
Such
themselves.
grown
on
a
bracket
the window.
varieties of this
plant
in cultivation,
double.
single,some
single sorts are usually preferredas they are
gracefulthan the heavy double flowers which
too great a weight for the slender stems
upon
they grow.
all
.
good.
a
Some
are
The
more
seem
which
3Flowet0
56
The
singlevarieties are
best
White.
Garden
Convent
and
"
:
lovelysort
A
"
ivory-white
; the corolla a
sort grows
rampantly, and is
sepals are
This
color.
I consider
free bloomer.
it the
; the tube
rich
a
rose-
fully
wonder-
loveliest of all
fuchsias.
Black
Prince.
crimson, corolla
well expanded ;
Rose
rich
purple ;
rose
The
crimson
most
;
charming
a
"
tube
; corolla dark
corolla
and
sepals;
corolla
flower.
excellent
Of
red;
double
varieties :
great size ; tube and sepals
purple ; free flowering.
general favorite with those
like double
fuchsias ; tube
and
sepals bright
corolla pure
white ; of strong habit, and
a
profusebloomer.
Mrs.
red ;
mine;
sepalsrosy cardarker; of strong
violet.
with
White
"
followingare
Phenomenal.
and
sepals dark
and
Tube
"
Marshall.
rose
shades
several
shaded
Vermillion,
delicate
Tube
"
floriferous.
very
Thibaut.
Mrs.
who
fine.
very
corolla
M.
"
Beaconsfield.
of
growth ;
great bloomer.
Of erect,tree-like habit ; sepals
slightlytinted with flesh; corolla
white,
Earl
a
Castile.
of
creamy
stiff,erect growth ; sepals
violet,
fading to magenta, largeand
Of
"
E.
G. Hill.
"
A
58
3Plowcr6
and
give water in
the supply when
growth. As soon
new
branches
the
old
small
the
as
going
Repot as
top.
can
you
to
are
plant has a start.
such frequent shifts
plants. Otherwise
the
quantitiesat tirst,
increasing
plant begins to show signs of
the
at least
the
half
possible after the
plants Avill not need
as
Year-old
been
has
where
sure
be, cut away
soon
as
make
advised
for young
given
treatment
should
be
same.
I
have
said
that
statement
that
bloomer.
This
would
bloom
there
is
exception to
the
fuchsia
is strictlya summer
exception is speciosa. This
the
year
one
round
if allowed
do
to
the
sort
so.
It is
I would
advise
really a perpetual bloomer.
growing it for use in winter ]\vkeeping it as nearly
dormant
ately,
(Jive water moderas
possiblein summer.
and
allow
it to perfect a ilower.
In
never
it to
September repot it, and after that encourage
freely by giving it all the water it can use.
grow
It is naturally of a drooping habit, and
should
be trained
to a central support, as already advised.
The
in
a
slender
branches,
great profusion from
downward
which
curve,
of
thriftyplant
quantitieswill so load
have
a
to
be
tied up
to
which
the
will
them
and
produce
down
prevent
thrown
stalk, will
main
themselves,
will
be
the
in
that
their
out
take
liowers
enormous
they often
breaking. A
IfucbBfae
of
plant
well-grown
this
59
is
sort
beautiful
most
a
sight.
Fuchsias
veranda
in
to
free
to
protect
are
brittle
air
Few
It
them
from
strong
and
easily
broken.
grow.
is
useless
[iropagate
in
to
to
it will
to
flower
well.
It
to
get
makes
fuchsias
of
of
one
have
can
it
admired
the
in
is
is
the
by
all
sure
who
tliis
a
take
it
colle(;tion.
to
of
see
be
the
it.
than
proud
satisfaction
In
clay
and
fail
trouble
well,'
and
the
(A
it
amateur
an
of
collection
line
of,
of
grown
plants
A
it.
deal
If
needs.
almost
perfection
growth,
good
a
are
to
suits
weak
fuchsia.
the
moist,
careful
l)ranches
their
as
tlio
";xj)Osed
Be
j"lant
tliat
attractive
something
idwiiys
kept
soil
to
most
his
and
of
when
liouse.
easily
make
soil
dciCoration
h(ilt(;r
tlie
grow
pays
tlie
winds,
it tlie
loam
plant
in
more
sand,
try
give
can
the
do
kept
heavy
or
Thoy
when
inserted
one
for
than
to
unless
plants
summer.
plants
Cuttings
sure
flue
arc
owner
having
it
CHAPTER
THE
of
One
the
a
Any
when
have
not
to
said
true, when
make
can
the
season's
it is of
understands
one
is
popularity
It blooms
it.
at
prime,
All
work.
or
these
favorite.
cultivation.
easy
of
flowers
past their
general
a
its
grow
are
it
that
and
flowers
begun
yet
I have
one
other
tend
merits
beautiful
and
popular
chrysanthemum,
deserved.
time
CHRYSANTHEMUM
most
is the
day
well
the
IX
the
This
right
is
treatment
foT it.
what
Being
by
that
I
develops
treated
be
steady
done,
its
in
of
crop
much
in
called
it
a
from
a
in
than
its
to
of
the
keep
finish.
it must
"
it
Unless
cannot
success
ing
extend-
not
year
"
and
growth
period
to
as
start
highest degree
a
half
manner
flower
one-season
completes
flowers
more
such
progress
the
that
mean
through
be
may
making
is
this
be
attained
by
division
its culture.
It is
of
easily propagated
the
roots.
shoots
each
Old
about
the
of
these
one
60
by cuttings, or
plants
base
shoots
of
will
the
can
throw
up
dozens
last-year stalks,
be
cut
away
from
of
and
the
tTbc Cbrseantbemum
old
plant
such
in
attached.
a
manner
these
Put
as
shoots
61
to leave
a
in three-inch
bit of root
pots, early
light,rich soil,and encourage
moist
start by keej^ingthem
them
to make
a good
at the roots, and in a light,
warm
place. In a month
six weeks
or
they will be found to have filled their
this has been done, they
pots with roots,and when
be given a shift to a pot two sizes larger. It
should
should
is very important that this work
be done at
the necessityfor it is apparent. If
the time
when
in the pot until its
allow the plant to remain
you
it receives a check from
roots get cramped for room,
it will not fully recover
which
during the season.
Therefore,if j^ou want to grow fine specimens,make
it a rule to shift your
they need it.
plantswhenever
in
the
The
second
months
follow
in
season,
a
shift will
be
after the first one
in
determined
due
season,
by the
Probably
is made,
the
condition
few
in
necessary
about
A third
precisetime
one
for it
of the roots,on
two
will
being
nation.
exami-
will
than
give more
three shifts in a season, but if perfectionis aimed
at,four will be needed, the last one
coming about
the middle
of August, just before the buds begin to
A nine or ten-inch
show.
pot will not be too large
for a plant,if well developed.
It is also very
This
plant
is
a
amateurs
essential
great eater.
that
It
a
can
rich
soil be used.
hardly have
too
3Flower5
62
much
or
made
cow
of
up
rich
food.
A
garden
loam
and
too
latter.
and
The
friable.
parts of the former
two
manure,
should
manure
such
In
and
and
in
luxuriance,but
If you
growth
are
and
unable
so
to
okl
as
plant
delightyou
a
poor
like
seem
to
be
soil this
a
rank, strong growth,
slender
good compost for
thoroughly rotted
obtain
soil
the
to be
black
will make
its
it will
another
rotten
old
of the
one
with
quite
it is
manure
a
vigor
make
a
plant.
vised,
ad-
bone
oughly
meal, finelyground, mixing it thorwith the loam
in the proportion of a tablespoonfulto a quart of the latter.
Another
item of great importance in the successful
cultivation of this plant is water.
It likes to drink
use
as
be
well
as
watered
it likes to eat.
In
summer
time
it should
day, and in very hot
weather
it will be benefited
by giving water twice a
that every portion of the soil in the
day. Be sure
pot is reached by each application. If you allow it
to get dry at the roots
once
during the season
you
to give the plant a check
are
sure
quite similar to
that resultingfrom cramped roots, and
these checks
be avoided
if you would
must
plants well.
grow
}'our
Make
to prevent them
sure
by givingdaily attention.
Some
ing
put their plantsin the ground durpersons
If this is done
summer.
a
they Avill make
be expected from
them
stronger growth than can
liberallyevery
63
tXbe Cbci^santbemum
kept in pots,but
when
when
to lift and
comes
one
growth will
and the plantgets a check
be sacrificed necessaril}^
at the very time when
development ought to be going
on
rapidly. Buds will begin to form about this
terfere
time, and disturbance of the roots will seriouslyinwith
keeping
your
The
be
can
young,
grown
and
advise
season,
steady
this is done.
chrj^santhemumis
prefer the
1 would
plantsin pots throughout the
easier to keep them
making
when
progress
summer
Therefore
this process.
it is much
as
of this
in fall much
pot them
tree
as
a
a
most
in
tree, or
form, begin
encourage
form.
bush
with
it to make
plant,and
tractable
a
If you
plant when
growth to
straight
the
height of about three feet. Allow but one stem to
the
from
forming. When
grow, and keep branches
height desired is reached nip off the top. Branches
will probably start all along the stalk,but all of these
its extremity should be removed.
except five or six near
a
of
Allow
those
and
then
growth,
This
causes
you
leave to make
pinch
other branches
off the
to form
few inches
a
of them.
ends
at the head
plant,and by persistent
pinching you can
develop a thick, bushy top. Tie the main
stout stake,as the plant is easilybroken
when
as
top-heav}^,
supported,especially
trained in true form is likelyto be.
of the
force it to
stalk to
if not
a
a
well
specimen
3flowet5
64
Personally,I prefer the
be
to
seems
To
way.
back
a
trainingof
or
form
the
amount
You
will
trained
get
great
a
deal
and
buds
flowers
a
form.
into
any
a
few buds
a
that
kind
of
floral freak.
look
We
and
curiosity,
this
Leave
culture
florists who
of the
in any
publicand
it is necessary
But
has
sakes
way
wonder
an
as
to
the
who
attempt
to
making a
its beauty
we
would
on
place of
chrysanthemum
the
ambition
that will attract
thereby advertise
those
for
it
of
result is
outgrown
takes
branch
have
the
It is
admired
upon
of
get the immense
chrysanthemum.
to be
budding.
dis-
of most
advise
never
sweet
own
admiration.
other
to
to
meant
was
to the
removal
order
I would
flower-
periodicalsabout
the
In
the
at
develop.
monstrosity. It
beauty.
other
each
allow
to furnish
necessary
at the fall exhibitions
that is
this
flower
plant,and
season
floriculture
love flowers for their
grow
each
this is meant
see
but
of
limit
of the
think
you
is said
which
flower
as
in the
we
to allow
the base
Let
like.
flowering surface you would
flowers from a plant
more
good many
form than from a tree-shapedplant.
By
the
will be necessary.
of
in this
shows
sort
any
about
to remain
many
A
more
secure
branches
as
form, because it
natural to the plant,and a specimen
gracefulin every
shape is more
fine specimen but little pinching
in this
grown
bush
to excel
the attention
them
and
their
OHArrKu
X
lU\;v''MAS
Onr
o!
begonia.
beautiful
the
mos^t
And
its
in
of
attention
and
eaxe
garden
are
site
It is
impossible
collections
The
best
Its
shonld
following
of the
IxUBRA.
the
to
"
or
a
is
uuaoi
reipm^?
of
a
more
window
-
say
a
leading
of
few
of
oixlinary
of
the
if
greenhouse
class
few
a
will
be
is most
popnsorts.
of each.
found
the
among
:
luagniticent plant
fv^baire is beautiful, of
one
i-epresentativesof
ornamentableaveil
have
most
plants.
which
the
varieties
gevieral ouUivaiiou
very
have
tloAvering stvtion
A
well
colUvtion
shonld
tlowering
tl\e
"
in
no
delightful family
this most
not
owuor
than
ai\\"mn\odate
would
All
that
One
It
it
more
sorts.
tho
tho
deveb
siAtisfaetory
doos
varieties
many
include
can
desirable
lar
so
pi-esent tinje
the
at
than
easily give
can
There
plants, and
many
It grows
tho
to
is
deservevi.
is well
foiiai"e.
and
uufavon^ble
oireurastances
opment
popularity
tlower
housie-plants
of
popular
a
rich
when
dark
well
grown.
green,
with
wITkiIi ivro
ll()\v(u-s,
\}V()ill ^vc'.d profusion ilic your
"1u('-(mI
rouinl,jin; ji, hIiIiiin I;i,i-^c,
horiK;
droopiii*^
in"^ (M)i-;iJ-r(!"l,
sprcadiiin;,
of tin; V(!ry l)(!Ht of jill lioiiH(;-phuitH
Oik;
piiiii(;i(3H.
Its
Hiiiooili,
flossy HUifiMM!.
(jU(!(!iiof
h(!;^oiiijtH.
VVii/roNiKNHiH.
lov(;Iyvariety,wilJi foliage of
A
"
vcinod
ri(!li,
satiny tcixtun;,
gnjon,
crimson
Ix; willioiil tliis
Hlioiild
Hiiiall,
however
(;oll(!(;l,ion,
No
llovvii's
;
in
j)rodii(;('(l
ros(;-(;olor,
soft
the
of
Oik;
(ju:iiitiii"!S.
enormous
lo\v(!r side vvitli
on
iriost
(l(;sira))l(!
kinds.
ri(;li vcd
IOxc.(;ll(Mii;
VioitNON."
(lovv(;rs;
great
a
hloomor.
(^Loiitio
llowers
in
covcired
with
sup(;rl)sort, witli
liOititAiNK. "Another
i)K
sik;Ii
profusion
them
fine hahit
of
;
tliiit the;
is
j)|}int
of
growth
almost
;
rosy
carmine.
Pure
Wasiiinctoxiana."
with
the
darla;r
"
Ilos.KKLORA.
with
For
reader
"
A
of
descrif)tions
the
strong growth
ruhra, hut
;
foliageV(!ry
larg(;r.
pnh; f)ink flowers.
other
is refiirnid to tlK3
Among
contrast
fre(!-llovvering
lre(}-growing,
sort,
aJ)urKlanc(; of
an
Of
like tliost; of
llowers
for
fine
sorts.
PitKSii)i';.\T('AitNOT.
larg(;;
white;
nK)st
flowering
catalogues
desirahle
of
varieties
the
of the
florists.
the
ornamental
t"S
Jflowers
leaved class
deserve
for oeaoral
"
cultivatiou
esptvialmention
Mktallu'a.
A
"
the
"
follinvinir
:
leaves of
with
strong-growing sort
bronze-greenabove, heavilyveined and shaded below
with dark
red.
A
eharniiugvarietyto grow where
the lightcan
be seen
through the foliage.
Albia."
with dark
veins and
Olive-greenfoliage,
silverywhite marking's. Also a good bloomer, liaving Howei-s of white tinted witli lemon.
Argentea
GuLLArv."
olive shaded
with
silver:
with
a
short time
;
bronze
lovely
and
foliage of
tliieklyspotted
sort
red.
;
strong, starklygrower,
very
freely,and
a
beeoming
ing
branch-
good-sized plant
tlowei-s pale,pearly rose.
Mariicaia
a
in
a
Of
drooping habit ; foliage
and thick and heavy in texture, of a rich
very lai-ge,
green, heavily blotched, marbled, and
spotted with
and delicate rose.
white, cream,
Excellent for a jardinier
The
in
in
Aukea.
"
begonias are always
greenhouses,but they are not
the
The
rex
living-room. The
there is too dry and
tuberous
begonia
flower, but
Tubers
must
should
be
be
admired
wlien
seen
adapte^lto culture
temperatnre usually prevailing
warm.
is
a
allowed
potted in
March
charming
to
rest
and
summer
in
dried
winter.
off in
Novcml)er.
place,
wintcjr.
over
farnilijir is able
than
IIkjih
Keep
this,
it
and
KCiirhit,
in
conioH
roH(;, and
"
oik;
l)e"i;onias,
kIiow
of
a
vivid
tulxjrouH
grow
soil made
inch
potH, and
at the
that
them
in
Their
Htalkn
therefore
rods
an^
tie th(;m
of small
begin
Souk;
size.
to show
warm
1
;un
ol" caAov
red,erinjHon,
to
maroon
douhh;, Hom";
are
gloxinias,fucihsiaH
the
and
window-garden
a
eiitii-e HUirmier.
to perfectiongive them
Ixigoiiian
of le'af mold,
they
line about
to
litth;
n(;at
In Octolxir
signs of
foliageturning yellow
and
a
Keep
HunHhine.
broken
easily
or
stjd"eK,
the
Hure
rcHult.
}"rittl(; and
very
make
of strong
out
nix-
HufTf^r for water
never
over-wat(;ringcan
light jdace,but
a
of
j"rovi"le
good dra,inageto
injury from
a
vvliich
I'rofn dark
make
ean
thai
H(;(3
roots, but
no
With
wholly
up
wiUi
all hIuuIch
\vhit(;.
(tolor the
in
[)()tH,
y\c\ntr hIiow
a
ran"^(;H
punj
tlKiso
Untlr
plant
fmnisli
all beautiful.
Binghi
To
No
to
ri(^li y(!llovv
and
in
desin;
to
fallingofT.
rest
Then
wire
use
j)lantwill
;
ally
gener-
by
their
decrease
the
supply of water until the soil in the; pot is quite
the stalks fall ofT withhold
as
water
dry. As soon
in some
entirely,and set the pots away
place where
the
frost
tubers
out
cannot
of the soil and
until
increases
penetrate.
water
growth
more
In
March
repot them.
begins,
freely.
then
as
shake
Water
the
erately
mod-
development
iflowera
70
other
The
flourish
in
matter,
sure,
always,
Begonias
leaf-mold
and
If
than
to
them
in
In
well,
by
shade,
partial
The
begonia
culture,
because
attacks
of
it
insects.
it, but
fir-tree
is
oil
a
soap
admirably
is
Once
prompt
routs
in
a
the
glass.
while
pest.
the
tempered
for
plants
windowseldom
mealy-bug
the
of
color
outside,
vines
few
in
of
midday,
application
the
rich
sunshine
by
the
would
window
the
adapted
of
one
like
than
sunless
lack
and
I
rather
but
of
where
other.
the
that
them
window
They
shade
flowers
or
a
any
furnished
as
use
Make
soil.
on
summer.
given
day,
between
plants
by
their
in
light
very
when
the
of
a
but
have
they
troubled
of
better
grow
rendered
loam,
chapter
best
sunshine
hot
will
chapter
drainage.
their
do
early part
other
good
exposure
bloom
which
the
this
get leaf-mold,
cannot
you
in
have
to
sunshine.
strong
of
advised
as
the
get
undertake
they
soil
never
eastern
an
in
sand.
turfy
they
mentioned
a
with
porous
begonias
an
infusion
or
XI
CHAPTER
The
abutilon,
maple,
because
leaf
the
of
of
the
the
same
of
its
popular
is very
full
its
with
bloom,
beneath
always
be
greatest
to
sure
fail to take
BouLE
Fleece.
Golden
Defiance.
"
Ros^FLORUM.
It
Choose
can
be
grown
which
form
most
well
with
It
Its
year.
another
age
foli-
Its
in
specimen
a
from
hanging
It
the
foliage, is
overlapping
The
Purc
grows
Not
one
in
best
varieties
with
fiftywill
are
:
white.
Bright yellow.
"
Rich
"
the
and
flowers
the
"
the
geranium.
bell-flower.
pleasing,
sand.
Neige.
DE
the
part of
cuttings.
in
root
of
one
greatly admired.
from
ease
foliage to
bell-shaped, hence
myriad
long branches,
its
It grows
given
Chinese
and
is
have.
we
and
names,
bright
of
name,
greater
pendulous
are
that
attention
the
during
flowers
of
flowering
as
resemblance
plants
and
care
blooms
the
tree
easily cultivated
known
popularly
scarlet.
Rose
as
you
color.
a
shrub
like
or
best,and
as
a
small
tree.
the
train-
give
71
3flower6
72
ing advised
for the
the desired
result.
chrysanthemum
bring about
to
troubled
by insects of any
phmt is seldom
a
kind, and is,therefore,
general favorite with the
be grown
in
florist. A largespecimen can
amateur
Old plants attain a size equal to
a
singleseason.
will often completely
that of the oleander,and
one
When
it becomes
too largefor the
till a bay window.
place in which it is kept,the limbs of the top can be
to within
cut back
eight or ten inches of the crown,
or
growth will very
head, of the plant,and a new
be rencAved
the plant can
result.
In this way
soon
from 3"ear to year.
Large plantswill requirepots or
tubs of good size.
There
several varieties
are
having ornamental
This
of which
all
foliage,
Eclipse.
very
"
are
very
desirable
:
with yellow ;
marbled
strikingly
use, as it is of drooping habit ;
Leaves
fine for bracket
excellent.
Souvenir
edged
and
Bonn.
de
marbled
Upright grower,
with
ivory white ;
with
"
a
fine
foliage
rative
deco-
plant.
varietywith golden variegation;
fiowers yellow,veined with red.
also a fine bloomer
has long been
The lantana
popular as a bedding
plant;but it has not been grown indoors to any great
Thompsonii.
"
A
"
JFlowcw
74
soil
It
chiotly
ooutainiui:
bo
must
taken
It
roots.
to
luis
daily,
water
the
supply
and
the
neovis
entirely iuadi\]uate
it to
beeouie
leaves
will
soon
and
pivbably
ag:\inst
any
pot-bound,
begiu
of
most
happening
to
plant
going
steadily
you
start
it, in
March
winter
during
loam
open
very
sunshine
strong
culture.
window
The
a
and
light.
the
Oive
almost
than
It
is very
varieties
lavender.
easily
are
a
be
koop
when
of
sary
neces-
the
make
plant
can
tips,
season
to
other
any
time
will
sand
enough
the
lUiard
to
the
to
shifts
three
otT.
the
bo
and
Aim
from
to
phu\t.
their
at
fall
tn^pical origin, and
leading
purplish
dry,
April,
Tsc
sci^on.
It is of
window.
and
the
or
to
sort.
ahead
or
Two
tloweriug.
this
of
would
of this
will
roots
ample
uetnls
brown
them
the
be
get
its
at
amounts
gemnium
or
turn
of
large
wouUl
the
supply
to
eui'o
tlno
vorv
of
liood-sizoli
a
groat
gotv^ drv
ot
that
tVrtili/.od.
and
novor
use
an\ouut
oi
Allow
it
nuike
to
woll
room,
quantity
groat
it
sand,
root
tliat
soo
a
enables
which
and
oousivlorablo
have
nuisl
loam
a
stand
sin\ny
more
ada["tcd
givwn
fivm
dark
violet
to
tings.
cut-
blue,
XII
(MfAI^TKIl
THK
^;ALLA,
TllK
tropical lolia^^oand
as
plant, and
llowcrH,
trurrif"";t-Hliapc"l
lin ^nmX
any
to
Hucoood
i\i:d adds
ona
witfi
I"ut
I hav(5
f;iil to
r)ovf;r
odgr?s
tho
I
Hand.
ealla
stii^nant
})ut do
this
in
it grown
}"elieving
with
tluit
other
way.
grown
under
it
An
these
the
roots
tliis F
soil
corrj-
rrjattor
mix
tlio
for
of the
Homo
pot, for,
it does
tlie soil
plant.
jars, the
stone
imfiossihle
exnrnination
jj,
nither
frr;fpi(;ritly,
water-tiglit
was
,sirij["lo.
nincky
Keep
water
by Jijjplyinj^
about
f"ut
folia^j-o,
it
i/\\'";
With
;i,tits roots.
fail
f)OrHonB
in its nature,
ii(\Uid\(',
\H
Hiatf;ly
atinu;ti\'oric.s"
f)lantvery
if I
rnix";d
["ondH.
water
})y e/)rifiningit
Hoen
this
provide' ;.^ood dviuniv/c
t}iou;^hthe
like
of
u,
the
tfiis,
cvcw
it well
fsrow
of l";!d'-tnold
y"OH(;dlar;.^(;ly
from
do
tfie cuItnrr;of
found
to the
iicX pNinty of
Sornr;
it.
is
It
gr";at many
a
wliioh
om
f;ill";'l.
isntnUy
Oil)(;r,s fnil to
(lowfiPH.
no
is
hortif;,
an;
r;oll(;r;tion.
of
I
iin \V(;jj,IUiof
iiio Hpadix
ilif} H[)at[i()
Hi\rr()\i\\"\\\\^
(l")\V';rH pro]"or
r;i/)XI\IA
'rifK
wiOi
f;n,lla,
JiflrniroH ifio
I^^VKitvi'.oDY
AND
Af;AI'A\"l'II(;H,
to
of
conditions,ahnost
grow
its
nr"t
wet;
than
1 }jave
owner
it in
;iny
roots, when
always showed
76
76
3Flowers
them
to be diseased.
induce
to
will not
^Stagnantwater
decay, and
tlourish.
is
this sets
when
lUit where
pretty sure
in
tl\e
pUmt
the soil is
kept wet by
repeatedapplicationsof water, there is no danger of
this kind to be anticipated,
all surpluswater runs
as
off readily. 1 make
it a point to have the drainage
as perfect
as
possible. The result is, 1 have never
liad an
instance of souring of the soil, no
matter
how
frequently,or in what
quantitieswater was
applied.
A year-old plant cannot
be expected to do much
in the way
of tlowering. It has not
reached
the
be at
right stage of development. A j^lantmust
least two
In
I
June
them
in their
under
out
yeai*s old before
a
tree,
put
of the way,
They
to
comes
you
have
dry
soil and
one
the
it, will
Put
some
and
1 leave
there
old
no
turn
attention
leaves
I leave
their sides,
on
where
corner,
receive
the
consequence
time
in
}"ots1
These
much.
of doors.
i^lantsout
my
pots.
or
it will bloom
they
them
will
until
whatever.
fall otf, and
be
tember.
SepAs
wlicn
a
the
repot the plant you will not feel sure
to repot until you
dig away the hard,
come
upon
the
standing
tuber. Avhich, notwith-
parched condition
generallybe found
this in the soil recommended
moderately until
young
leaves
of the
plump
soil containing
and
for it and
appear.
sound.
water
Then
it
give
Zbc
dalla, Bgapantbus,
mb
"loiinia
77
freely. Soon a luxuriant growth will take
luxuriant
and healthythan
plaee one vastlymore
from
is ever
seen
plants kept growing throughout
water
"
the
And
season.
with
reward
later
on
the
flowers of su(;h size and
tlie hopes of the person
he grows
will
owner
who
be
as
}"eauty
grows
lighted
de-
never
the calla
geranium.
for growing this plant
There are two good reasons
I advise.
One
as
is,it must have a restingspell.
If you refuse to give it this it will never
be in a high
condition of vigor. The other reason
ment
is,it is a treatas
that
a
imitates
the
condition
under
plant grows in its native habitat.
JCgypt. There it grows along the
the lands bordering on the river are
which
the
get it from
Nile.
In spring
We
Hooded, and in
the wot
alluvial soil the calla makes
its yearly
the water
subsides,the hot season
growtli. When
parches tlie soil about the plant,and for months it is
But the return of the wet season
apparentlydead.
again starts it into renewed growth.
When
the calla shows
signs of flowering it is a
good plan to give it a weekly applicationof some
reliable fertilizer. If this is done, the plantwill continue
Old strong
to bloom
throughout the season.
plants,having three or four tubers with flowering
crowns,
the
same
will often
time.
have
Such
a
two
or
plantis a
three
"
blossoms
at
thingof beauty
"
78
flowers
which
not
.
would
one
these
attractiveness
Several
to
furnish
"
have
all the offsets that
remove
root,as
Hke
last forever."
start about
small
of the
Avhich
foliage,
plant.
varieties of
calla
Do
the main
adds
to the
advertised
b}^ the
florists. But
there is only one
really satisfactory
the old, wellkind, and that is calia a^thiopica,
known
lilyof the Nile." The plant,however, is in
no
sense
a lily. It belongs to the
family of which
native arum,
known
our
Jackby the children as
is a well-known
in-the-puli)it,"
representative.The
littlegem
calla,so widely advertised,
might more
little fraud,"for it
appropriatelyhave been called
has humbugged a great many
It is a poor
persons.
inferior. C. hastata,
bloomer, and its flowers are
advertised as the
is valuable onl}"as
yellow calla,"
be said of the
black
a
can
novelty. The same
calla."
Neither are worth the room
cupy
octhey would
in the window
garden. The old varietyis the
only one worth growing.
The
in the
agapanthus is a plant not often seen
ordinary window
garden. But it deserves a place
are
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
there, and
it would
have
it
were
its nierits
more
It is not a bulbous
generallyknown.
plant,although
its foliagecloselyresembles
that of the amaryllis.
It has thick, fleshy,
half-tuberous roots,which
thrust
their
crowns
above
the soil and
throw
up
from
their
tibe Calla, B^apantbus,
anb
and
large quantitiesof foliage,
apex
season,
flower stalks three and
with
great cluster of lavender-blue
are
in
"loiinia
a
often
each
as
as
many
four feet
the
proper
high,crowned
flowers.
There
sixty,or seventy blossoms
fifty,
These
cluster.
at
79
about
are
two
and
a
half
and
lily,
length,shaped like the Bermuda
borne at the extremityof a stem
startingfrom the
of each
Down
the middle
centre.
common
petal
darker than the rest of the
a lavender
runs
stripe,
flower.
The
plant blooms in June of each year, as
its flowers last for six weeks or
a generalthing,and
months.
A large,fine specimen,with four or
two
for the
is a magnificentornament
five flower stalks,
porch or the parlor.
It likes a
loam.
The
plant succeeds in common
and must
good deal of water while growing actively,
If this is not given,
have a good deal of pot room.
cracks the stoutest pot by the enormous
it frequently
in
inches
After it blooms
of its strong roots.
pressure
and
has
growth,reduce the supply of
allow the plant to get dry. It is
water, but never
what is called an
plantsof this
among
evergreen
or
less,
class;that is,it always keeps growing more
completed its
annual
"
"
and
on
the
cellar in the
this account
of
to send
a
up
check
it is not
advisable
winter,as this would
at the time
its annual
crop
when
it is
of flowers.
to
put it in
what
giveit somegettingready
jflovvera
80
spoken of
elsewhere
I have
gloxiniafor
summer
color
is wide.
the
range
of red to
gamut
It is
use.
palestrose,
varieties show
flower
the
is
of solid
and
from
to
mauve
Other
color.
the
its
runs
royal purple
purest white.
the rest of
throat,while
white
a
scarlet it
darkest
From
it shades off into lilac and
Some
of
desirability
rich in color,
and
the
varieties
are
are
heavilyspotted
white,while some
flowers
The
and
freckled with contrastingcolors.
flare at the outer
in shape, with
tubular
a
are
extremity. They are produced on short stems sent
edged with
from
up
pure
the centre
of the
completely cover the pot.
six or eight flowers
have
is
most
a
something
be proud.
"
But
attractive
strong plant
at
a
will often
Such
time.
to
a
the
with
this
men
speci-
window
florist may
amateur
succeed
all amateurs
not
A
ornament
the
of which
often
of leaves which
mass
justly
plant.
On
contrary,the majorityof them fail. But success
tions
wdth it is reasonably certain if the following direc-
the
carefullyobserved :
soil,use leaf-mold or turfymatter,with
are
For
mixture
Drain
often
decay
w^hen
sure
the
erous
gen-
of sand.
pots well.
sets in
at
If
the
the
base
drained,
bulb, and
soil is not
of
the
happens its usefulness is at an end.
take such precautionsas will i^reventit.
this
to
a
Be
ciiArrKK
keep
is
rod
the
It likes
water
of
good
some
begins
it
peculiarly-shaped
It is
found
tlower
foliage is
They
l"aek tn"ni
as
branches,
spike
of
find
more
a
of
82
i\"ot
time
this
and
tlowers
the
ivadily
to
as
brilliant
western
the
contrast
furnish
Cutting
it bkx^m
is
make
plants
next
mer.
sum-
the
plant
moix^
fusely,
pro-
production
terminatevl
showy plant
leaf and
spring
in sand.
the
It^
great frct^
garden
general thing.
and
of
out-door
to
scarlet.
rivei'S.
In
to
spikes
cardinal
or
with
winter.
benetit
richest
our
It blooms
branch
a
weekly
A
great
lobelia,
it
soil.
loamy
up
the
the
leads
tivatment
each
sends
makes
time
rielu
to
is done
this
growing.
branohes
smaller
the
decoration
for the
and
entire
the
careful
is
one
a
of
as
strong.
throughout
cutting'sof
It
along
green,
and
is tine
llower
dom
rich
oxooUont
an
fertilizer is of givat
tlowei^
growing
a
while
color
in
intense
as
have
bloom.
to
is
"
Unless
it.
should
eonsidemblo
applioation
after
from
It
KANPKK
if
g^uxiou
spider
spoiled.
01
splendent
S.
window
the
tor
soon
of
salvia"
soarlot
plant
ANP
.1ASM1NK.
SALVIA.
TiiK
xiir
It
with
is hard
for the deoora-
of
a
to
Salvia,
^aemine,
an"
"Ican^cr
8-5
tin; ji;rociior
vviiulo\v-;^ar(l(!ii,
liousc.
taking
Ho very sun;
to showed- il all ovcsrdaily,
it will do
to got tho wat(!r whoro
es[)eciiil
jKiiiis
the most
good on tli(iunder side of tlui leaves.
tioii of
winter
tho
"
There
culture
four
are
in the window
JasmiM']
Jasmixi-:
jasmine
Huital)le for
;
lii'A'oi.uTr.M,
golden-ycallow
white
varietii^s of
cliinhing
in
with
lial)it,
llowoi-s.
(UiAN'Dii'M.ouiiM.
also
a
ernnher, with
i)uro
llowers.
Jasmink
AUi{AN'ri('u"T, of
shruhby hahit,with
low
yel-
flowers.
Jasmtxio
PAKiiim, th(5 i)()|)ularnight-hlooming
'^
jasmine," with greenish-yellow llowers. 'i'his sort
is not particularly
fine as to color, hut it gives off a
ers
its llowvery rich and powerful odor at night, when
tliis account
it is a generalfavorite.
o[)on, and on
This, and tho proce:ling
mentioned, makes a
varicsty
fine,bushy specimen of four or five feet in height.
The two sorts first named
in large
Ix; grown
must
pots. They are not what might he called rampant
to the top of a window.
growers, but will easilyreach
They are of most delicious fragrance. One
odor
emit
two blossoms
or
an
sufTiciently
strong to
filla room.
A largenumber
of them
powering
give an overodor.
St
jfUnvcri^
To
tlu\"o plautv^
well poi thorn in rich, s;\niiy
Water
fiwly when they are growing rapidlv.
givw
k^uu.
When
grxnvth ot"a;?o^ water nKHierately.Out them
l^i\okwell at\er eaeh (lowering
perioil. If they bloom
in summer
keep them in the eellar over winter.
The
oUwnder
i$ everybody's favorite. A lai-go
form, is a lovely
plant of it.grvnvn in synunetrieal
^x^veiwl witli its wealth of i\^e-eolorevl
sight when
tlowers.
rv^se
w
tlower
Kaeh
hen
at
semi
a
Tliis plantlikes
deal
whieh
of
is
summer.
enormous
enable
a
is almost
suWtitute
a
for
a
littledistanee.
sivndysoil.
It also likes
great
a
making its strongest givwth,
generallyin spring auvl the earlypart of
It has
You
em\
hanily give too mueh.
quantitiesof very tine nx^ts^ and these
when
water
it to drink
friMu
up water
the
soil with
givat
rapidity.
If you
plantyou ean
begin right with a young
tle
make
it assume
a symiuetrieal
shape with very litthi\x^
ti\"uble. Let it grow to a height of about
feet, then nip off the top, GeneriUy thiw brxnehes?
Allow
^Yill start ne^xr
the extremity of the stalk.
these to grow until they are six or eightinehes long.
will start
Rr^nehes
Then
nip of! the ends of them.
frv"m
their extremities.
fout\dation
for
a
head
have all the bn\nehes
In
this way
you
and
of govnl sha^^v.
neoess;\ry
to
give you
form
the
you
will
a
thiok,
Salvia,
compact
Aft(;r
KJiry
Hk;
to
do
lovv
";;i(;li
liad
\)iHi\\
phuit
jiflcr
[Aiuii
f"c;^inH
rrnH;h
ciiiHtor
the
collar,
to
niid
romaiu
tin;
tliini
In
ofT.
in
lonrth
it
t})(5
t';ill
Nov(;rn)"(;r
ovor
85
will
vvintor.
put
bo
will
HMJik;
lr;t
piricliin^.
not
}"nitiolHjH
an
(lovvnrH,
OlcanOcc
or
hlootn
to
pruning,
of
Mip[)0(l
conHid(;r!i})ly,
anD
^aemine,
JiH
tlio
the
ncccH-
Ht;irt
if
Hoil
tlm
dry
f)lant
Ix;f;riH
out
into
\iv
ciiArrKU
As?
tlio
gt^neKd thin^, the
a
spider
be
or
a
enemies
The
only
take
the
give
it sueh
in hand
plant
foothold
any
them
unders^tand
with
them,
ageil
and
a
of
after
the
aet
the
and
wait
for
it
une^nnfortable
so
inseets
att^npt
to
n\U\er
to
forees.
day
the
the
as
for them
if you
of
that
will
be
you
esitablisli Uiemselves
make
made
W
n\ust
expeeteil
flowers
will
imioug
the
It
to
is
aet
Don't
^lake
ap^H^aranee,
they
ting
get-
get diseonr-
defensive.
the
an
can
to-morn"w.
grower
than
)"ut in
But
aphis
from
pests
will
they
and
small,
this \\*ay you
time
a
is to
of them
eompromise
no
every
spider
offensive
In
their
witiidraw
gxxnl plan alw^iys for
on
to
tliat
t!\e
vitiUity,
its
and
young
prevent
it.
on
and
and
watehfuh
will
as
eare
a
And
plant
of
plant
advantage
while
ther"? is
pei^istently and
most
the
get the
to
Wi\y
n"b
soon
to
it will
alH"uts"
tins
on
flowers
If
anywhere
abode
find
will
tUl
house*
uule^rsii fought
thotvHighly,will
attaek
the
K^use
its
up
of
ditlioult
wos^^t
jjnvn
take
to
sure
thesse
the
in
:^5UOoe^i"fu^y
onUiviXte
iwl
of
one
rv"$e
tlorkt
amtxtour
not
eare
your
Klo6C0t Carnations, anO
\\(".[V ill
("l;iiiiH.
to
Micin
k('(!|)
;i,
rid of IIkjiiinJlcr
ii'cl
tiik(;ii|)()SS";Hsi""ii
of your
fVorii your
H)"id";r
iJicrii io
jillowiii;.';
w;i,l(;r,
niiiiiii'; or
di|)iliciii ill ;i,
Jipliis,
make
one
halJi
If you
re|:^ul;irly.
iwo.
To
d";(;oeiioii of
answer
87
(leu] (^ah'm'S
ifvcAii
li(!5ulo(T I/Ik;red
|)l;iiil,s
d;iilyin
for ;i,
ni(!r"i;";d
CMW
il in
(,li;il,
lJi;ui it is to
;i,vvit,y
lia.V(;oikm;
tli(;y
To
iniiMl
1b\2"ranflea
pliuii.
dip Dw,
roH(;,s,
i'(;rii;i,iji
Kuh-
drive
;i,\vn,yIIk;
toh;t,f;f;o.Or
("ol,li piirposfjs
.luex-.eed in
you
if piveii
kcMjpin^your ["la,ntH
hcAi from l,li(;se
en(!rr)i";H
ih(.'reIh ho
rcAiHon
wliy you
in winle'r,
should
not ha.v*; roses
provided your plaiils
ircjairidduring the Hummer,
a.nd
})a,v(!be(!n prop(;rly
the a,irof th(; room
in whieh
k(M!p th(im in not
you
too fioi and
dry.
in Hjirlng,
and
Got
year-old ])hiiitH
put tliern in
five or hix-ineli [)ots. Use a, soil rrjad(; up largelyof
loa,m.
It must
h(; hea,vyenougfj to
elay or (;lay(;y
paek about the roots firmly. A rose will not (Jo w(.'ll
in a i)otof light,
soil.
It insists on
a
op(;n, spongy
soil that retains moistur(; \v(;ll,
and ne*ver
allows the
that this soil is
to get loos(;. In ):)otting,
B(;e
[)huit
made
firm and
comf)aet a}"out the plant. Water
As
soon
as
n(;w
rnod(!ra,tely.
growth begins, eut
of the to[)tlie [)la.nt
had wlien n^eeived.
most
away
By and by eut })aek this n(;w growtli. On no ae.eount
In fall you
a,llow the plant to bloom.
will have, if
all sumnjcr,
this treatuKait }jas been k(;ptup sb^adily
"
JPlowcr^
SS
a
plant with
but these
stubs
which
buds,
be well
will
generallybear
from
for
as
to half
roots,
the
preventive treatment
your
plant is brought
of doors, in
dozen
a
to
velop
de-
wliich
tiowers.
repot the plant
am
T
have
into the
treatment
and
UV"" lower
well
aware,
at
cannot
advised
m
not
may
as
night.
as
While
house.
the temperature
keep
to
possibleby day
temperature, I
such
sunnner,
Aim
necessary.
as
plump-looking
pot will be quite largeenough
A seven-inch
Begin
out
of branches
two-year-old rose.
a
soon
set with
two
If the old pot is tilled with
October.
instead
only waiting to be allowed
heaUliy branches, eaeli one of
are
into stout,
will
of stubs
number
a
be
05"
near
Such
be secured
a
in
the
ordinary living-room. It is therefore advisable
in some
to
room
keep your roses
opening oif the
Let them
have all the
in which
room
a tire is kept.
fresh air and sunshine
possible.
In January they ought to begin to bloom.
Cut
it begins to fade. When
each tlower as soon
as
away
all the tlowers on a branch liave developed, cut the
branch
back, at
soil rich.
and
as
long
continue
The
culture
This
to
as
to
once,
will stimulate
the
Keep the
development,
strong bud.
constant
plant produces
branches
it Avill
bloom.
followingsorts
:
some
are
most
for
satisfactory
house
90
jflowcrt*
tho
for the
advisod
tivataioni
roso
should
bo followed
illits*cultivation.
It likoj*u soil of K^iuu
with
hut
in it
littlo sand
tvquiiva lai""vpot for tho ti^'st six or
of sovou
of its ^rmvth. Thou
one
eight months
inches "vill bo lai^ge
cnoiiiih to accouiuiodaio
a well
of w\ater
developedplant. C^nlya moderate amount
advise
will be rei\uired.I would
keeping plants
intendeil for winter use in pots during the suunner.
If a tendency is shown
to thixnv up
tlower-stalks.
the plant bushy and
cut thorn ol^ pi\^mptl\\ Make
of shix^ts
by causiui::it to send out a mass
compact
ivfusc
its crown.
This it will do if you steadily
ue"\r
It does
to
not
let it bh^ssom.
it in
Keep
better in
cool
a
tempenituiv of
a
if
ixnnn,
oo*^
possible. It
or
(U"^ than
in
will
a
do
higher
one.
all
The
the
ioUowing varieties are
most
sorts:
distinguislunl
Mus.
white,
M.
lUo.
l^KAor.
"
scarlet
with
stripiHl
A
:
good,
and
ooiuprise
"fancy* variety; cvUor,
of good size, auvl a free
bloomer.
M.v.iOK
pink
and
Fi.OKA
TiNOKKK.
"
white:
of
UiLL.
Pmv
Moukua".
"
"
l.enion
yolivnv.n\arked
strong habit
white;
Briiiht scarlet.
a
:
very
very
with
tloriferous.
superior sort.
1RO0C0, Cnrnatloiii?,aii^
TlDAIi
pink
;
W'avi;.
one
Toiri'iA.
of
lby?"ranflca
lo\cIy llowcf,of
a
ilic IVccsi Idooincrs
-/\ii ol(|
of
l';i,voril,(;
; color
;i,
01
soil,dclicnlc;
llic list.
;i,
iiiori
iniciisc
(^xcdllcnt.
8(;arl(!i;
AltMAZIiNDA."
I'lir*; wliiic,|)(:lic,il(;(|
will) H"'!i|-|(;
rrM,"j;nu)(,
cx(juisii";!y
;jro\v*'r
; slron^j;
;iii'lI'vccMooincr.
TIk;
known
to )i(;(;"i
liydnm^r;;'is too wdl
any
o(" lliosf; y)lMJ)tH
It is one
for
H|)('ci:il
(Ios(;ri|)ti"ui.
wliicli \v"! form
;i,imI ;in
oM
;i
Hpccinicn
i"ri"'ii"Islii|),
iiJnioHt like oik;
ol' iiic r;i,inily.
In New
H";nrnH
Kwisliind,on(! ol*l,":nse(;s hunlieH I'onr inid fi\'(;fec-i IiImI),
and aw mnny
U'ci n,cr""ss,eonij)l"'iely
eover'"!(|in sinnwill) enortnoiiH
cJusl-cjrH of rosy (lowers,
mor
wliieli,
later on,elian^;(;
to a |)ii,le
ijarocA). OftcMi llieHO elusl(!rH
will
l)(^ t(;n ineli(;s
(lr(!dsof small
often
is
(lowers.
r(;ni!iin upon
an"i
iiei'oss
more
or
iire
'I'l"'y
very
tlic;pinni,
for montlis.
^(MH!r;dly
neeessJiry
to eut
them
contain
liun-
and
lasting,
Indeed, it
ofT.
for
of room
j)l";nl,y
Ix; wji,t(ired well wliile jiTowin^',
its roots.
It must
and shoidd
its ^;rowth
he lihernllyfertilized to mnke
its growth
strong and healthy. It ".';enerally
(;on)pl(;te,4
})ySept(;mh(!r. Aft(;r that wjiter s|"arin".dy.In Noit only (^nou^di
veirdxjr,put it into the eftlkir,
^ivin^';
it from shedding its foliiii^e.
In V"'.}"wat(;r to k(;(!p
This
ruary,
likes
[)l;i,nt
hring it
a
rieh soil and
to the
ligtit.Ju
a
.short time
it will
flowcw
92
Ijk"^iu
Mnv
biuuol\oji
with
tlK"
tlu^
i^
(a\
a
have
the
rvTKje
oriio
to
and
Ik"
?^iouUi
i?^
ilono.
would
tiu"o
of
tho
tb\^
with
bo
^luniUl
gwnvih
wUou
n\niblo^
ovor
not
of
at
U
all
ti|?ht for
oarnatiou.
j"UuU
and
appoar,
as^
and
^["vii\5iV work,
noxt
di"vdo\"uHn\t
iu^ivi
it
doi"$
fi"v
Inuls
it^
Ko
pmuii\5?
no
will
Inuis
bUnnxK
tv^
j^hapc
that
foruunl
ca$c
lviih"
$Yu\n\olrioal
tiH^
itj^
Soon
jinnw
will
u
10
Af
to
boii\^^ uuuio"
it
to
will
$eiV;?ou,
thi^
and
ou
lovox^
ot'
tlowo^"^
w
itii
it"
away
iutoHoi\"
tbo
in
htwo
out
l"laut.
suoi\^
baok
out
sor\ou?!^ly
oarly
by
a;s
count
ac-
Ono
in
the
XV
(llIAI'TKIt
iho
of
II
ciiic.
is
:ui"l il is v(;ry
|,|,",,,,,:r,
|)in"! wiiih;
from
coiiHlniii
";""1'"'''"' r:i,n".';(;H
In
l..';uiiifiil.
onliiiiiry
iiii
jukI
I'hm!
very
:i,
Tlicrc
an;
v:i,ri";l/i';s.All
Hin;.!;l(;
iuc
"l;irk crimson.
to
Jind
H(!mi-(loul)l";,
only
r(;"|uir(;H
11
(;iiiii(;s(^ primrose.
jiinonnl
ia
J)I;uiIh
ol" :ill Ikmisc
SiiJ/isl'nctory
IJi(5 iriosl
of
OnI']
I'.A";" )
l'l"l I M
AND
l'lt,l.\llll-A,
'I'lIK
I'lUMIlOSK,
'I'lll';
donMc,
lovely
llow(!rM.
Tlicn;
HcrviMl
tliai
ili(!
in
lJi"MMil(in-"! of
is,willi
pol,
Hoil.
IJk;
plant
'I'liisin(lnc(!H
phint
hi^li
rather
slop(; towanJH
wIkui
crown,
hIiuhI
in
th(5
this
sets
itn
pot.
cAfiy,of
instead
yoiniL^
of
plniit is
ji,
plants
should
H"MMllinj^H
not
s";l'lom
the
I hue
the
pot,
rnn
so
n,w;iy
potH
more
i\ni
th;it
wntcr,
tin;
from
it.
largo [hAh.
have
ahlo
Mround
Hoil
in this:
groat irrij)ortanr;(!
in
Iouk
too
'riienjfon!,Hot
in.
Jthoui
(;oll";(;tin^
it(;rn of
then;
it is ii.1)Sorl)r;"l
\"y tin;
Ixtforc
In (|ii;nitity,
will
ii,|)plie(|
Anoth(!r
pnt
ji.nd
in
ili";soil
ilio l(!V";l of
:iihI
(l(M'-ay,
after
r(;('np(!r;it(;
to
in
rini
ol"-
|)oti";"l
low,
if
llovvcr.
below
lli"! crown
w.M,l(!r will
Uiis
Ix;
ili;.,i must
point
imporiiini
oim;
of
Ui(;{^n)o(|
lor
it
is
N(;v";r
Six-rriontljH-old
than
three
93
or
3Flowec6
94
four
inches
the
across
soil is full
until the
top.
of roots.
in
them
Keep
Then
these
shift to
six-
a
pot, which will be quite large enough for the
blooming. This plant does not have
plant when
inch
large roots,and it is made
dyspepticby
soil than
it can
putting it in a pot containingmore
many
or
make
use
silver
as
of.
quarter as
half
a
twenty
enough to
the
in stems
four
lift them
flowers in
well
cluster
a
are
about
general thing.
They are borne
a
dollar.
or
flowers
Its
Some
in
are
of ten
tall,
just tall
foliage. Not all
time.
developed at one
above
are
the
in successive
on
They come
stages,and thus
flowering period of each stalk is prolonged
month
or
stalks
of bloom
Perhaps
I do
Often
more.
the
at
double
there
will be
wdien
and
varieties
seen
more
in
than
singlesorts.
a
do
white
makes
There
the
flower
a
four
or
show
a
beautiful
fully
effect of this
The
not.
eye,"
colored flower,is charming,
or
of petalsin the
up for the lack
are
always enough of these to
perfectlycircular
general thing the edges of them
notched.
This plant is easilygrown
make
for
coming.
time, with more
white varietyis most
popular.
ered,
so
desirable,all things consid"
double
three
the
one
regard it
these
the single.sorts,
as
as
eye,"
lemon-yellow centre, or
not
a
large
as
clusters
five inches
or
size of
the
the
which
"
in
form.
are
from
As
a
fringed or
seed.
If
iprimrose, iprimula, an"
Zbc
must
of
sure
it from
order
white
double
the
want
you
a
gettingwhat
plants from seed.
soft,downy leaves are
them
in drops.
on
you
this
shower
you
make
never
always injuredif
grow
your
plant.
Its
stands
water
plant of the primrose
flowers,of white or pearly
These
are
freelyproduced on
is
abeonica
Primula
can
you
when
want
Never
95
variety,however,
as
florist,
you
plumbago
a
family. It has smaller
with lemon
lilac,
eye.
of the year.
long and slender stems, at all seasons
It is reallya perpetualbloomer, but plantsintended
for winter
should
use
not
be
allowed
to
exhaust
flowering. It requiresa great
deal of water, as it has great quantitiesof very fine
The
roots.
mealy-bug is pretty sure to attack it if
it
for the pest. Shower
not on the lookout
you are
weekly with an infusion of fir-tree oil soap, taking
the leaves,for there
it get down
to have
care
among
the bug will attempt to establish himself.
is where
it has a sort
This flower is a generalfavorite because
from
It is easily
look and habit.
of wildwood
grown
seed, or by division of the roots.
flower
The plumbago is a comparativelyunknown
themselves
in
many
by
summer
localities.
if its merits
very
easiest
soil. About
But
the
be
grown
It
flourishes
only specialtreatment
where
every-
It is of the
fullyknown.
were
culture.
it would
in
almost
an}^
is
it requires
flowery
96
tliat of
a
its bvauohos
as
toriuinate
or
short
time
will bear
and
you
four
a
ot' these
of about
of
among
grow
they
A
cut
They
a
delicate
a
are
The
rose-colored
from
very
this
Fasten
you
it
are
its connection
pot it. being careful
plant
A
not
point
where
in
roots
blue
often
"
grows
support
is
alongside
grown
hard
is very
to
you
place
have
AA*ith the
to break
loose
to
propagate
half-ripenedbranch,
a
sure
in
are
full bloom
way
down
tirmly
blossoms
need
in
It
surer
new
side branches.
many
tlowers.
you
on
lavender
habit, it may
cuttings.
only
borne
are
especiallyif
beautitul,
it until
away
In
phlox, and
large specimen
by layering. Bend
half-breakingit at the
Teave
within
The
annual
tlowers.
it is
soil.
to
which
borne
are
of the
slender
kind.
or
without
eight feet high, with
of rather
extremely
the
which
out, and
fertilized.
size.
same
color
or
they
as
those
color
white
stalk.
be sent
will
soil well
In
some
make
the
like
the
six
Being
back
main
branches,
tlowers.
no
shaped
to be
the
branch
new
growth, keep
rare
of
inches
branch
soon
Keep the plantprtHlucingbranches
kee}"it blooming-. In order to facilitate the
will have
spikes.
each
Cat
llowors
tho
dovelopod
as
tlowers.
production
are
systouiatiooutting-baok
have
thoiu.
three
a
aiui
sovoro
put it into
with
formed.
sticks.
Then
parent plant,and
the
delicate
roots.
leaves? Avillbo proiluood. At this tiuio
and
i*egularly,
the
depends
of
period
it wants
when
is not
its next
at
and
and
which
The
on.
it is not
the
it will
energy
eneoun\ged
and
so,
negUvtinl
plant
to givw
alloweil
result
to
is, in nine
non-tio\Yering
plant. Treat it as
I venture
the prediction that
advise"h and
have
a
failures will
It likes
least
groAv.
io do
of ten,
out
your
give place to
ri|?h soil.
a
"Yill gi\"w
half its
about
bulbs
form
to
otVsets
nev^essary
in
it
to
sneeess.
of
loan\
old, black
in the soil.
about
the
old
at
is
manure
cow
Set
Allow
the
two
Attcr
one.
which
into
perteetion.
depth
or
that
bulb
three
remove
promptly.
disturb
Never
to
do
son\e
months
repot
it,do
old
the
so.
is resei\ted. and
the
One
thii\l its bulk
a
mixeih
of
strength
tl\e
care
watored.
tlowei-s later
in
it tries to
\Yhen
cases
the
ftxl and
onlinary ti^eatnient
well
tUnvei-s
well
Future
If
euee.
you
the
manifested
under
rest
bulb
exist
of
work
the
u["ou
give
If
growth.
in the
up
^Yill be
I
will fail to
probably
extent
great
a
the
liighestdomoo.
stag-eof its
aetsJ at this
plant
store
to
luako
to
can
suooetNsful in the
plant
sueeess
it
do all you
apply fertilizei-s
amaryllis
Any
it will
interferei\ee
usually
after tliis takes
so
very
soil
as
absolutely
unless
refuse
place.
with
to
its
iivelv
crumble
for
bloom
If necessary
carefully,removing only
will
r^xns
awav
as
to
mnch
from
thcnj,Hcttling
siR in tli(3i're.shsoil ahout
pot,and
99
ol" tli(;phiut. S(;t tli(j)"ulhs in their
al)()iiithe roots
new
IDallotta
irmantopb^^Uum, anO
Bmar^llis,
of water, rather than by
hy the iihcral ap])lication
hand.
Never
with
the
it down
])ut tlie
])r(3ssin;j;
iunaryliiHin tiie eellar. It in likelyto he too eold
it
and
dam
J) thenj.
all good. The Htandard
varicjties,
with greenishwhite.
Bort is Johnsonii,scarlet stri]"ed
is another
very line variety.
Equestre,rosy eriinsoii,
stalk nearly three
send
should
A stnjiig hulh
a
up
Tiiere
Htivardi
an.'
high, and
when
])lant,
feet
a
and
one
h(iar from
in
is
Idoom,
of whieh
oiKi
any
most
a
may
Such
to six liowers.
three
lieautifal
well he
oljjeet,
proud.
side
iinanto])hyUuniis a plant not often seen outa place in the
the gn^enhouse, hut it deserves
window
gard(Mi,Ijecause it will llourish there much
])etter than many
plants c(jnsi(hired a[)propriatefor
the place. It is not a hulhous
plant,hut its leaves
I'he
and
flowers
that
])lants
are
one
examination.
you
will find
similar to that
])ydivision
the
same
of
so
of njany
Ijulhous
only convinced of the nature of it hy
Dig down into the soil a1)0ut it and
tliat it has a thick,fleshyroot,quite
of the agapanthus. It is propagated
It should have precisely
these roots.
treatment
height.
to those
is
Its flowers
in
similar
There
as
that
advised
for the
thus.
agapan-
produced on stalks ahout
are
generallyfrom six to a
are
a
foot
dozen
in
light
stripe
shapoil
Hko
livnvn
the
ij5
stalk
about
tlowcr
have
we
in
the^e
the
A\*;\nt
can
summer,
Oo
aniaryllis,
be
kept
to
the
of
not
in
eAch
the
repot
they
the
the
gx"t them
|X"t
cellar.
ready
to
the
recent
the
be
in
Fertilise
for
fjill
In
bulbs
if
an^
and
ones"
you
do
not
expendinl
in
this
otten,
which
well
as,
of
disturl"j\nee
box
six
or
bulbous
old
bulbs
old
any
or
other
sejxson,
plant
up
scarlet.
Young
about
in
sends
live
glowing
tulip.
Moon\
to
hulh
any
the
sisrht.
Kvso
with
suri"j\^
removed
winter,
In
roots.
a
aiv
of
ono
to
fails
stmug
rich,
a
quantities
giwu
atTonl
tonuinatiMl
they
except
strtmgth
dirov^tion.
Uie
of
is
lily,
Kjioh
high,
i\"lor,
be
must
Tliov
petal.
soUioiu
It
tlowers
of
the
cannot
\yo
foot
a
intensity
fonueii
whioh
8epteuiher"
lily-shape^l
with
orauge-reil.
an
of
ot"utre
Moouior.
and
August
art"
8oarl"oi\"ugh
or
of
tall
a
ihoy
lily,
Ji
favorite.^
old
a
i"lor
ValK"tta"
Tho
It
Ii\
olu^toi\
a
they
during
tlowering.
like
their
gnnv
the
XVII
CIIAPTICI:,
in ('A)]\r.'\"\(trc(\
(',")II(!(;t,i()ii
coiMpIctf;, nowJuhivH,
No
it
linlnMM
iJicir
il
in
liiiH
phiiils
soinc
lJi(! !i,itnu;iiv(! cCfcrl, of
in
il,l"tiL iJicy ;i,r(!
parlor, and
th(j liiillor
small
their
])ai)y
dress"
'I'Ih;
of
its
'I'heya,re
a
than
as
ha"l
almost
any
of
loam.
Mov(;
a,s
th(; old
[)ots heeome
foree
to
in
jivccai
tha,t
the
withstand
hetter
a,n;
liavo
^rovvri
"
they
[iav(;
(;i|ihtor
ri(;h,dark
firm, jdmost,
they
and
width
in
plants
in
are
eoin-
rie-w
genera,!
a
lar^e, thieic,^loHsy folia|.^(;.
will
\V"!ll-^rown speeim(!ns
inches
Su^li
|)la,nt,is
I ndia,-ruhher
or
heeauso
favorite
Ix; used
c/dw
whieJi
heeause
of
all times.
at
lieus,
(lowers,
used
rlceoi-jition
spceitncns
those
adva.nta,^.':*;
over
for
";hi(!lly
to
ilic
tli(;(]inn";r-ta,l)l"!.
on
ii(lvantji"^(!
another
as
for
useful
very
add
only
not
\v}i";n
(;oll(;(;tion,
Uic,
of
Ix-chmhc,
^I'owii
rolin;j!(;.'rii(;KO phuilH
IxjiLuliful
U)
to
I'LAN'l'H
IViO
I)K(J()RA'l
of
ten
l(!a,ves four
eolor,
hjaJJier.
of
efTeets
other
in
inehes
with
On
dry
len^'th.
texture
a,
this
air
aeeount
fille"l with
;j;rowth hy ujakin^*; tluj
roots.
soil
dust
and
it
|"la,nt. (jiive
fpjart(;rs from
five
or
time
to
l"o
vr;ry
a
soil
timo,
not
try
rieh, hut
101
Jplowers
102
to keep
a fortnight
give a weak fertilizer about once
Wash
the leaves
the plant in vigorous condition.
shaded
off weekly ; keep in a partially
place.
Palms
are
becoming popular,but there are really
The
culture.
but
few varieties adapted to home
best of these
Latania
with
are
:
broad
foliage;
fan-palm,
low, spreading habit.
of
Reclinata.
Phcenix
well-known
the
Borboniga,
Of freer
"
growth than
latania
This
desirable.
sort has
borbonica,therefore more
gracefully.One
long leaves,which spread and curve
a fine specimen in two
can
years.
grow
of upright
A gracefulvariety,
Lutescens.
Areca
habit ; not as strong a grower
as
phoenix reclinata,
"
but
for
suitable
really more
the
window
on
this
account.
low-growing,sturdy sort,
of the best
of great vigor and lastingqualities
; one
low stand ; leaves fan-shaped and
for a jardiniere
or
and produced in great freedom.
deeply cleft,
be given a deep
the palm well,it should
To grow
Chamerops
Humulis.
"
A
pot, as it delightsin sending its roots
than spreading out to a great extent, as
will do
Never
Have
if allowed.
use
Give
leaf-mold
or
it
a
any
good drainage. Water
down
rather
many
plants
soil of loam.
soil.
light,
spongy
keep the
well,but never
other
Becotatlvc
soil wet.
in
Keep
a
KMants
103
partially-shaded
place.
Shower
insecticide once
with some
foliagedaily. Wash
to prevent insects and scale from
a month
troublmg
for the decoration of
them.
When
a plant is used
there
the hall or parlor,do not allow it to remain
the
for days, but take it back to the lightas soon
as
No plant can
occasion that called for its use is over.
and to
the light,
from
be expected to flourish away
jure
depriveit of this for any length of time is sure to init. Do not attempt to grow the palm from seed.
That takes too long. Buy young
plantswhich have
and thus gain a year or two of time.
a good start,
well
Drocenas
are
plants when
very ornamental
the
Individisa.
Terminalis.
and
best varieties for the amateur
The
grown.
Dark
"
"
are
:
green, with
Broad
long,curvingfoliage.
foliage,shaded with bronze
maroon.
plants like a soil of leaf-mold and loam.
They must be kept quite moist at the roots,and in a
must
have
a
warm
atmosphere. Terminalis
very
light place in which to grow, in order to bring out
the beauty of its coloring.
decorative plants,what
the
Aspidistrais,among
flow^ering
geranium is among
plants. It will grow
These
and
do
well under
death to many
other
conditions
plants.
that
Give
w^ould
be
sure
it all the water
it
3flower6
104
it will
and
wants
get along without
It flourishes
mind
dust,or
does
not
good
deal of cold.
been
not
in
because
of its
consider
loamy
from
your
soil.
labor well
Its leaves
that
were
tion.
atten-
in shade.
it
can
It
stand
plants that
a
had
in fine condition.
abilityto get along under
not be neglected. Give
it
so
much
paid
are
old
seen
years
disadvantages it should
good care and it will do
and
dry air,and
I have
repottedfor
But
sunshine
other
any
better that you
for. It does well
borne
on
stems
sent
will
in
a
up
branches.
They are shaped
like those of the lilyof the valley,but are
several
times larger. They are thick and leatheryin texture,
and of a dark green color.
Aspidistravariegatahas
stripesof creamy white, of irregular
widths,running
and
the length of the leaf. This is the best variety,
is very ornamental.
Propagated easilyby division
the crown,
of the
not
on
roots.
with
adapted to living-roomculture,
the exception of
nephrolepsis exaltata,or sword
fern.
This sort does well where
be
begonias can
successfully.It is a very beautiful plant. It
grown
of long,gracefullyarching fronds
sends up dozens
A fine specimen is a veritable
from
strong crowns.
fountain of foliage. It is a good bracket plant,and
for the centre of a pyramidal group
it is one
of the
The smaller specimens are
best plantswe can
grow.
Ferns
are
not
smilax
and
not
sunsiihino
cvaxtxl.
it
bn\okot^,
ohanuingly
foliai^ro.
or
and
shado.
is
It
or
doesn't
oxoollont
as
an
drapos
tor
edging
with
It
uso.
wlnoh
plants
hanging
its
tho
bo
can
oxpoot,
for
uhioh
a^viramis.
gononil
to
ao".vu\n\odating
thoso
on
adapted
uoll
vory
of
variotios
vUhor
tho
or
is
of
ono
in
grown
want,
bo
to
for
Uijsketj?,
iiso
which
plant-tablo,
profnsioiv
aro
of
tringv
XVIII
CHAPTF.Il
VINI'^S
K("1{.
best
the
rioiiHAi'S
WlNhOW
Till':
\\\\v
in
and
rnH|iunit
well
as
Mio
and
nir
and
of
oil
lir-troc
and
will dolii;-htyou
whicii
window
at
";a.rdcn
loani.
moist,.
If
possibles give
witli
a,way
soil, which
sometiines
nuich
siia,d(V
in
a
near
those
and
the
eialing, a,nd
growing
other
pla,nts can
as
it
can
the
nearer
willingness
be
to
the
not
ghiss.
llourish
or
used
in
by
those
pkiid-
itself
he
shadier
who
of
the
iM-cause
will, it des("rv""s
the
near
when
tlu^
is
pot
does
much
care
its branches
out
to
ordinary
souring
to
iho
-simply
place
seem
it sends
I'olia^^o
for
wet
of
place
th(\vapi)i'ar
soil of
a,
a
danger
Ihit
as
,i;rc(ai
roots
pot
It does
light, even,
strong
it
its
tlu^
takes
re(iuire siinshiiK^.
not
for
too
(!ivc
tlu^
infusion
an
cliarniinii; IVainc
Uccp
not
to do
lii^dit,
kept
a,
it ,";rows.
Do
rich, dark
i(s
lorni
with
as
and
scale
h-oin
washini^s
a.nd
soap,
loiupdniiiiro
(cnipcraiurc
U'vc
aspidistra.. Ktu'j) it
im"a,ly-l)iv";by occasional
liiL-h
of
clKUiiACH
window
Hh'
l"]n,";lisli
ivy.
(lie
a,iid
dust
^^vcid
in
v;vi)\\
is
:ill IhingM (H)nHi(l(M"'(l,
j^ardiMi,
It,sl.a.ii(lMdry
ION
(; AIM)
healthy
as
of
its
as
a,bility
phices
than
tion,
espcM'ialatten-
have
windows
107
3flovver0
108
not
at all
adapted
to
the
cultivation
of
light-loving
plants.
Be
It is never
foliageclean.
pleasingwhen covered with dust,and it is sure to be
injured by such an accumulation, as it closes the
the plant breathes.
I would
through which
pores
traiu it along the Avindow-frame
and
walls on little
hooks
rather than by fasteningit an3"where. If this
is done, it is an easy matter
the vines for
to remove
washing, and the chances are that the plant will not
be neglectedas it quite likelywould
be if it were
so
to
sure
keep
frame
fastened
to
The
Modena
or
its
wall
vine is
that it
was
difficult of
and
its
moval.
re-
foliage
is thick and
glossy. It is also a good flowering
plant. It blooms in September, bearing a great profusion
grance.
of small
white
flowers,of very pleasing frafrom
should
be
It is grown
tubers,which
quires
plantedin spring,in pots of rich sandy soil. It reof water.
It does best in partially
a good deal
In fall,
the vine begins to
when
shaded
windows.
turn yellow,cut it off and set the pots containing the
where
roots in a cool,dry cellar,
they should be left
until spring.
It
Cobea
scandens
is a very strong-growingvine.
of ordinary size unless
will soon
outgrow a window
it
This makes
cut back
sharply from time to time.
a
rapid grower
tor
IDines
branch
a
and
is
is
treatment
The
a
marked
hoy
and
of
are
or
a,
in
striking
the
has
making
its
winter
and
No
si)ecial
In
which
flowers
flowers
will
there.
appear
which
It
large pot
until
has
is the
small
two
or
only
roots
three
peculiarly
a
it needs
little
next
])lant
and
will
years
old.
has
not
be
siderable
con-
stem
season
it
enemy
Keep
it should
season
the
with
])ossible.
the
Keep
star-shaped
unless
as
They
succeed
as
remove
produced,
w^ere
I know.
growing
Never
water.
dark,
would
dry,
texture
clusters.
them
little
as
tliick
very
a
you
rather
its
of
for
vine
satisfactory
with
roots
and
growth.
mealy-bug,
plant.
gives
If
disturb
in
warm
variegata
cream-white
drooping
which
appearance.
plant
in
color,
centre,
a
leaves
l)orne
flesli
pearly
a
growth
this
It
are
is
plant,
wax
flowers
its
with
bears
required.
window.
warm
It
Cobea
attractive
most
a
109
bounds.
flower.
purple
foliage beautifully
yellow,
OarDen
it within
keeps
large, bell-shaped
has
it
and
finely
Window
tbe
on
new
free
so
from
far
require
as
a
CH.vrrKK
TV" luauy
box
Is
of tUo dwollor^
tho
iuU"
HttK^
A
tho
"rAny
tiuH\
wouKi
r^"f"\^hod
ovov
t\
whvv^o
04\u
Iwuity
twul
ti
wouu\u'
t^H^
woiuy.
ohoonni
tlowor
fv"rtnnnto
Thoivtoro
tho
tho window
only
tho
visit tho
Iv
ohxv^osi^to whivin
to
tuul
\xot
^caniou.is
and
uunuoiii
hvi^iihtno^
hoUls
for
nxoro
ji^u\Un\"wluoh
thiU jvU
.vtYortiit.
oan
in
tlowor^
Ih^xos
out^s^ide
ovorvwhoiw
oni\nin\$i\\l
tho
W
of
pvH"r of tho oUiojjs^
sun\n\or
hut
\\\\vlthy"
g:\t\lon!."" ;x thinjjnot
i\"uhl
K^uity
cheaply
jirowinj?of
5*honld
{\n\onii
|HHm^r
5*0
^iiurvioii
who
wiudow-hox
fi\"ni tho
piH"|"U"
ho "\"nstruott\i
oan
o( the
iuv
daily r\"\iud
Tho
$S5\iu
a UitK^ hint of what
tlower
their
to
of
window*
j\
for a
hy lii\g\"Tiu5Jt
kvnvu
^^
for
fmgmu^v
in tho window,
jviv
oity tho
oity ri^suiowis
i\ol
with
tuxnl
ho
and
Uvi^
aiv
oJo!^i"rtouch
dutio"5^
or
w)\o
uKvixY
bruxg
to
in tht"
{\\Ailublt" sjuWtituto
oixlv
ji^wxleu. Auvi
ghul
\i\
not
0!*|Hvi{dly
an\on,si^
^luxury
drt^xnuxl
tho
of
a
rx"id tU^wor
of
a$
sunong
the
po?*j^ihihtit\^
When
inind"
tho
wo
oyo
fiuniv
110
|dan
j\
h;xs
tho window-Wx
wi\\hh
\n
stoiv
of
hKvni
Kut
this
we
and
oan
^see
in
honuty
the
tlxat
K\uity
nntioi^v-ittHi
in in
iri;uiy
I I'ool
iiinLiiKMiM
llic
ol' iiiHl-nnccH,
in;ij"nil,y
in M.iyin/',n(v";r
jiiHiirn!"l
li;iM
wlio
W'UnMii
I"")X oI
Mm;
in
-
liojxtd lo
Ii;mI
I
do?
loaV(5H turned
yellow
hut
to
try
iiH
if Hiri(!k(!n with
of
(Jiein
wliiit
In
to i^row,
w:i,H
nine
HilHutient
in
mind
(!onl;iinM
thiH
Moil
alinoHt
a
oidy,
an
;i,nd
diiHt-diy.
loot
Moil.
or
tifno
Hoon
It niUMt
and
then
rootn
:i,h
.'ire
look
Hoon
tirn"; nio;d"
foui'
or
of
Ironi
he
l:iek
home
feet
Moil,;i,nd to
Mpply
to
TliiM
Moil
11" mo,
wid*;, ten
more
three
neeeHs;i,ry
the
Thin
M(;cni
?"
to
";nonj_^li
'rh(;y;i,j)ply
their
while
weekn'
nix
fjiilure reMullH
iind
depth,
he
Tlicir
'llieywould
trentnuint
:i,
will
nick.
lJi";ywdft
in Humm";r.
(|ii;i,ntitieM
I'jiil
to do.
the
it
";("ul() I
ni"""'(!
I";;i,v()H
woidd
in Mm;
I
.-iricr I li;i,d ;;";(,(,|i";m
;i,irionnt
(juite.'I,l;i,r;';e
moist
lilxinil
in
Wliii.l
rell off.
oi' len
hox
tli;i,tu,
tw(!lv(; ineh(!H
but
"
\V;i;-itin; liiull niin";?
my
inoiHiure
noirly (lii;;i,|
pMllKiiiciilly.
"ih,
l)li^dd,. In
oui
ciiHeM
if
tlie yoimy
in
wron^-;
;i,M
;ind
de;i,d.
W(;r(!
of
tor
U'Wh
|"l;i,nl,M
";v"'"y (l;iy.
l,o look
ilnsy lM';,';;i,n
in
IVoni
I'iuNmI lo ;i,U/!iinhu"m;(;hh.
\Ui\, in l"!HH Mi.'iii;i, nionlli
out
inU(^li
mo
I1("\V";iM ;iI, luir wnkIovv
^nunl Hoil," mIh!
Unr
w:i-l-";i'":(l
njoy
"
jumI WMii(l"!rM wliy hIio
j)()inl,(!(l,
"
juid
IJm;
r";;iJi/.(!(|,
monl
wet
h(;ne;il,h
w;dcr
or
lonjj;,
keep
in
j)erKonH
tin; Hin'hi.ee of
Hoon
h(!"!Otn(!H
wdiy pljintHlloiirinh
"!X|"|jiinH
he^in
in
Uk;
tJKjyt/yXthrough
to
fiide.
moiHt
Tli'^y"lo
Htr;i,tin"i of
well
Hoil,
tliiitth(!yf;iilto (iiid
3flowers
112
the moisture
they need
is to go
To
and
size I have
mentioned
pailfulof
especiallyif
a
water
there
have
must
if
ment
develop-
the result is failure.
plants well
grow
than
on,
and
in window-boxes
should
receive
daily,and
in
are
winds
warm
very
of the
one
less than
not
hot
weather,
blowing,more
this will be
It will be
required.
readilyunderstood
all sides will
exi)osedon
from
that
have
soon
a
box
of soil
the moisture
tracted
ex-
it
air and
the sunshine,
by the warm
which
cause
rapid evaporation. To guard against
danger of this kind it is absolutelynecessary to use
water
daily,or oftener,in liberal quantities. Make
this the most
important rule to follow in taking care
of your window-box.
If you do not neglectthis advice
flowers as successfully
in boxes
at
grow
you can
the window-sill
as
you do in the pots on your planttable.
Make
it a part of the daily programme
of
work
plants to apply enough every
among
your
morning or evening to saturate the soil all through,
and do not be satisfied unless some
out through
runs
the cracks
moist
at the bottom
appearance
of the
box.
of the soil deceive
that sufficient moisture
Never
you
exists below.
let the
into the belief
Make
of it
sure
The
who
woman
by frequent examinations.
her
waters
little-and-often
plants on the
plan
that they get all they need
because
the surargues
"
"
3flowers
114
The
above
will furnish
flowers.
The
pansiesand
begonias will flourish admirablyin windows having a
good deal of shade. The plumbago is a fine plant for
the ends of the box, as it reaches to quite a height.
For
vines
to train up
the
trellis I would
advise:
IModena
vine, coboca.
Morning-glories,
To droop over
the sides of the box these will be
found
satisfactory:Lysimachia, moneywort,
very
othonna, vinca.
Salleroi geranium, droFor foliage:Coleus,Mad.
fern,aspidistra.
cena, palm, sword
The
will also be found
petunia and nasturtium
and they can
useful,both for floAvers and for foliage,
be trained up the trellis or over
the sides of the box,
being not at all particularin what direction they go.
The followingplants are
best for north windows
:
Nephrolepsis exaltata (fern),pterisargyrea (fern),
adiantum
cuneatum
(fern),Modena
vine,pilogyne
suavis,climber ; iradescantia, to droop.
In sunny
windows, almost any summer-blooming
flower can
be grown
successfully.If you do not
happen to have any of the sorts already named, and
cannot
convenientlyobtain
them,
hand.
Last
window-box
year
ordinary garden
I
saw
weeds.
it at the window
seemed
to realize the
a
a
whatever
poor
dignitythat
home.
had
is at
filled with
children
Some
of
use
been
had
The
structed
con-
seeds
conferred
XiminDow-:ffioie5
115
them, and that at last they had found an
opportunityto show what they could do with half
And how they flourished ! They were
a chance."
quite
cultivated plants are, and the
some
as attractive as
If there are poor
children evidentlyenjoyed them.
people in your neighborhood,give them plants and
and
them
to
seeds from your
collection,
encourage
in a windowof them, the coming summer,
make
use
box garden. If a child can
enjoy a weed under such
the comhe will be delightedwith even
monest
conditions,
flower,and by giving him one you will be
but which
doing a kind deed that costs you but little,
exert a powerful influence on the child's future.
may
upon
"
Be generous
\sAny
box
with your flowers.
soil will
that will hold
window-box.
will grow
costingseveral
buy a box can
One
of
pine,costingten
plantsjust as well as
dollars.
Those
who
answer
cents
a
box
cannot
for
for
a
terial,
ma-
of tile
afford to
always find something that will
be had for the asking.
all purposes, that can
answer
window
I would be gladto see plantsgrowing in one
at least of every humble
home, because I know how
much
plant
pleasureand brightnessthe commonest
lives.
is able to bring into our
Be
to have
a
sure
window-box, and encourage
In a littlewhile,if this
your neighborsto have one.
its summer
would
have
were
done, every home
window
garden.
almost
XX
AFTKK
CH
llANOlNG-RASKKrS
Plants
few
that
how
is"
it
of
or
beautities
a
window
add
gmoo
about
a
iXk?j?os^,
no
growoi";?
nuioh
*^
of
basket
A
more
than
a
to
grow
itj^
to
trailing
matter
JillM)ver-the-
w\\\ly tlunigh
nioueywort.
window
a
is
upright
comnion
givuud,"
the
Tlioro
attraotivouoss.
plant
in
jjuspouded
i*:\re
it is, often
expensive
or
phuu.
But
most
b:\;sket$.
si\me
box
Beoause
runs
s;\me
whieh
negUvteii.
than
If
can
point
to
water
them
enoivgh
to
reaeh
all the
a
lolloweii
tin\e
this
with
plant by
1U"
plan
the
a
eorvl
best
with
of
running
of
rv"ots
be
grown
daily, and
soil about
the
a
at,
it is
is the
result
only
well
is to make
be
hanging
ovor
get
The
the
satij^faetion
plants.
irreguhxrlymore
soil, and
the
the
to
is given
wholly negleeteil.
kvsket-phmts
the window-
ineonveuient
water
in
pr^visely the
faihirowith
the
at
into
runs
when
as
to
is rather
basket
a
off
leads
whieh
well
plants
fcvil is
they
why
nw^ou
of moistuiv
laek
"
ot\eii
The
that
tis
tail
persons
sure
:
]\ook
I
in
I have
for
some
suspend
the
it
they get
rv"ot^,
phmfc?
by
way
the
ceiling.
Ibanatnfl^JOatJheta
'PIk^ 011(1of tlio cord fastens
When
of thewiiulow-fratJK;.
I
unfasten
tho
pot,or basket,nito
it^until it has
it is
taken
U|), and
puhed
to
a
hook
the
oikI of the
about
(;ord and
pailfulof water, where
a
in all th(i water
th(5 cord
to
to ^o
throu;^h with
this
the
I leave
it iK^eds.
is fasteiKuj
ing,
water-
lower
TIk!!!
its hook
tlie saturation
"ia,(thtiin(!,
it will not
th(i soil is eoni|)l(!t(!
sary
iriidway
i)lantnoedn
a"2;ain. If this j)Ianis followed,and
of
117
he
n(!e,es
opcsrationdaily,(!X(;e[)t
dry wc^atlM^r.
Another
plan that works wi^ll is this : 'I'akea fruitof it.
j)uneh a small hole in the bottom
ean, and
the soil in the})asket.
Fill it with watcjr,and |)la(Ui
on
almost
It ean
aJwa,ys\h) eone(;al(;d hy tin; vin(;s^rowA little (5X])(irimentin"^
will enal)le
in^ in the basket.
of just tlie ri^ht
the hole in the (;an
to wmko
you
in the (|uantity
siz(ito allow th(i water to run
throu"^di
the soil moist.
to k(!(;|)
neeessa,ry
is a "j!;ood
basket
othomia
The
])lant. in some
localiticiSit is ealh^l
piekle plant," heeaus(i of the
of its (leshy,("ylindri(!al
resemblance
foliageto a
cucund)er.
ft blooms
and its
miniatun;
very fre(?ly,
l)ri^hty(;Ilovvllowers, resembling tiny dandcjlion
blossoms, are exceedinglyche(;rful and attractive.
is good, ))rovid(!d
do not give it
Tradescantia
you
ri(th a soil that its jointsare far apart. Tf it grows
90
too rapidlyit does not have
foliageenough to proin very
warm,
"
118
^flowers
give it a rather poor
soil. It is well to pinch it back
sharply from time
it branch
to time, to make
freely.
The pink oxalis is a charming plant for a basket,
its clover-like foliageand
with
bright,rose-colored
profusion from
flowers, produced in wonderful
it to rest by
In spring, allow
November
to May.
withholding water until it gets dry. Let it remain dry
effect ; therefore
duce
a
until
September.
soil and
good
repot in
fresh
the
take
Then
compost
bone
little finely-ground
of
tubers
sandy
out
loam
of the
and
a
meal.
fuse
Moneywort is a strong, rapid growler, and its prois true of
foliageis always pleasing. The same
as
Jill-over-the-ground,"
glechoma, better known
or
creepingCharlie."
Lysimachia is a pretty little plant of free growth.
as
strawberryplant,"
Saxifragasarmentosa, known
"
"
"
which
throwing out runners
is a very fine plant for
produce leaves at their joints,
Its leaves
basket.
are
shaped like those of a
a
geranium. They are red below and olive above,
The runners
hang over the edge
spottedwith white.
smaller than
of its basket in little festoons of foliage
because
of its habit
that of the main
of
plant.
Harrisonii is fine,with dark green, glossy
Vinca
edged with clear 3^ellow.
foliage,
a
Sweet alyssum makes
good basket-plantfor
1banglng*:"asket6
It
winter.
from
prevented
The
red
effect
look
at
our
very
they
"
fuchsia
entire
is
and
gracefully,
are
are
the
if
season
seed.
droops
flowers
violet
Asparagus
of
It
because
up
through
Beauty
use.
and
bloom
ripening
Little
"
basket
will
119
shown
turned
the
to
towards
fine
very
its
best
you
for
charming
possible
as
you
them.
sprengerii,
best
basket
spoken
plants.
of
elsewhere,
is
one
A
u^T
M\soKU^v^'KOl"s
OF
IN
"ITKK
THK
for culture
suitable
SrKKnx^soi.KX.
bloomer
APAri'KP
IV
ori.-
^Vl^"l\nV-v^AK^KX
fn^m
Yimety.
pivduced
the
excels
the
markings,
AxTHKRicrM.
white
and
Oran^io
in
tlowei^,
;
pixxwling
pagi^s:
rod
:i
:
free
vovv
desirable.
;
llower
nearly all the plants?
have
living-nx^ni, which
the
in the
"
l^ARGOXiVMs,
ored
in
mentioned
Kvn
easy
ri.AM^
following lisit includes
Tmk
not
xxt
\rrFK
en.
tbliage
culture:
their
thoy
often
A
and
a
in
pelargoniums
are
t'or
plant
their
**
pansy
beautiful
of
pivbably
n\agniticent
called
with
pUmt
:
tiowejrs. and
long spikes
tine
gx^i'geously-eol-
freely in spring
shape of
"
Most
"
white
general
no
ing
color-
liar
pecu-
ums,"
gerani-
green
tlowei's
decoi*:uivc
and
:
of
pnr-
post^s.
AoAVK.
the
is
''
"
The
temperature
Queen
green
120
of the
living-room
Victoria, with
ixround
plant ;"*
(.vntury
of its thick,
a
well
:
the
adapted
best
variety
yellow varieg^ationon
succulent
foliage.
to
the
^flowers
122
with
fragrant,
white,
finely-cut
like
shaped
dark
fruit
;"
months.
green
of
small
"
foliage,
a
a
pretty
;
flowers
brilliant
and
for
white,
red,
which
plant
of
flowers
pure
chrysanthemums.
The
plant
little
charming
pompone
Capsicastrum."
SoLANUM
cherry
A
(Pyrethrum).
Feverfew
table
decoration
succeeded
hangs
"
old
;
by
on
Jerusalem
the
foliage
cherry-like
plant
for
CHAPTER
XXII
BULBS
If
bloom
in
are
you
in
the
the
order
to
house
in
Look
make
in,
come
going
season.
at
bulbs
rapidly,
greatly
and
in
ground
part
those
ordered
and
of
out-door
the
by
middle
of
force
not
necessary,
as
bulbs
out
of
order
to
secure
and
kept
from
but
by holding
It
is
other
Hence
take
with
the
them
them
pleasure
term
in
at
left to the
a
and
season
and
bulbs
management
imagine,
until
late
bloom.
vitality
suffer
by
keep
in
retarded
are
late
their
them
planting,
and
would
nature.
development.
that
means
to
bloom
be
By
the
season
light,warmth,
which
they
rule
flowering.
the
in
not
from
oblige
this
to
The}"
influence
of
because
set, if possible,
for winter
some
when
your
late
September,
"forcing,"
hand,
their
be
back
which
with
they
loss.
early flowering,
conditions
the
late
potted early
should
to
ground
a
this
early
off
send
received
planting
equal
applies
be
the
consequence
for
Bulbs
should
into
catalogues, as
and
selections
bulbs
supply
your
fall
the
force
to
winter, get
over
Bulbs
of
out
endeavor
your
once.
WINTER
IN
at
dormant
careful
123
w^e
our
if
treat-
of
luout
this kiuvl, it is
almost
possible to
outirolydoruuvut
enables
givat
extent.
tliem
under
We
Uowering
foree them
ean
and
this
to
soasou
ahead
a
by growing
hold
or
stimulating eonditionSj
them
in
bv
reserve
to
under
eonditions
able
unfavorkee[ui\gthem
development. The tlorists have studied this
phase of tiorieultuiv thoroughly,
Avouderlul
these
bulbs
some
tinu\
long
a
ivjrulatethoir
to
us
for
koop
to
how
see
plants in
they regulate
a
it is
the
really
growth
of
inter.
w
Having oixlereil your
getting ready
and
bulbs, inuueiiiately
set about
eiMnpv-"st in whioh
plant them
to
on
their arrival.
As
a
g\"".Hi
soil
as
loam.
g;\i\ien
ia
is
any
sand,
and
eomposeil
one
woll-rotted
nary
ordi-
of
oow-manure
t\pial1^1rts.
sand
One-thini
for the loam
the world
soil is
whose
Better
properly
but
manure,
bulbs
be
in
proportion
a
bulbs
here
Now
than
grown
eompivseil of
ean
tertili/ed. than
large
it is not.
tiner, healthier
are
Holland,
sand.
and
t-oo
seem
may
grv.nvn
alnu^st
in
the richest
sand
of
in
in
elear
alone,
soils without
s^md.
Mix
tine
and
manure
bulbous
well.
oompost
your
mellow.
used
It
is old.
plants,out
is very
Fresh
or
Work
manure
in-d^x)r.
it
over
important
until
that
is harmful
u
is
the
to all
Ji3ulb0 in Timfnter
125
HMjuin};i ^roat deal of root room,
vvlion; ,s|)(;c,iiri(;n,s
are
Hingly,Im-^c.
thoroforc;,
grown
advino,liowovor,
gi-ow])()tsarc
unno(;(iH,sary. I would
in"^several 1)u1))H in Uic h;uih; pot. TIk; efVcoi in mon;
tained
pleaHin"^heojuiHo of Uk; ^niiiicr iiin,ss of color obI'lirco or- four liyacintliH,
in a lirnitod Hpac*;.
Ix; grown
(lafTodil.s can
or
HUcccsHfuIlyin a
tuli[)H,
Heven-inch j)ot. Half n dozen (;roeuH(;H
or,snowdro["s
to (illa .six-ineli pot. ThvcAt or four
will be refiuired
be
average-Hizedbulbs of lb*; licrnnidji, lily can
bulbs
in a ten-incb |)ot. if tbe larg(!st-si/(;(l
grown
"1") not
Bulbs
use
grown,
are
Water
but
bulbs
your
one
in
a
Hevcn-incb
pot.
pot tbcrn.
well wIkjii you
Then
wlierevcir you decide
or
cellar,
The
roots.
while tlu^yare
to keep them
develo|)ing
it is lilajly
to be
cellar is generallyadvised,beeause
H(!t them
at
onee
in the
and
c("nvenient,
vailingthere are those
most
id this
the
most
conditions
favonible
stage of tbcMr existence.
genf;rally
}"rcto tb(; bulbs
liui any
plaricwill
An
be made
or
so.
c;in
djirk,
old shed, an
over-turned
dry-goods box, or a trench
leavers
ill IJh; ground covered
with boards,coal ash(;s,
almost
anytliingto exclude liglit will give nearly
as
good results as a cellar,f)rovided th(i necessary
})e left in
Builds can
degree of coolness is secured.
time
until cold weathc^r sets in,by which
such j)laces
Slightireezingdoes
they ought to be fairlyrooted.
answer
"
that
is cool and
"
3flowers
126
opinion, hard freezing
cause
does.
It is not harmful
to bulbs in the ground, beits effects are overcome
graduallyand naturally
in spring. I therefore advise
removing bulbs put
roots
to some
out of doors to form
place free from
frost before freezingweather sets in.
to pot
Many persons fail to see why it is necessary
bulbs and put them
the
to form
roots under
away
in
conditions here described.
Why not put them
the window
soon
as
as
potted?'" they ask. I think
I can
explain Avhy we do this. When
satisfactorily
There
is
planted the bulb has no working roots.
stored up in the bulb, to
the vitality
nothing,save
develop or support the development of top growth
In the natural order of things,roots should be formed
not
hurt
in
them, but,
my
''
,
first.
While
of
light,there
and
cool
is
weather
the
there
is
an
is
nothing to encourage
top
the conditions under
growth ; but these are precisely
which
newly-planted bulbs form roots, and put
When
in shape for next
season's work.
themselves
the plant will, at the coming of
the roots are formed
weather, put forth leaves and get ready for
warm
absence
flowering.
to do
the
A
roots
lightand
with
this work
light and
these
bulb
well
warmth
the
warmth
strong
as
soon
as
you
of the window.
development
would
is in
roots
of
encourage
a
tion
condi-
bring
But
it to
without
top growth, which
to
begin at
once,
JBulbs
in IXXintct
127
naturallybe weak, because there is nothing to
the vitality
in the bulb, which
is not
support it save
sufficient in itself to bring about
perfectdevelopment.
factorily
satisDevelopment of root and top cannot
at the same
time,because the top will
go on
which
the roots are
in a
not
be making demands
must
condition
to
meet.
if roots
But
are
before
formed
begins,the plant is in shape to develop
fore,
Therehealthilywhen the chance is given to do so.
bulbs well,give them
from
if you would
grow
this demand
six weeks
you
months
to two
encourage
them
in which
to make
anything else.
made
a
good growth
dark
formed.
It
soon
sure
as
your
these
be left there
roots
for
some
have
fore
be-
to do
plant has
roots before you bring it to the wdndow.
to take
a
plant out of its
necessary
Be
roots
been
time
it is not
But
after this if you
of
closet
can
as
safely
desire to
as some
delay the blooming period. If any persist,
will,because of excitingconditions which prevailed
before they were
planted,in putting up flower stalks
before there is a satisfactory
development of roots,
at
they will have to be brought out of retirement
after they have
in the dark
once, for to leave them
begun to form buds is to incur the danger of blight.
Provide
as
drainagefor your bulbs the same
you
for any other
would
plant. Bulbs are reallymore
susceptibleto injuryfrom insufficient drainage than
3flowers
128
ordinary plantsare,
them
and
well if the soil about
The
tender
young,
tulipsand
be about
an
The
Bermuda
pots. Put
in
material
a
or
below
is
become
the
to
heavy
and
grow
wet.
and
diseased
that
so
expect
the
at all.
none
daffodils
inch
quite cover
not
them
roots
result is inferior flowers
Set
cannot
you
their
will
crowns
surface of the
Do
soil.
hyacinths.
be
lilyshould
planted in deep
shallow layer of soil over
age
the drain-
when
pot
you
bulbs
of this
plant,and
just covered
this
place the bulb, which should be
lightly. Leave it like this until a stalk starts. Then
fillin about
this stalk,as it reaches
up, until the
This may
a somewhat
seem
pot is full or nearlyso.
in which
to grow
a
strange manner
plant,but there
is a good reason
back of it. While
the vital part of
out roots from
the stalk
a lilyis in the bulb, it sends
which it throws out above the bulb.
Therefore,unless
the bulb is planted deeply there will be only a thin
on
of soil in
roots,which
drawing nutriment
put forth
not only help to feed the plant by
from the soil,
but also strengthen
and
stalk
stratum
these
support
Lilies
the
their
need
the
planted with
soil will have
being broken
no
support
which
their
to
the
can
braces
by acting as
crown
tied
be
off,but
of this
stalk
near
to
surface
the
stakes
to
deeply planted
kind.
Bear
it.
to
this
of
prevent
ones
in
will
mind,
130
flowers
exceedinglyrich
them
but
six
flower
one
to
a
and
bulb.
brilliant.
This
will
They produce
be
on
a
stalk
eightinches tall. The singlesorts are best for
forcing.
Hyacinths of the ordinaryclass send up but one
from
each
bulb, but that spike,wdiich
flower-spike
in height,will be
will be from
six to eight inches
clothed with bloom
nearly its entire length,therefore
the effect produced is much
where
more
satisfactory,
of color is desired,
than that of the tulip. The
a mass
singlehyacinths are preferableto the double ones, as
their flowers are
smaller,and do not crowd each
other so as
their individuality,
to obliterate
the
as
double
sorts are
likelyto do.
Roman
hyacinths send up several stalks from the
Their
bulb.
are
same
flowers,which
single,are
loosely arrayed along the stem, and are reallythe
in
most
gracefulof any of the family. They come
white,pink, blue, and pale yellow. The ordinary
hyacinth of the garden has a wider range of color.
and
All hyacinths are very fragrant,
as
they are of
the easiest culture,they demand
a foremost
place in
The
the list of desirable
plants for pot culture.
is much
amateur
more
likelyto succeed with them
than with the tulip.
or
The
daffodil
flowers.
The
or
narcissus
best
is
one
of the
forcingvarieties
are
,"
loveliest of
Early
Winter
in
mwlbs
131
White.
Paper.
"
Clear
Sion.
Van
^^ellow.
"
and
White
Roman.
Double
orange.
"
Income
with
Pale
Plenus.
ARABLLS
cup.
orange
Alba.
Stella
of
"
the
Sacred
Chinese
class,
polyanthus
and
"
Lily
be
can
gold.
white.
cream
"
popular
of
cup
and
Yellow
Major.
Trumpet
with
white,
Pure
"
The
perianth,
yellow
"
is
narcissus
a
in
grown
soil
or
water.
known
popularly
extensively
one
of
is
almost
And
no
purity.
it
lily, catalogued
Bermuda
The
should
for
grown
the
to
flower
If
be
I
"
decoration
of
if
ordinary
excels
it
in
this.
have
but
all
because
bulb
and
it
is
is
since
it
given
it.
bulbs,
is
care
stately
one
Harrisii,
Easter-time,
at
bloom
could
Lily
Lily,"
Easter
satisfactory
most
sure
the
as
as
grace
for
or
winter
lovely
use
XXIII
CHAPTER
HOW
The
what
never
it has
unless
indeed,
the
the
of
be
name
fear of
ought
small,
to
be,
small,
so
"
seems
almost
laying
one's
self open
bit of
opportunity
it
as
of lawn
deter
not
farmer
the
what
or
may
modest
a
should
name
of
most
it the
LAWN
THE
home
be,
This
by giving
FOR
the
it may
but
"
the
and
give
to
burlesque,
a
CARE
its lawn.
that
ridicule
to
AND
villagehome,
well, is
like
MAKE
TO
ground
from
one
tentious
pre-
making
home
the
improve
to
too
grounds.
Lawn-making
of
There
work.
no
On
a
is
the
is
development
haphazard
the
part
of
home
possible ;
advisable
definite
to
idea
132
supervision
but
which
with
on
goes
be
can
about
work
lot,no
before
study
of what
a
of
done
for
by
the
skilled
men
one
which
system
the
you
is done
situation,
are
lawn
elaborate
anything
the
pose,
pur-
in the
work,
may
the
and
brings
There
it.
where
very
unlike
quite
satisfactoryresults.
most
grounds,
small
a
it
because
plan by
a
and
definite
about
is
under
is
scale
specially constructed
machinery
and
the
large
a
lawn-making,
amateur
use
on
going
can
only
arrangement
it is
always
have
some
and
to
be
do.
to ^a?ie
1bow
If the
anD
stands
house
in
Xawn
for tbe
Care
the
centre
of
a
133
tively
compara-
factory
generallybe found most satisthe ground slope away
to have
evenly from
If a cellar has been
it on all sides.
dug, or much
of the
out in making the foundation
earth thrown
house, there will be considerable available material
level
on
hand
such
which
But
will
be filled in next
can
to
as
manner
a
there.
or
lot,it
produce
the
to the
house
slope
there,
necessary
if there is but littleof this material
the lot is of considerable
size,it will
in
be necessary
filling
in,if grading is not practicable.
be
be done, the soil can
this can
Where
scrapedfrom the edges of the lot to the vicinityof
the house until there is enough there to produce the
be made
to
desired
slope. But this plan cannot
lots of much
work
on
size,as not enough material
the edges of the lot.
The best
be spared from
can
thing to do is to have earth drawn in on the premises.
to do
good
a
Some
used
deal
get the
persons
in
making
of
a
lawn
idea
that
the
kind
of soil
is of little importance.
This
in order to produce good
soil,
results,should be quite rich. A good growth of
be expected from a soil lacking in fertility.
sward cannot
Therefore,if the material used is not what it
ought to be in this respect,be sure that it is enriched
seed upon
it. Old, well-rotted
before sowing any
stables are good,but
from the horse and cow
manures
is
a
mistake.
.
The
134
3flower6
there is
of introducing weeds
possibility
If one
has to buy his fertilizer,
I
by their use.
advise the use
of bone-meal, or some
would
of the
reliable fertilizers on the market, as these promany
duce
and
weeds
no
results,
prompt and satisfactory
can
always
the
from
come
them.
Do
satisfied
be
not
with
a
simple application to the surface of the soil,but
and have it worked
well
apply it in liberal quantities,
into the soil. This advice
appliesto whatever kind
of manure
is used.
It should
get down to where the
roots
to be
are
Before
have
rake.
What
sowing
the
over
Use
to
be satisfied until
you
soil that
want
as
is fine and
in all parts of it.
a
is grown.
should
care
To
even.
it several
the hoe
sward
lawn,
the soil fine and
go
not
the
when
break
they
are
If you
the
hoe
and
only
for
a
good
and
lawn
alike in this
half
do
the
to
tion,
condi-
apart all clods,and
thoroughly broken
foundation
mellow,
taken
this
secure
with
times
be
the
do
up.
is
a
respect
work
of
preparing it,you will have fine and mellow
patches
alternatingwith hard and lumpy ones, and the effect
of the
will be readilydiscernible in the appearance
sward.
the
After breaking up
all the lumps with
will
You
hoe, go over the ground with an iron rake.
find that this works
face,
unseen
lumps to the surmany
and these should
Then
be pulverizedin turn.
it again and again keep at it,indeed, until
go over
"
to /nbafte anO
Ibow
you
unable
are
When
you
that
there
lawn
will be
If there
to
no
are
bring
have
are
any
to the
more
the
soil
and
"
135
face.
lumps to the surso
finelypulverized
not
till then
your
"
be sure
to
depressions,
put into them to bring them
hollows
prevailinglevel
Xawn
receive the seed.
that the soil that is
see
any
lumps
ready to
for tbe
Care
or
is made
If this
firm.
is not
dumped or
done, and the soil is left loose,as when
ence
scraped in, it will settle after a time,under the influwill have
of heavy rains,and
an
uneven
you
is taken
be prevented,if care
surface.
This can
to
all such placesuntil the soil has the same
beat down
Some
firm compactness there as elsewhere.
preferto
let them
remain
grade their lawns one
season, and
without
sowing until the next season, thus givingthe
soil a chance
to settle thoroughly. I do not consider
if pains be taken
to make
the soil
this necessary,
with which
A good instrument
firm,
to do this is
of wood
to a handle,
iriade by fastening a block
which
pounder
something like the old-fashioned
in
as
a
use
women
inary
prelimpounding out clothes
part of the operations of washing-day. It
be used
should
to
not be so heavy that it cannot
effective
advantage, but the heavier it is the more
"
"
'"
"
its work.
Care
work
should
is done
be
taken
before
to
see
that
seed-sowing,as
all
necessary
after that
but
^flowers
136
little can
the
a
be done
Avithout
the sward.
well-beingof
to have
hurry
make
not
it he wants
order
In
tory.
about
it must
is
reason
something
to have
it
be in too
not
completed, for
year, and
every
it to be
Do
lawn
your
lawn
a
with
seriouslyinterfering
so,
when
that
every
great
does
one
he does make
will
be
satisfae-
part of the
work
bo done
carefullyand well. This fact
be too lirmlyimpressed upon
the mind
of the
cannot
lawn-maker.
amateur
Therefore, I say again,take
time for it,and slightnothing. Remember
that you
are
doing something which, if not satisfactory,
can
There
hardly be undone and made over next season.
no
cared
for, should
One
will
give
wanted
a
tendency to
that
deep, and
"
is
make
a
years
oUer.
on
sale, but
of seeds
low
stools out
feels under
firms
of honest
You
may
has
agriculturalwares
in
and
"
of it
use
What
is
a
"
the foot like the
have
to pay
more
and
is thick
pileof
to
send
built up
dealing,and get
have
in-
many
having
thing
spreadinggrowth some-
until the sward
who
what
of grasses
carpet. I find that it always pays
by
well
lifetime.
a
mixture
of the old seed
a
cheap one, and the
unsatisfactoryresults.
most
is
or
and
careful in the selection of seed.
lawn-grass seed
the mixture
stx^nces
last for years,
not
dealer in
every
calls
lawn, if well made,
a
be too
cannot
Almost
he
why
a
a
to
velvet
some
reputation
the mixture
for
them, but
they
you
jplowers
138
tered
cross-sowingyou will be likelyto get the seed scatwith
If you
have
a
comparative evenness.
small iron roller,
it is a
or
any device that is similar,
the ground wdth it,immediately
very good plan to go over
after sowing the seed,to force it into the soil,
and thus prevent its being blown
But do not
away.
do.
a rake
on
use
it,as some
I would
begin to mow
to a height
not
grass has
growm
and
I would
then
at this
clipit
would
cut
of
not
an
use
ordinarilymoist
the
mower
so
lawn
new
three
it very
stage,often injuresthe
about twice a week, for
is
season
not
a
four
or
close.
sward
until
To
inches,
do this,
greatly.I
the first summer,
If
one.
often.
very
It is
a
the
would
if the
dry, I
take
great mis-
keep your grass cut too close. There must
be enough of the grass-blade
at the root of the plant
left to make
if one
a good showing of green
expects
the sward
and
to look well.
some
Cutting close
almost
shave the turf
givesthe sward a brown look,
because
of the plant and
the crown
the dead
leaves
there have a chance
to show
usually found
through
the few green leaves left. If the season
is a dry one,
and
having water facilities,
3"ou live in a town
you
benefit the lawn
can
greatlyby wetting it down well
use
a good deal
every evening. To do this,
3^ou must
to
"
"
of
are
water, and
reached
shift the hose
})yit.
But
do
not
about
so
begin
to
that
all
parts
do this unless
to /IftalieanD
1bow
dare
fot tbe
Xawn
139
thoroughly,and keep it up as long as
Spasmodic attentions are alwaysharmful.
necessary.
If you
live in the country, where there is no system
of water-works,it is not worth while to attempt to
of Avatering
supply needed moisture by any manner
it is impossible to apply
available
there,because
enough water to do any good. One could spend
time in applyingwater with a pail or a
his whole
do
can
you
it
the
benefiting
watering-potwithout
After the first season,
most
lawn
in the least.
will be in
lawns
a
tion
condi-
cial
dry weather prettywell without artifibecause they will have so thick a sward
watering,
of the soil is preventedfrom evapothat the moisture
rating
rapidlyby the shade it furnishes.
excellent plan to give the lawn a
It is a most
before snow
comes.
dressingof bone-meal
every fall,
to stand
dissolves
This
finds its way
is
a
the action
under
of the elements, and
to the roots of the grass, and
the result
strong,early growth of healthy character.
June
give another
it be
each
liberal,
applicationof
time.
In
the fertilizer.
In
Let
keep up
sary
absolutelyneces-
this way
you
soil,which it is
to be
to continue
to do if you expect your lawn
it if you follow
the ''thingof beauty you will make
out these instructions carefully.In raking off the
use
a
never
sharp-toothedrake, for it is
clippings,
the
of
fertility
the
"
sure
to tear the
rake
made
with
but provideyourself
soil,
for lawn
use.
a
wire
XXIV
CHAPTER
PLANTING
the
About
it.
over
of
are
to
"
place
can
grow
be
at
this
chance
I
foot
to do
of
sight
such
a
half
the
The
that
mean
and
this
it.
a
in
half
open
do
Therefore
sward
primary
that
in
order
on
would
not
plant
they
sward
course,
kept
away
starved
give
lawn
will
you
feet
be
where
and
keep
are
proper
be
to
to
two
or
Of
choked
to
up
if shrubs
lawn
it must
necessary
the
on
manner
140
be
be
will
they
it will
a
but
them,
will
of unnecessar}^
shrubs
sward.
the
if
lawn
partly given
the
j^our
are
it,neither
on
doing
Let
place for
among
or
need
not
with
v/ar
all
fact,or
fine
a
deal
good
a
of grass.
a
have
soil
a
the
of
sight
in
doing
does
choose
them,
away
be
ing
mak-
by planting shrubbery
growing
well
do, after
persons
cannot
one
shrubs
the
not
and
it,that
LAWN
lose
persons
that
will
By
it
will
and
from
spoil
work
take
lawn,
to
develop
You
grass.
work
many
many
shrubs
the
thing
Most
ignorant
there
first
is
lawn,
a
THE
a
the
shrub
make
a
a
cut
grass
all sides
your
out.
of
it,
sorry
lawn
spoil it by cutting
in
out
it.
idea
of
a
lawn
is
a
stretch
of
green
{Planting tbe ILawn
between
sward
the
and
house
its
house, and
street,
or,
object is
color for the eye, and
141
at any
afford
to
a
rate,near
restful bit of
to isolate the
house,in a sense,
It is the sign of separathe public highway.
from
tion
from
the
of home
outside
the
world, and
the more
broader its expanse
privacy and seclusion
it gives to the home.
But a small
lawn
to
serves
this idea of seclusion
out
carry
to
considerable
a
tent,
ex-
provided it is not spoiledby breaking up the
If
shrubs
there.
sweep of it by planting too many
this is done, the sense
of distance and
stroyed
privacyis deand
the impression given is not half as
out
pleasingas that resultingfrom a lawn entirelywithshrubs.
I would
however, on
to plant them
rather
of it
road
advise
not
or
such
a
shrubs
small
planted at
they help to carry
the
sides,and
that
manner
between
out
the
when
gether,
alto-
lawn,
tion
por-
it and
the
Shrubs
confined
suggestion of
but
a
be left unbroken.
street,if possible,
be
can
very
house, and
the
near
a
even
in
discard
to
one
there
separation
a
of your
property from your neighbor's.
But, for good taste's sake,do not make
rows,
of
mistake
common
or
that
in
orchard.
an
that will
shrubbery in
of
the regularity
planting your
in groups
apple trees
the all too
recur
Aim
with
to avoid
all arrangements
suggest formality, Before
planting
flowers
142
the
see
she
Nature
how
been
along
the
hints
you
to the fields and
to go
in
her shrubs
arranges
not
has
bushes
advise
I would
lawn
interfered
The
with.
edge of a held will
about
planting shrubs
where
corners
growth
afford you
of
some
along the edge
of your
There
will be no
lawn.
prim regularity
there,no straightrows, but a simplicitythat is the
perfectionof artistic arrangement.
Because, you
take the trou])le to stud}^into itj
will find,if you
that Nature
is always artistic because
she is always
she aims to carry out an
simple and direct. When
of it,and
idea she goes straight
in the
to the heart
simplest fashion possible. She is governed by her
which
are
instincts,
unerring,and, therefore,she
valuable
makes
never
of the
but
Nature
get
works,
and
mistake.
You
hedge-rows and
can
you
a
and
the fence-corners
idea
some
you
tliat will be
learn
cannot
can
much
of
the
line
imitate
better
her
the
in
along
to
than
some
a
son
les-
day,
which
tent,
ex-
imitating
in doing
for the probability
is that
neiglibors,
the more
that you will be copying a mistake, and
a
is copied the greater tlie departureis from
mistake
whatever
similaritythere ^vas to the originalidea at
the beginning. In perpetuatinga mistake
b}^repetition
of it,we
almost
invariablyexaggerate its most
objectionablefeatures.
be taken
Care must
to plant in the background
your
Iplanting tbe Xavvn
such
shrubs
this you
kinds
wrong
hide
this
them
as
must
you
are
of
tall
understand
decide
to use,
In
growth.
the
or
143
habit
you
of
order
growth
get them
may
to
do
of the
in the
bery
frequentlysee collections of shrubthose
in the foreground completely
in which
When
them.
those behind
see
w^e
anything of
kind it is safe to conclude
that whoever
planted
place. We
did
the shrubs
not
he
understand
much
about
the
habit
of
selected.
mend
give a list of such shrubs as I would recomfor general planting,with the height to which
they generallygrow :
Lilacs,old-fashioned
sorts, eight to twelve feet;
Persian
feet.
five to seven
varieties,
Hydrangea paniculata,four to five feet.
Weigelias,three to four feet.
Spireas,three to four feet.
Amygdalus (ahiiond),three to four feet.
Pyrus Japonica (Japan quince),two and one-half
I will
to three
feet.
Flowering currant, five to six feet.
Syringa,five to six feet.
Honeysuckles, six to eightfeet.
Deutzia, two to three feet.
Berberry,six to eightfeet.
Exochorda, ten to fifteen feet.
I have
named
a
dozen
shrubs.
The
list could
be
144
jflowcrs
extended, but
greatl}^
to it,because
to add
I do
attempt
the cultivation
treatment,
our
of those
or
winters.
Northern
dozen
I
kinds
it does
not
not
advise
never
of
not
consider
it advisable
the
amateur
to
plants requiringpeculiar
hardy enough to stand
Because
follow
I have
that
named
I Avould
but
a
advise
shrubs,for there are so many
varieties among
the dozen
that a largelawn
could be
named
stocked
with
the kinds
without
duplicating
will prove
variety. A few good ones
vastly
any
of
more
however, than a large number
satisfactory,
the serious misWe
take
inferior ones.
generallymake
of planting three or four times as many
shrubs
the law^i wdll stand,because
at plantingtime they
as
small
that they produce but little show
and
are
so
but little space, and we
lose sightof the fact
occupy
that if they grow
and developwell they will,
in a few
crowded, and nothing about the home
years, become
grounds is more
unsatisfactorythan a thicket of
in which
shrub
uality
loses its individshrubl_^ery
every
and
its neighbor to such
interferes with
an
the
use
extent
of but
that all
a
are
dozen
made
weak
and
inferior.
When
that nearly all will,
plant shrubs remember
when
fullydeveloped,have a spread of from four to
six feet,
and plant accordingly. If you group
them,
of course
the group
is composed
the plants of which
be set closer together,
but leave a space about
can
you
3Flo\vcr3
146
live effect until
And
Avhat
do
as
stand
not
isolate thoni
consider
a
other
as
group
a
treat it
in mind
Bear
shrubs.
all small
from
ordinary,and
growing in
hydrangea is true
it
soon
as you
precisely
grouping well,
groups
your
lias
of the
is true
sized and
medium
treat
ho
like
shrub
such
to
sure
shrubs
lilac,and
the
In
groups.
of most
be
But
would
masses.
other
of greater size
words,
the
than
accordingly.
what
I have
said
about
formality.
and
Let the
regular distances.
straightrows
along the edges of the lawn
shrubbery grounds curve
without
breaking over into it.
the house.
I would
not
plant shrubs near
They
and
of view
interfere with the freedom
destroythe
at the sides of the
el^Vct gained by planting them
Avoid
If you
lawn.
summer
In
and
crowd
tiowers
have
must
there,
use
such
plantsas the dahlia, salvia,or canna.
planting shrubs be sure to have the soil rich
oughly.
and
do the work
nu41ow.
carefullyand thordo. and
Do
not
dig a little hole, as many
of the plants into it in a tangled
the roots
and
mass,
then
roughly. ^lake
out
straiglitening
then
scatter
them
with
apply
water
soil
your
the
tramp
the
hole
large enough
the roots
over
them
to
in
a
and
natural
work
upon
to
them
of
allow
manner,
it in
and
among
they are covered,
thoroughly settle the soil,
lingers.
enough
soil down
When
IPlanting tbe Xavvn
fill in
after which
about
the
147
plant
until
you
have
is a very
disposed of all the earth. If the season
to water
be necessary
newly-set
dry one, it may
the
plants occasionally,but in ordinary seasons
watering given at planting-timewill be sufficient to
keep the roots moist until tlie plant gets a start. It
part of the work
pays
to do
in
slovenly manner
a
this
of the shrub
care
shrubs
give
given such
much
it is
quite
in the future
treatment
will
cannot
The
satisfaction.
If you
well.
man
evident
that
do
it
the
be
slovenly,and
be expected to
or
woman
who
thingswill be willingto
and
only by doing this can
them.
be attained
with
success
My definition of
in plant-growing is
success
getting out of a plant
all that is in it. This can
only be done by studying
its habits and needs, and treatingit accordingly.
that I have said nothing about
It wdll be noticed
genuine love for
good care,
give them
has
a
these
"
I did not
roses.
would
because
advise
I do
omit
them
omitting
not
them
consider
the
from
from
rose
the
list because
I
the
garden, but
suitable for planting
It does not
prominent positionson the lawn.
attain a size that gives it dignityenough for such a
when
pended
grouped, and it is not to be deposition,even
to come
on
dition.
through the winter in good conand a good many
have roses
By all means
but give them
in
of them
a
place by themselves,
in
"
"
148
3flo\vcr3
the
sheltered
most
them
give
can
beautiful
a
in
about
of
spot
a
a
winter
on
of
an
rose-bed
lawn.
snow
etcher's
woi^ld
winter
without
lawn.
the
their
with
lines,
all
but
the
a
add
making
show
and
of
barrack
the
are
against
delicacy
to
you
shruhs
Hardy
branches
hardl}'
where
garden,
your
in
when
winter,
background
of
of
protection
unsightly
an
nook
tinctness
dis-
boards
attraction
CHAPTER
OUT-DOOR
THE
frequently the
Too
XXV
GARDEN
flower-garden
summer
Often, quite disappointing.
lack
of
which
and
system
might
have
altogether,if
Many
harmony
avoided
been
forethought
proper
florists
amateur
is at hand
to the
matter.
They
have
arrangement
of
beds,
or
them.
They
inspirationsof
the
"
out
and
satisfactorily,
be
cannot
The
the
depended
only
way
before
to
on
what
on
in such
secure
a
like
to
begin
when
do,
and
think
operation.
you
to
do,
can
you
carry
have
undertake
Don't
attempt
least
more
to
have
"
time
the
on
trust
to
do.
"
than
you
well
over
and
to turn
"
Luck
to
doubt
successful
you
everything
in the
Decide
would
before
elaborate
make
to
study.
rate, what
matter
reason
"
luck
matters.
it careful
not
in
grow
things
seldom
plan
any
to
for
for
thought
any
plants
"
is
exercised.
been
satisfactory result
at any
the
forward
them
Don't
or
Do
the
to
There
great degree, or
had
of
or
they
flower-garden is by giving
a
giving
moment
this
in
satisfactory
un-
arrangements
decided
not
inclined
seem
its
until
wait
garden-making
in
is
your
you
plans
ity
abil-
com])letion.
can
that
easily
is
149
do.
worth
3flowers
150
in }-our
growing
The
garden.
ordinaryhome-garden
include but a small share of all reallydesirable
can
plants. Select a few of the best,but only as many
of being able to properlycultivate,
as
you feel sure
remembering, alwa^^s,that a few plants well grown
to afford pleasureto yourself and
are
sure
friends,
while a great many
ones
are
a
source
poorly grown
of vexation
and disappointment. Quality should
be
considered
of more
as
importance than quantity.
Do not aim to have your
garden like that of any
else.
Be
of the pleasure derived
one
original. Much
from
flower-gardeningoperations consists in
planning to suit the owner's ideas of the fitness of
things,rather than in copying the designsof others.
Do
not
to
go
ivork with
settingout
become
your
in
"
weary
garden
well-doing,"and
up
grow
weeds.
with
end
by letting
Unless
you
feel
willingto do a good deal of hard
work
in weeding and
hoeing and transplanting
unless you have enough resolution and perseverance
to give your garden the attention
it needs all through
sure
that
to
siasm,
great deal of enthuaccomplish great things,then
a
are
you
"
the season,
If you
do
have
understand
time
and
Have
a
not
never
the
one
had
a
demands
labor,start
small
to have
attempt
out
garden, and
it will
in
this year.
one.
a
very
Next
make
do not
fully
upon
your
conservative
way.
year have
a
larger
0arDen
Z\yc "ut*2)ooc
one
if the
of this
success
it.
will convince
be
It may
you
warrants
year
that
that it is not
151
one
you
in
temptin
at-
year'sexperience
desirable
to
attempt
But I do not fear such a result if you
having any.
reallylove flowers,and only those who reallylove
should attempt to grow them.
them
the
allow
Never
design of a bed to give you
than what you put in it. As a general
more
concern
thing,the anicateur gardener will do well to steer
Unless they are given a great
clear of
fancy beds."
to be unsatisfactory.
deal of attention they are sure
Aim, then, to have beds of pleasing shape, but let
the
in harmony with
these shapes be simple and
in
of the plants to be grown
character
habit and
suited to jDromioval beds
Circular
them.
are
or
be grown
in
tall plants may
because
nent locations,
about them, and low sorts at
the centre,smaller ones
all
effect v/hich is pleasing from
the edge,givingan
Circular
or
curving beds are more
points of view.
all
than straightor square
satisfactory
ones, because
and
with
in harmony
curves
more
plants seem
flowing lines than with angles. If you are not very
particularabout the shape of your bed, but want
row
something easy to reach from all points,a long,narthe path,
Such beds near
will suit you best.
one
and
line,
and followingits curves
angles in general out"
"
"
are
always
more
pleasingthan
wide
ones.
152
Jplowerg
If you
have
and
path
wide
at
are
beds
a
manner
bank.
or
from
from
In
to
Always keep
which
plantsso
side, and
as
as
your
beds
to have
to be
are
distance
some
flowers at the farther
in such
that
give one
in mind
those
positions.
order
to do
from
the
from
it,plant tall
plants
arrange
your
the idea of a slope
the principalpoints
will be seen, and
them
seen
make
arrange
your
effective display
an
this
it will be necessary^
satisfactorily
to study your
cataloguesthoroughly,so that
know
what
kinds
ground,
to plant in the backyou
may
the middle
distance,and the foreground.
If your garden is long and narrow,
and at one
sid^
of the path, as many
necessarilyare, because of the
limits of villageor citylots,
circumscribed
let the
banking idea prevailthroughout. That is,plant
"
"
tall growers
in
the
farther
bed,
and
work
down
to
low-growing plants in the places nearest the path.
In this way
it is possibleto give all a chance
play
to disSuch
themselves.
a
result,however, cannot be
secured
without
a knowledge of the material
you are
Know
to use.
your plants.
If you want
the best possibleeffects,
do not put
several
Most
each
color
kinds
of flowers
in the
results
satisfactory
kind
and,
b}^ itself,
by itself. But where
same
bed.
secured
by planting
as
,a general thing, each
contrast
is desired,
two or
are
3flowcr6
154
the effect of this
and
shift and
have
that
or
change
arrangement
an
decided
to
path
the house.
use
phint in
about
by
until you
which
be most
ma}^
If 3'OU
this
each
that
or
feel
kind
seen
effectively
familiar
place,
sure
j^ou
3^ou have
from
the
with
plants,
it is not at all difficult to form mental
picturesof the
garden to be, which will be of great hel]^to j^ou in
coming to conclusions as to what plantsto have, and
When
have decided,draw
where to have them.
you
or
a
diagram of your garden as you propose to
map
of the
have
it,marking eacli bed with the name
When
the time comes
to do
plant it is to contain.
the work, you will know
just what to do, and when
seed or set out plants,3"ou
the time
to sow
comes
will know
just where they belong. A plan of this
it simplifies
kind greatlyexpedites matters, because
them, and gives you something to be governed by.
such a plan,gardening operation3are
Without
sure
the hap-hazard s^^stem. The garden which
to be on
which
has been most
affords most pleasureis the one
or
carefullythought
I
their
much
that
"
law
have
said
out
in all its details.
this line
prevailin
unto
taste,and
without
each
himself
beds, their form, or
it is impossibleto do very
knowing the conditions
little about
but
arrangement, because
in
are
"
understands
case.
Each
in this matter.
the
must
person
plants he
If he
has
has
be
a
good
he
selected,
can
than
any
who
has
Let
the
can
do
well
There
would
annuals
and
155
to his
more
it for him.
arrange
will
instinct
pleasure
Any one
prefer to
for himself.
heed.
you
which
of advice
item
to
unless
much
gardening
true
give one
me
elaborate
I
else
one
to this matter
attend
will
garden
his
arrange
(3arDen
"ut=2)oou
Zbc
Do
have
not
had
the amateur
anything
considerable
ence.
experiattempt
safetyin simplicity.
advise
also
having separate
so-called
bedding plants."
is
"
beds
The
for
two
^
classes do not
"
combine
Bedding plants,"so
the
between
Avell.
called
by
the
and
annuals
florists to
the
tinguish
dis-
greenhouse
in the
the lawn
beds
or
on
plants used for filling
garden,seldom bloom as freely with the exception
annuals
of the geranium
as
do, and have a quite
ferences
of these difdifferent habit of growth, and because
to keep them
it is advisable
apart. Most
"
"
delicate flowers than
bedding plants have more
air of distinction,"
the annuals, and
a
greater
be
of quality,and
because
given a
they should
the house
or
path where their beauty
place near
be seen
to the best advantage.
can
The followingplants are adapted for conspicuous
positionson the lawn or for back rows : Dahlias,
amaranthus, salvia,canna, zinnia,gladiolus.
where
beds
For
height are
plants of medium
"
"
"
jflowcre
156
wanted
gold,
Aster, balsam, calliopsis,
larkspur, mari-
:
phlox.
poppy,
beds
the
path or
eschscholtzia,
daisy,candytuft,sweet
tulaca,ageratuni,verbena.
For
low
For
beds
near
where
a
brilliant
show
house
Pansy,
alyssum, por:
of color
is desired:
Calliopsis,yellow; eschscholtzia,yellow;
salvia,scarlet ; phlox drunimondii, rose and white;
nasturtium,
and
crimson
and
orange
maroon
;
petunia, violet,
white.
border
: Candytuft, white;
j)lants
alyssum,
blue.
white; ageratum, blue ; lobelia,
For
the bedding ones
edging plants among
Sallcroi
and
^lad.
are:
geranium, green
white;
pyrethrum, yellow ; centaurea,gray.
golden-feather
By using the various shades of coleus a greater
best
The
of color
range
can
be obtained, but T do not consider
good plant for edging a
with
better as
some
more
a
filler,"
compact-growingplant as a border.
this
a
very
bed.
"
For
desired
combinations
scarlet
where
salvia
brilliant show
It
does
close-jointed,
of color
is
rounded
plant, surwith
golden-yellowcalliopsisand edged
with
maroon
candytuft or sweet
alyssum. Dwarf
also be used effectively.
nasturtiums
can
the lawn
the ricinus is an
For tropicalbeds
on
importantplant. It grows to great size and has a
use
as
a
centre
XLbc "utsDoor
spread of
two
three
or
rich,
six
be used
lustre,and
several
alone
Its immense
across.
One
stately appearance.
but
effect,
157
eightfeet,with hronzy foliageoften
or
feet
metallic
"5ar"en
or
in
a
leaves
have
a
give the ]3lanta most
plant is impressive in its
group
in combination
are
better.
with
cannas
These
or
can
cal-
adiums.
For
smaller
use
cannas
in
variety,planting
color of foliage.
regard to size as well as
fences : Sweet pea, mornFor covering screens
or
ing
glory,floweringbean, Maurandia, gourds.
locations : Portulacas,
nasturtiums.
For sunny
For shady places: Pansy, myosotis.
For beds close to the path : Tea roses, first of all ;
verbenas, pansies.
heliotropes,
color alone is required:
where
For carpet-bedding,
Coleus yellow-bird,
yellow;
pyrethrum golden-feather,
achyranthes, alternanthera,crimson, yellow, and
and
in combination
; coleus,red, maroon,
green
silver}^
gray.
green and white ; centaurea, coral,
For massing : Petunias, phlox, aster, calliopsis.
For
cutting,the following plants are excellent :
opsis,
Sweet peas, heliotrope,
mignonette,nasturtium, calliruddahlia,gladiolus,
tea-roses,salvia,poppy,
beckia, golden glow," pansy.
For plantingabout the veranda : sweet pea, morning
glory,Maurandia.
with
due
beds
"
3flowers
158
flowering:Asters,ten-week stock,pansy.
Of the easiest culture : Petunia,phlox, calliopsis,
balsam, aster, marigold, sweet pea, morning glory,
tium,
candy tuft,sweet alyssum, pansy, portulaca,nasturlarkspur.
zinnia,gladiolus,
The
plants in the foregoing list are especially
Horist.
They
adapted to the needs of the amateur
and
are
robust,and free flowering,
hard}^,self-reliant,
For
late
they
all
are
I think
have
a
careful
each
to
requirements.
and
use
of
a
in
purpose
named
I have
any
lists that
several
the
one
to select
flower-garden or
the best kinds
plants
lawn
for general
given lists largeenough to admit
the cataloguesyou
In looking over
have
of free selection.
wdll find
study
given Avill enable
been
suited
good.
I have
great many
not
mentioned.
Some
when
Some
not.
are
are
satisfactory^
good ; some
by an experiencedgardener,but disappointing
grown
fill
The kinds named
w^hen grown
by the amateur.
who givesthem
woman
or
requirements,and the man
are
proper
care
may
feel
sure
reasonabl}^
of
success
with
them.
A
"
few
words
as
"
proper
may
not
w^iat
is meant
be amiss.
By
b}^ the
it I
mean
term
"
You
not
canKeeping the bed free from weeds.
good flowers unless you suppress the weeds.
grow
two will not get along well together. Therefore,
1st.
The
care
to
Jibe
allow
never
a
flower-beds.
"ut*Door
weed
to
Pull
it
(3arDen
established
become
the
up
159
in
moment
your
cover
dis-
you
it.
2d.
Keeping
it
made
of
the
cannot
suffer
for
week
ground
rain
soil
become
take
in
and
hard
throughout
it.
Stir
the
season,
it
two
the
If
you
plants
your
whether
face
sur-
do,
will
times
three
or
able
en-
comes
let
crusted.
and
to
that
Never
dew.
or
mellow,
moisture
the
moisture
of
lack
and
open
all
of
use
from
either
along,
it
to
the
is
it
a
wet
or
dry.
3d.
Removing
continue
plant
to
allow
seed
be
used
get
in
few
but
never
keep
to
it
the
form,
flowers
blooming
of
the
and
after
a
flowers.
seed
of
production
all
ripening
allow
fading
formation
the
prevent
you
all
plant
during
energies
perfecting
the
to
the
first
By
season.
seed
induce
and
of
the
it,
and
crop.
if you
this
the
If
flowers.
general
form
doing
plant
you
you
will
will
fore,
Therewant
to
CHAPTER
HARDY
Every
the
I
year
of
value
florist.
if
does
call for
a
lowest
weeds
from
about
all the
it
encroaching
from
receive
do
will
very
when
to
in
lished,
estab-
once
for
care
of
them
labor.
which
there
plants, and
plants
are
the
most
tion
atten-
of
class
other
any
is
likely
are
simple
this
fact,than
this
and
amateurs,
with
well
amateur
simply keeping
the
on
the
amount
one
means
many
better, in
much
years,
hard}^ border
that
quite
for
is
care
degree,
care
plants
great
with
impressed
more
for, and
"
In
"
for
cared
proper
degrees.
varieties
border
"
term,
the
and
good
not
PLANTS
more
are
several
to
am
properly
properly
The
BORDER
hardy
The}^
XXVI
plants.
The
the
This
the
the
and
regular
is
matter
a
in
florist
satisfied
with
160
liberal
I have
importance
greatest
plants
adds
degree
next
such
a
to
keeping
of
fertilization
constantly urged
to
manner
one
as
who
to
weeds,
the
down
the
to
the
satisf}^
remembered,
who,
it must
be
the
average
plant, the plant
develop
astic
enthusi-
is not
as
of
being
as
aims
soil.
to
be
generally
3flowet0
162
ing
a
been
grand show of color. Of late,varieties
produced which are wonderfullybeautiful
the
individual
newer
sorts
and
flower
as
are
is considered.
and
large
brilliant
as
when
of the
a
nium,
gera-
size of their trusses
the immense
when
as
Some
have
is
and the length of time they
consideration,
of flower
remain
in bloom, with the large number
stalks sent up from
each
strong clump of roots,the
ized
good qualitiesof this plant will be more
fullyrealby those who have seen it but have not grown
it. I consider
it the best hardy summer-flowering
plant for generalculture. Its care is of the simplest.
It likes a rich soil,
all plants of this class do.
It
as
likes to have grass and weeds
kept from choking it
and robbing it of nutriment.
Beyond this it makes
taken
into
demands.
no
size,and
solid
the
scarlet
clump
after year
of
crimson,
to pure
three
rose,
white.
its roots
until
larger,
grows
of flowers
mass
shades
Year
or
increase
you
in
have
a
four feet across, of all
violet,lilac,purple, and
It is
entirelyhardy.
It is
It is
easily increased by division of its roots.
nish
charming when
shrubbery to furplanted among
brightnessafter the shrubs have passed their
Fine
secured
effects are
period of bloom.
by
sorts in
planting it in groups, with the tall-growing
the
rear.
Next
in
value
to
the
phlox
I would
j^lacethe
1barOi2 3i3or"er iplante
hollyhock. I am
jDlaceon the list
tlie
phlox,
very
it.
worth
advise
sowing
of young
These
leaves
see
old
sorts
seldom
to
The
double
at the
expense
keeping
a
strong and
singlevarieties
for years, but
to
seem
of
and
vitality,
for
few seeds
have
third
a
each year,
does
not
stand
are
a
as
more
used
the
to be
and
new
gained their
the plantsare
I would
that
so
be
healthy plants can
have
plants should
young
and
care
given them in fall,
first
hardy
season.
and
that water
give it
not, consequentlythere
lasted
beauty
as
were
robust,and
beautiful
I would
but
sure
if it
it is
but
failures with
not
163
a
supply
kept on hand.
protection of
should
about
be
their
taken
roots.
effective for bold and
prominent
Nothing is more
double
points of decoration than groups of these new
running
hollyhocks,with their rich and varied coloring,
purple,rose,
through all shades of red,scarlet,
almost
and
dark as to appear
so
black,and
maroon,
ranging from this to pale yellow and pure white.
deserve
the old single kinds
But
a
place in every
something of good
garden. For back rows, where
of
is desired,
it is one
size and
strikingappearance
the best of all plants.
The aquilegias,
of which
there are many
varieties,
and among
best hard}^plants.
all desirable,
our
are
I prefer the soft,delicate yellows,the pure, pale
blues, and
the
white
kinds.
Mass
them
and
you
flowers
164
will have
the
a
charming body
of color for weeks
during
earlypart of the season.
plants,sure
Coreopsislanceolata is one of the new
its way
It is perfectly
to win
to popular favor.
flower-stalks
slender
hardy. It sends up many
of the
crowned
richest
with
daisy-likeblossoms
yellow.
The
pink and white herbaceous spireasdeserve a
place in every garden. We have few daintier flowers
than these,with their delicate,
featheryclusters lifted
their clusteringfoliage on
airilyabove
long and
slender stalks.
They are very hardy.
No
quently
garden is complete without peonies. One fresees
strong old clumps of them, three or four
feet across, bearing hundreds
of noble size
of flowers,
and most beautiful coloring.Such a specimen of this
in bloom, and cannot
be
plant is magnificentwhen
too highly prized. Give it a somewhat
heavy, clayey
it very
old cow-manure.
rich with
soil,and make
Disturb its roots as little as possible.
The perenniallarkspur is a grand plant when
well
It often reaches
a
or
height of seven
eiglit
grown.
often a hundred
stalks from
feet,with thirt}^,
fifty,
each strong clump of roots,each one
bearing a spike
of flowers from two to three feet in length. Formois of the richest blue,deep, intense, and almost
sum
in its brilliance.
of the plants
luminous
This is one
belonging to the back row.
but they
white varieties,
165
plants
IbarDB JSorDcc
There
not
are
are
fine
so
and
pale blue
the
as
good
old formosum.
One
and
popular flowers of the day
This
plant has a
deservedly so.
range
of
of
is the
the
yellows and
whites,such
wonderful
blues
Such
delicate colors.
and
rich
and
maroons
purples, such
seldom
we
grays and violets,
iris,
and
pearly
find in any
combinations
exquisite colors and
its freedom
of bloom, and
color,its long season
floweringmakes it a favorite wherever it is grown.
Its
flower.
The
domesticated
plant.
Cultivation
much
It blooms
fence-corner
there
when
coming
and
is
a
of cold
amateur's
aster
is another
of
of
desirable
most
greatlyimproved it in size.
more
freelythan its relatives of the
at a time
the pasture-lot.It comes
dearth of flowers,and last" until the
has
The
weather.
garden
are
novse
two
best
anglea and
sorts for the
rosea.
have its collection
course, every border should
of lilies. There should be the Japanese sorts,album,
Of
speciosum and rubrum, with that showy old-timer,
the
tigerlily,"brilliant in orange and brown, and
the well-known
candelabrum, with its golden cups
"
uplifted to catch the
longiflorum or auratum
north,for they
depended upon.
sunshine.
for
are
not
I
do
cultivation
advise
not
at
the
hardy enough
to
treme
ex-
be
3flowers
166
there
is the
hardy pink, the pretty
little phlox sublata,and the evergreen
candytuft.
not
I must
forget to speak a good word for the
This lovelyflower has the specialmerit of
dicentra.
front
For
rows,
It follows the bulbs closely,
being an earlybloomer.
in
is quite as beautiful as anything that grows
and
white
of pink and
the
garden. Its long sprays
flowers are
excellent for cutting. Give it a very rich
soil. It is entirely
hardy.
The
of the
new
rudbeckia, golden glow," is one
finest plants of recent introduction.
It is as hardy
a plant can
as
possiblybe. It is a wonderful
bloomer,
and its rich,golden yellow flowers are
quite as fine
the popular semi-double
as
semble
dahlias,which
they rein size and shape.
advise having the border by itself,
far
I would
as
because
it will be necessary
to hoe about
as
possible,
the plants in it frequently,
and
this can
be done to
than
better advantage if they are
by themselves
where
tlieyare i:)lanted
shrubberry. Grown
among
shrubs, they will quite surelybe robbed to a
among
they require. I would
great extent of the nutriment
of a few perennialsamong
advise the use
the shrubs,
"
but
the bulk
own.
A
you
Of
of them
should
good place for
would
course
like to hide
it will be
them
as
have
a
is beside
much
understood
as
place of
a
their
fence which
possible.
that
the list here
1barDi2
given
does
hardy
plants,
likely
not
a
to
do
and
of
them
all
of
if
themselves
of
attention
little
in
the
it is well
and
and
well-known
applies
all
of
in
other
successful
floriculture
kinds
branches
modest
way
needs
of
cultivator
"
in
other
operations
in
and
slow
all
its
business.
of
flowers
in
has
it all
of
Crockett's
to
as
cannot
a
ments.
require-
knowledge
phases,
season.
to
gardening,
one
learn
One
add
can
Davy
increases.
Go
if
a
success
their
of
his
as
and
already
lines
he
named,
care
soil
attains
particular
a
extend
their
kinds
all
in
as
advice,
to
the
is
several
taking
the
gardener
are
ers.
bloom-
of
good
a
are
there
free
of
fall, along
more
begin
to
learn,
plants
this,
them
amateur
those
In
to
the
cultivation
collection
his
and
and
period
a
of
they
as
are
capable
give
kinds
which
care
them
for
are
spring
As
indicated.
of
flower
you
those
gardener,
Most
them
of
such
amateur
it.
167
really good
up
under
the
in
the
made
well
from
iplants
all
it is
kind
Many
a
but
to
get
poor
weeks,
include
not
likely
most
3BorOcc
peddle,"
well
as
become
to
XXVII
CHAPTER
DECORATIONS
TABLE
In
conclusion,
for the
decorations
small
good
taste
simple
Little
be
to
in
a
decorator.
of
in
an
who
have
the
table
with
a
convince
Most
for
copy,
after
those
for Mrs.
and
be
can
a
sameness
table
at
fashion,
Mrs.
B.'s
effect
be
a
for
similar.
result,while
to
Their
pretty
made
quite
ices
serv-
with
rut.
are
those
ing
grow-
the
dispensed
into
of
or
that
little
a
flowers
fall
C. will
of
that
families
decorators
their
decoration, if
of
with
most
professional
parties can
confident
am
table
a
calling in
elaborate
manner
I
adorning
will
decorations
and
elaborate
more
advantage.
A.,
is
It
those
necessitate
not
More
advisable, but
plants
a
small
even
place.
for
decorations
parties need
dinner
experience
be
of
out
have
who
material.
thought
to
those
practice,for
little
a
arrange
expensive
met
be
not
artistic
but
conservatories, or
or
will
matter, after
easy
simple
on
dinner-table, by
green-houses
window-gardens,
the
few remarks
a
sure
Mrs.
notony
Mo-
freshness
is desired.
The
home
168
decorator
who
does
not
"
make
a
busi-
JFlowers
170
wall,givesthat pleasingimpression which truly
artistic work
should, and you feel that,were it indeed
your
a
would
picture,you
then
not
tire of it almost
it is safe to conclude
that it is
a
ately,
immedisuccess.
piece to study,it will he
It will not furnish a pattern
of great benefit to j^ou.
which
reproduce,but it will suggest many
you can
things to 3^ou, and you will,in time, learn that effects
secured by followingsuggestionsare more
satisfactory
than mere
copying of the design studied,be it ever
so
good. Wh}'-? Simply because the result of work
in
wrought out by suggestionwill have individuality
for originality.
it,and that,in this case, is a synonym
is a certain nameless
There
sometliingabout original
work that always attracts,though it be crude,while
If you
copied
have
work
to sa}^
seems
of
some
a
good
seldom
on
flower
attracts
the face of it that
one's else idea
"
attention.
much
it is
that,and
It
reproduction
nothing more
a
be
can
originalwork, which
wholly original,though resultingfrom suggestions,
has the stamp of its owner's personality.
One thing that will impress j^ou ver}^ forciblyin
to
studying a flower pieceis that while there seems
the canvas,
of color and beauty on
this
be a wealth
ered
effect is secured by the use of what might be considThere
will frequentlybe
very slightmaterial.
but four,five or half a dozen
flowers,and a corre-
"
while
the
cruder
a:able
Bccorattons
171
but the picturewill have
foliage,
brightnessenough in it to beautifyand Ught up a
will be surprised
at the effect secured by
You
room.
limited means
when
to analyzethe picture.
you come
of
spendingamount
because
Surprised,
idea
half
that
to the
wealth
of
effort to
of
principle
furnish
with
that
the truth that
all true
or
forth
that
idea
one
bank
a
big
a
feast"
will have
in
a
outgrown
have
must
account
you
fundamental
lies in this
art, you
his
be
to
a
large
able
to
satisfactorymanner
flowers.
Another
will learn
thing you
that the artist has not
in the
From
depended on
artist has
the
an
quate
wholly inade-
were
decoration of a table.
satisfactory
mischievous
conservatory
''
had
will have
qualityrather than of quantity,in
make
a
pleasingpicture,and when
fullyrealize
the
flowers
dozen
a
will learn
this you
likelyyou
most
arrangement
imitated her method.
from
the
sought to improve
of his
He
flowers.
He
pictureNature
on
simply
has
has been content
to
duce
repro-
faithfully.The flowers and their foliagehave
been
painted as they grew, because he knew very
them
well that any attempt on his part to re-arrange
Most
would
result in partialor complete failure.
unsatisfactory,
are
arrangements of flowers in vases
mine
though the observer may not be quite able to deterThere may
why. The colors may harmonize.
jflowers
172
be
not
into
a
to be.
sufficient
a
quantity used
Still the effect is
jumble.
study will
Patient
effect results
convince
from
the
crowd
lo
what
not
you
the
it
mass
ought
that the
attempt
pleasant
un-
make
to
everythingvery symmetrical. The flow er on this side
be balanced
must
by a flower on that side. Foliage
be disposed in such a manner
must
to suggest a
as
most
impartialdistribution of it ; all partsmust fare
Look
of appleat a branch
alike. This is all wrong.
it?
artist improve on
But
Could
blossoms.
any
when
study its arrangement you will see that
you
here is a tuft of leaves,there a cluster of blossoms,
perhaps a bit of branch leafless and flowerless. There
is no symmetry resultingfrom an attempt of Nature
but a symmetry 4hat is
balanced
to secure
effect,
the outgrowth of an artistic idea,or, more
properl}^,
"
"
instinct.
Never
manner
that
a
try to arrange
they will look
flowers
the
same
in
from
such
all
sides.
Take
who
your
is the
lessons
only
of
decorative
arrangement
from
artist that makes
Nature,
no
takes.
mis-
improve upon her
and
methods
always produce something formal
the
in simplicity,and
believes
labored.
Nature
far
result is spontaneityof effort. In following,
so
of Nature, we
to
are
sure
as
we
are
able,the methods
than
do better work
can
we
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We
means.
in the
beauty
to do
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may
Becorationa
all her
master
arrangement
173
of leaf
or
littletricks of
flower,but
we
so.
In
is
a
decorating a dinner-table,
great mistake
made
in scatteringthe flowers used
over
a
large
It may
portion of its surface,as is frequentlydone.
be custom
to do
but
not
it is
by
the
harmony
good
riches."
Confine
scatter flowers
style,"as
with
people
artistic
the floral
say
taste.
displayto
"
It
one
here
and
there
about
this
point,and
the eye is confused and bewildered
is no
There
place in particularto
show\
concentrate
a
the
table,and you have a central bit of
beauty which
dominates, and pleases the
But
central
"
"
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on
color and
eye.
in
the effect.
weakens
place
this
and
hold
thing,"
But
a
confine
attention.
veritable
It is
''
"
too
much
embarrassment
the flowers to the centre
of
of
of the
table,and the eye delightsto lingeron it. It seems
the pivotalpoint of color about
which
the various
accessories of beauty at the banquet revolve.
The effect produced by the use
of flowers on
the
table is greatlyheightened or marred
by the vessels
in which
mony,
they are placed. There should be a harnot
A rose
is
only of color,but of form.
much
when
more
so
always beautiful,but it seems
displayedin a pretty bowl than it does in a vase that
unnatural
forces it to assume
an
position. A lilyis
3flower0
174
charming
in
vase
a
old blue
of the rarest
but put
crystal,
of
and
china
it in
it would
bowl
a
appeal
to
Carnations
are
pity rather than admiration.
extremely effective in slender vases that enable them
but put them
in a bowl
to keep a natural
position,
that would
admirably suit the rose, and they would
It is impossible
take on a most
dejectedappearance.
to lay down
any rule regardingthe selection of vases
of bowls for particular
flowers,but it is well to study
and
in various
the effect of them
from
receptacles,
for
you
this
or
will
one
that
harmony
bear
or
vase
bowl.
and
in form
in mind
in
which
learn
soon
in this
use
will find that there is
He
color w^hich it will be
decorating the
flower
Aim, always,to give each
allow
floAvers to
table
such
to
the mantel.
or
a
well
a
vessel
will
as
it to retain its natural
If this is
possibleextent.
direction
of
positionto the greatest
done,one greatstep in the
is taken.
success
frequentlyspoken of lettingflowers arrange
This
themselves.
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Drop them into the bowl or vase
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natural,
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175
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