. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . and evening. Amongst the mosteffective and easily grown kinds is the pink flowering Weltoniensis begonia,,also the white flowering variety Weltoniensis alba (^See cut), the former l)eingthe more robust and easier to the two kinds. Being of asemi-tub rous nature both of themcan be kept partially dormantduring the winter, but must notbe dried off completely in thesame way that the tuberous varie-ties are. Another good variety for sum-mer flowering is the dwarf growing,white flowering begonia Bruant(See cut). This pretty
. Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1902 . and evening. Amongst the mosteffective and easily grown kinds is the pink flowering Weltoniensis begonia,,also the white flowering variety Weltoniensis alba (^See cut), the former l)eingthe more robust and easier to the two kinds. Being of asemi-tub rous nature both of themcan be kept partially dormantduring the winter, but must notbe dried off completely in thesame way that the tuberous varie-ties are. Another good variety for sum-mer flowering is the dwarf growing,white flowering begonia Bruant(See cut). This pretty little begoniacan be easily kept during the win-ter, its blight, glossy, green foliagebeing most acceptable even whennot biiohtened up with its ivorywhite blossoms. It must not begiven as much water, however, dur-ing the winter as when it is in activegrowth in the summer time. TheBegonias mentioned as bedding varieties in last months journal are also good varieties for culture in windows,either as pot plants oi- in window boxes. These Begonias will be found to be. Besonia, Bruaiit. 152 THE REPORT OF THE No. X6 be quite an acquisition to the comparatively limited list of flowering plants suited for window boxes in shaded positions. Geraniums for winter. This isa good time to commence preparinga stock of these ever popular anduseful plants for winter floweringin the window. It is quite possible that many-readers of this journal have a fav-orite geranium plant that has be-come gaunt and unshapely ingrowth similiar to the one shownin the accompanying of planting it out in theborder, as is often done to try andmake a shapely plant of it beforeautumn, it would be far better totreat it as shown in the engravingby giving it a severe cutting the growth of the plant is verysoft and sappy the cutting backprocess should be deferred until theplant has been stood outside in thepot in a sunny position for thewood to harden a little. It canthen be pruned back as s
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