The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist . ; the usual temperature ofa hot-house with less humidity, will produceblooms more freely and longer in petals of the flowers are lighter and moreelegantly arranged than the Gardenia, and notquite so large; small plants in 60 pots will pro-duce flowers freely.—John Said. SCBAPS AND QUERIES. Culture of the Calla Lily.—Miss H. R. B.(somewhere in Penna., but post-mark indistinct),asks whether the suckers or side plants on aCalla will injure the main plant, if plenty of potroom be allowed? It is best not to allow toomany to grow. Sometimes
The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist . ; the usual temperature ofa hot-house with less humidity, will produceblooms more freely and longer in petals of the flowers are lighter and moreelegantly arranged than the Gardenia, and notquite so large; small plants in 60 pots will pro-duce flowers freely.—John Said. SCBAPS AND QUERIES. Culture of the Calla Lily.—Miss H. R. B.(somewhere in Penna., but post-mark indistinct),asks whether the suckers or side plants on aCalla will injure the main plant, if plenty of potroom be allowed? It is best not to allow toomany to grow. Sometimes this plant shows adisposition to throw up a great number of littlesprouts. These are best taken off, leaving fromfour to six strong ones, according to the size ofthe pot; six would be enough for an eight-inchpot. Jobs Tears.—Miss B. writes: I once hada very pretty little grass called Jobs Tears,but lost it, and have been anxious to get it againas it grew very well in my garden. But I can-not find it under this name in any garden book. I have. Can you recognize it by the enclosedsketch and give me its proper name? [This isthe Coix lachryma. It is often in cataloguesunder the name of Jobs Tears. The seeds havean ovoid, long drawn out, tear-like form. It ishardly a little grass, however. It generallygrows about two feet high, and is rather coarsein expression.—Ed. G. M.] Heating Greenhouses by a Coal Stove.—Wehave an excellent paper by G. A. H., on hand onthis very interesting topic, which will appear shortly. AND HOB TIG UL TUHIS T. 171 Flowering of Ficus elastica.—A correspon-dent writes that he has a plant of Ficus elastica,which is making abortive attempts to believe this to be very rare. Culture of the Antholyza.—Miss H. R. , what is the best way to manage this plant? It is one of the Cape bulbs, and they generallygrow in what is our Winter. They do not likemuch heat, however; a cool greenhouse, or evena room window would bring them on very
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