. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 739 in a light, rich compost of fibrous loam, leaf-soil, rotten manure, and sand. Pot lightly, keep in the warm pit near the glass till they have attained a good size, and then remove to the cool pit. After flowering, ripen and dry off outside in full sun. Later in the autumn shake out the roots and lay in trays of sand in a frost-proof shed till required for starting again in February. This should be done by placing in trays of leaf-soil and sand in gentle heat, and pottmg up after they have st
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 739 in a light, rich compost of fibrous loam, leaf-soil, rotten manure, and sand. Pot lightly, keep in the warm pit near the glass till they have attained a good size, and then remove to the cool pit. After flowering, ripen and dry off outside in full sun. Later in the autumn shake out the roots and lay in trays of sand in a frost-proof shed till required for starting again in February. This should be done by placing in trays of leaf-soil and sand in gentle heat, and pottmg up after they have started. There are now a great number of splendid hybrids of many colours and shades—of red, crimson, rose, white, and yellow. The following may receive mention : Double—Daphne, Khartoum, The Geisha, Mrs. Pereira (Fig, 484), The Sirdar, Beatrice, Charlotte Bronte, Diamond Jubilee (Fig. 485), Ivanhoe, and Queen Victoria; single—Ruby, Kitchener, Akbar, Bayard, Falstaff, Poetess, and Rider Haggard. Brunsvigias are useful bulbs, very much resembling the Hippeastrums. Grow in loam, peat, sand, and charcoal, starting in February, and continue to grow on after flowering (in July) in the cool pit during summer; dry off in autumn, and store in their pots during winter. Propagate by offsets. Sorts: B. grandifiora^ B. Josephiitce and var. minor^ and B. radula. Cannas are most ele- gant plants, rivalling the orchids in the richness of their colours and the shape of their flowers, borne in July and August. Propagate by seed sown in the warm pit in Feb- ruary, and by divisions just after starting in March. Grow in the warm pit in fibrous loam, leaf- soil, rotten manure, and sand. Ripen off in a frame in autumn, and store in their pots in the shed. There are many hybrids, the best being those raised by Messrs, Crozy. The following may be mentioned: Italia, Austria, Aurore, Alphonse Bouvier, Baron de Hirsch, Jules Chretien, Mme. Crozy, 3 B 2. Please note that these images are extracted fro
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