Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . t be decidedly favorable. Plow well inthe fall, plow well in the spring. Do not fool moneyaway in trenching. Plant in the spring: not in thefall, not in the summer. Mark the ground: trimthe plants; dip them in water, and place in a pail;thrust in the spade before you at forty-five degrees;a boy puts the plant in while you withdraw thespade and press the earth firmly with your foot. Aman and a boy will thus put in 4,000 plants in aday,—Parfcer Earle. iSSy. POPULAR GARDENING. 115 Orchids
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . t be decidedly favorable. Plow well inthe fall, plow well in the spring. Do not fool moneyaway in trenching. Plant in the spring: not in thefall, not in the summer. Mark the ground: trimthe plants; dip them in water, and place in a pail;thrust in the spade before you at forty-five degrees;a boy puts the plant in while you withdraw thespade and press the earth firmly with your foot. Aman and a boy will thus put in 4,000 plants in aday,—Parfcer Earle. iSSy. POPULAR GARDENING. 115 Orchids on the Pacific Slope. Our subscriber,Mrs. Fanny E. Briggs, of Clarke County, Washing-ton Territory, reports to us as follows : Some-tliing about Orchids in the December numberprompt-3 me to say that there are numerous Or-chids in this Territory, most of them well-known,including the pretty variegated leaved Goodyerapubescens, and the lovely Calypso borealis. Ifind one which is very curious, being as white inall its parts as Monotropa uniflora, and seems tobe a parasitic growth on rotten wood. Mr. Mee-. IVY-LEAVED GERANIUM IN A PENDANT VASE,han has kindly given me its name, Chloraea Aus-tinae, and pronounced it very rare. Successful Calla Culture. Formerly I seldomgot more than one Calla blossom per plant in aseason, but I have found out how to treat them forblossoming freely. This is my method: I let myCallas grow in summer, keeping them abundantlywet. In the fall I remove half the earth and all theyoung bulblets. Then I repot, putting in about twoinches of hen manure and filling up the pot withfresh earth. I keep the plants quite wet and lateron have a succession of flowers till spring. Lastyear with this treatment one of my Callas had fiveblossoms in succession, and this winter the sameplant is doing quite as well.—Mrs. M. J. Hoyt,Fairfield Co., Coiui. Ziuuia Culture. This annual is rather tender,andthe seed should not be started until about the firstof April. Prepare som
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