. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. fjpowing tueiu or potting, a good : be placed in a \v to keep tlieni cl slight protei-tiu PELARGONIUM J to be gone uv ilsing will be iir â¢lighted ugh to :ver be _iglit keep afforded. Xo t-n-ing will needed at any s.;i^Mii. ;, it'..iir them in a eoMtiaim- until vnv in long
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. fjpowing tueiu or potting, a good : be placed in a \v to keep tlieni cl slight protei-tiu PELARGONIUM J to be gone uv ilsing will be iir â¢lighted ugh to :ver be _iglit keep afforded. Xo t-n-ing will needed at any s.;i^Mii. ;, it'..iir them in a eoMtiaim- until vnv in long as adetiuate protection against tr' With us thev are at their in late and to have them in good conditiun we grow them slowly in a averaging about M° night tempera- ture (slightly less in midwinter), from October onward. After the turn of the daysâin January - we repot them, using now a richer compost. We give a fairly good shift, depending in part on the size of plants de- sired, the vigor they show, and the difference in varie- ties. If we had wanted them to bloom in April or, as some florists might, at Easter, we should have potted them at once-in late August or September, into the size they should bloom in,-a medium size, probably the same as they had lately occupied, and have taken them indoors to grow on continuously. But for our displa\. in May and June, they are potted again in January, and some may be given another shift when extra vigor or the possible need of a few extra large specimens de- mand it. They will need careful stopping. Some rub- bing out of weak shoots, when they break abundantly, will help those that remain, and we may even have to <lo a little pruning. Stopping, however, must be discontinued as soon as the flowering stems begin to show, which is about the end of Pebni ary in the writer's practice. These stems can be distinguished easily by a slightly different man- ner of growth. Up to this time the m i\ be allowed to grow n
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