. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. eties, such as LElcgant and Willsiiroseum, were planted at the edge, and pegged over the outsideof each. The centres were then filled with free-floweringZonals, scarlet, pink, and white, and a few plants of tricolorand scented-leaved varieties. They were hung up out of doorsunder the partial shade of trees for a month until well esta-blished, when they were removed to their light, airy, winterquarters at the top of a large conservatory; since then theyhave been continually glowing with splendid trusses of
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. eties, such as LElcgant and Willsiiroseum, were planted at the edge, and pegged over the outsideof each. The centres were then filled with free-floweringZonals, scarlet, pink, and white, and a few plants of tricolorand scented-leaved varieties. They were hung up out of doorsunder the partial shade of trees for a month until well esta-blished, when they were removed to their light, airy, winterquarters at the top of a large conservatory; since then theyhave been continually glowing with splendid trusses of many beautiful varieties of Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums nowin cultivation show to greater advantage in this way than underalmost any other circumstances. As soon as the under partof the basket is covered the shoots should be allowed to dependnaturally, when their graceful habit will greatly add to thebeauty of their showy, but stiff-habited, Zonal brethren. Thegood or bad effects of baskets depend greatly on the gracefuland natural manner in which the plants are arranged. Great. Rocky Screen in a Conservatory. some extent, under control, it is easy to sustain an abundanceof graceful plant life on a rocky screen, particularly it it ismade after a fasbion that allows a good deal of soil to beplaced here and there. But, even without any soil, numbersof plants root freely and live healthfully on tufa, and even onhard rocky surfaces. PELARGONIUMS AS BASKET PLANTS IN WINTER. In lofty conservatories the addition of hanging baskets con-siderably enhances their attraction. One condition of snccessin growing basket plants is the careful selection of plantsthat will really flourish in the strong light and dry atmosphereof such a situation. After trying several experiments, I mustgive the pre-eminence to the several varieties of Pelargoniums,both tor the length of their period of flowering and for thegreat variety of colour, both in leaf and flower, which theyexhibit. About the middle of Augus
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