. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. plant, the Nepeta should begrown in hanging baskets or suspendedflower pots, and given a compost composedof two-thirds well decayed turfy loam, andone-third well decomposed manure, but ifleaf-mould can be obtained, use this andomit the manure. See that the plants arewell supplied with water at all times, andwhen the baskets or pots are well flUedwith roots give liquid manure or syringe the plants freely to guardagainst the attacks of the red spider, towhich pest the
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. plant, the Nepeta should begrown in hanging baskets or suspendedflower pots, and given a compost composedof two-thirds well decayed turfy loam, andone-third well decomposed manure, but ifleaf-mould can be obtained, use this andomit the manure. See that the plants arewell supplied with water at all times, andwhen the baskets or pots are well flUedwith roots give liquid manure or syringe the plants freely to guardagainst the attacks of the red spider, towhich pest the Nepeta is rather subjectwhen grown inside. Roots are freely emitted from the trailingstems, when theseare allowed to run alongthe surface of the earth, Whea these stems are well rooted they can be taken up anddivided, leaving an eye to each piece. Thesepieces can be potted and grown on to In-crease the stock and in this way a supplycan be readily obtained. Simple Plant Support. The beauty of a plant depends to a greatextent on its shape, but some plants are ob-stinate, and bound to grow in bad form, and. A Sitbscrihers Qarden with Suggestions forImprovement. in a way that even pruning would not im-prove. A subscriber sends us a sketch of a simpledevice for supporting the branches of theplant, and holding them firmly in a wire ring, slightly lower than therim of the pot, and put this in position, bymeans of wire pins, as shown in branches of the plants can then be tiedwith string or wired to the ring, and thuskept in the desired position. Taste and Tact in Arranging Homeand Other Grounds.* SIXTH PAPER. A subscriber and esteemed contributor,residing at Detroit, Mich., sends to us asketch of her home grounds as representedat the left in the engraving. The lot frontson one of the wide boulevards of the city. Itis to the rear of the bouse that most of thegardening, largely the cultivation of flowersfor pleasure, is done. And while it is truethat the gardenin
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