. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. spect, as the plantwill not thrive if the soil becomes sour or water ispermitted to stand around its roots. About the middle of May the plants should beplanted out in a deep, well enriched border, andas soon as dry, hot weather sets in a mulch ofcoarse, littery manure should be given, and when-ever necessary, thoroughly watered. About thefirst of September the plants should be carefullytaken up and potted, and on the approach of coldweather brought inside. Propagation is effectedby cuttings of the half ripened wood placed insand and given gentle bot
. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. spect, as the plantwill not thrive if the soil becomes sour or water ispermitted to stand around its roots. About the middle of May the plants should beplanted out in a deep, well enriched border, andas soon as dry, hot weather sets in a mulch ofcoarse, littery manure should be given, and when-ever necessary, thoroughly watered. About thefirst of September the plants should be carefullytaken up and potted, and on the approach of coldweather brought inside. Propagation is effectedby cuttings of the half ripened wood placed insand and given gentle bottom heat, and if theyoung plants are liberally cared for by being re-potted as often as necessary, nice specimens cansoon be obtained. EDITORIAL NOTES. Tree Tubs.—Everybody knows that after get-ting our tubs for large plants made of the mostenduring woods, we are often worried over therotting away of the bottoms through contact withthe earth. Clement & Dunbar, of Philadelphia, who makethe preparing of cedar tubs for plants a specialty. of business, have an arrangement by which inde-pendent feet are fastened to the tub, as in the cutannexed. It is a capital idea, and will be muchappreciated by the many who have had to worryover new bottoms for old tubs. Pacific Cut Flowers in Eastern Markets.— In our last we gave an extract from an Englishsource in regard to the successful sending of cutflowers of the Puritan Rose three thousand milesacross the ocean. There is no doubt if it can bedone with one rose it can be done with another,and if it can be done over the ocean it can bedone over the land, and it will be done more per-j fectly as experience teaches how to improve onthe processes. It would seem scarcely possible toraise flowers cheap enough and bear the expenseof a voyage across the ocean, and still competewith the English grower of cut flowers; but it isnot at all impossible to come about as an actualfact, for the population of Great Britain is solarge that there are few a
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