Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . xperienceand taste would then develop, additions to theassortments could be made from time to time,until finaUy a large and varied selection wouldbe reached. By this means a schooling in prac-tical gardening would be gradually acquired,and in the end a complete garden well managed,with no risky proceedings at any stage.(To be continued.) Cactuses In the Window—A MiniatureCactus Rockery. The very conditions of heat and air-drynessexisting in living rooms, and which are so try-ing to most
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . xperienceand taste would then develop, additions to theassortments could be made from time to time,until finaUy a large and varied selection wouldbe reached. By this means a schooling in prac-tical gardening would be gradually acquired,and in the end a complete garden well managed,with no risky proceedings at any stage.(To be continued.) Cactuses In the Window—A MiniatureCactus Rockery. The very conditions of heat and air-drynessexisting in living rooms, and which are so try-ing to most plants, singularly enough suit theCactus order almost perfectly. Hence it isthat this family stands unequaled for windowculture, and any suggestions that can lead totheir better management in large assortmentshould be widely welcomed. The few kinds of this interesting class whichhave long been cultivated have usually beentreated as ordinary pot plants, each to occupya pot or box of its ovra. This is well enoughso far as accommodating certain ones, like thefiat-leaved Opuntias, Cereus, Melon Cactuses,. Fig. 3. Plant of Opuntia , may be concerned. But when it is de-sirous to embark somewhat largely in thepleasures of Cactus culture in the house, it soonis S3en that to grow each to a single pot wouldin many cases preclude the culture of anythinglike a large assortment. A thing in the wayis that many handsome kinds are so armedwith hooks, prickles or spines, that to have eachby itself with its entire armed circumference 1887. POPULAR GARDENING. exposed would be to render their piesence Ingoodly numbers anything but desirable. Now in order to enjoy the greatest possibleshare of pleasure with the least possible incon-venience in growing a fair collection of Cac-
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