. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. ots, or halt thatdepth, if you prefer the green stalks broken offat the surface ot the ground. Cover lightly atfirst, and in due process of cultivation graduallyfill in the furrows even with the ground.—G. R. 2, Begonias in Summer. Begonias dislike,during any period of their life, a saturated soil,hot direct sunshine, or an arid them out in summer where they will besheltered from wind and faintly shaded fromafternoon sunshine, and if they are heavy-branched, tall-
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. ots, or halt thatdepth, if you prefer the green stalks broken offat the surface ot the ground. Cover lightly atfirst, and in due process of cultivation graduallyfill in the furrows even with the ground.—G. R. 2, Begonias in Summer. Begonias dislike,during any period of their life, a saturated soil,hot direct sunshine, or an arid them out in summer where they will besheltered from wind and faintly shaded fromafternoon sunshine, and if they are heavy-branched, tall-growing sorts, they should be at-tended to in the way of staking. In protracted and a half feet wide. The leaves are tintedprettily with red when young, and whenmature they become of a dark green color,although the red veins remain, and con-tribute to the fine appearance of the all other varieties it is easily grownfrom seed, sown in hot-bed in March orApril. A group ot these Giant plants willimpart a decided tropical appearance to thebed. Our illustration is reduced fromGardeners CLUMP OF THE GIANT TOBACCO dry weather they should get occasional heavywaterings. After Begonias get thoroughlyhardened off and used to out-door sunshine, thevigorous kinds seem to enjoy it. All requiredfor potting, tor keeping over winter, should belifted early, say end of August, so as to get themwell established before cold weather sets Begonias may stay in theground till frost comes, then lift the bulbs andstore them in somewhat dry sand or soil in acool place, but where frost can never reachthem Begonias in pots, in summer, may beplaced outside on the piazza, or on a stand, orplunged in some nook in the g;arden, but in afaintly shaded place, secure from wind, andwhere there will be no chance of rain or otherwater standing in the pots. Saturated soil inthe pots always rots the roots. A good summertemperature for them is between 60 and 80 de-grees, or as
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