Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-11
Hints for the Winter Garden.


Tie SEASON llas come when VIC must giVa
thought and caco to such plants as We would
chocsa for winter bloom 10 the house. One of
the first and best is the heliotrope, that iaVcre
and fragrant bloomcr. No plant collection is
satisfying without lilac cymes, 50 delicate and
beautiful.
Take YOUR potted plant, which We assume
has beautifully spent the summer outdoors
two or three syar old heliotropo is better
b!oomcr than a ucE-aDd now trim 1t up, al
your heart ;9ill 1T you; the more branches you
c.n part with the larger will the young growth
push forth, aud the moro abundant and iue
will be the floscting. By December, and that
is giving it Icng vacation. your room will DE
sweet with new bloom. lhi daIk 1oWfrea ~
stoutest and best Keep tho plant we'll led.
lt loves a rich soil.
T often grow nine as standard. trimming 1t
oysv TO two shoots one ut either side of the pot
then set 10 the pnt stout wire trellli OF sutabe
height, or as tall as the pot will bear, lie the
shoots TO this, ard as they Increase, you Can
essil, ,rain the plant to become standard
grower; and YOU vii. find you pcgcr had so hoe
q one, TO. the kc!i0tropc likes support. and this
is much better than fastening to sticks. Inc
new shoots will fill your trcs abundanlly WITH
lnyuriant growth, and after the first beautiful
heads OF n,mc1s have blessed sou. trim them
away unspaIiasly as they fade, and keep your
plant cut ju1iciOusIy, for new ana Constant
| bic oming.
Gerapluns should DC rapotted now, before
| tfis'y aigkt bccathes upon their Leaves
| They :r; very sensitive to frosted Air, and
| ncvrr recover we'll from i's blight. Don't ba
afraid to get rd CT old dirt in perap'uuI pot;
| the roots will bear 8 gentle hsrd!iDgi then re-
set IN rich, icauy soil, ,DrcsslGg the Garth closely
| into the pots around tue roots. ifuoo DAoA
| tho TOPS OF the plants WE'LL taking C r. to keep
ttciy form symmetrical. Shade the pots Tor
week or 81, and th:n civo them gentle sunuY
| quarters. 10 au airy room. by winter you will
| naye them in q stout, thrifty condition. 1t
ourtured by plenty Of suo as days Grow cool,
coad air ard iuiicions Watering. A weekly
| a.eriog of liquid drcssiog If essential to
| :al elog Of their elegant f,Wtrs.
! p;qts re a!a) Indispensable window plants.
| N,v,, ;hr n1c 70 layer new pIaGts; Wills
| has. 2;h;ct (!sve tc"u kept back Curn2 tho
| er;u,ucr ta4! :'!e7 sight resume their bloom
! ,~c st;rnr,h ~ the riEla WREN nature is ne
J ri, # bIoon ,asy lie s.iio.ed 70 tIi. TX
,n;.;,,I,. i,.y.,y az thtl' suo"y. crlms)n OF
! ,,no,re r,.rtt:s al rtamY hjwcTs: and Wha'
| pro,ca c.n excel their SPICY sNeetocss!
| G.; soIrsc. wc al! lcac collection OF Vttbn
! No., NH!inr t.kcs tbc;r place as dear llttl'
VS.. G)wars il watcr, 10 s! 'Erg bnga',:: aud so
! u.culia,iy dele 81; ia tr.graL"t a. .crnnon
cones 90. res ,i1b i1g tho deWs ct Simmer ap
pa:cniy.
shoots Of entirely now wood Ter cutting te Start
| now: End DO :ot transplant rooted one. now.
ever handsome, for it will not DO IS well. Strike
y0ur short slips in q small 20. Of new loam mix
/ ed with sand. Hf fleS thcy have started wcll
carefully ifl into winter sized pots, giving virgin
sol If yyG can g=tit One-!ourth sand, and en- :.
ric: cd with We! dcc.yed manure. Keep your
little giants c4re:uIly pinched back, o nip oft
the terminal bit oi lesf. occasionally, and they
| vii! no. be Struggling and spindling. Koop tn"
suffice soil stirred and soft, and do not, abov"
ell lhings, drcIch them with water. Vcrbenns
set their sweet faces against muddy SOIL mos!
seriously, for thoy perish Of it; but tho foliage
should be kept ce can with not inffequeni shower
ing with ammonated water, SO good lor MI
4 plants. This vii! deter grestly thor mortal
| enemy, the vnrbsna mite and piulu black rust.
I Remember they will need tho best sunshine your
room affords constantly.
\ Ono pretty little plant be suro TO havo for
home-Lho pleasing and delicate Hermanis, or
J | as it is more commonly called MshHrnla adora-
J Ia, with its hyscnthino odor, and primrose dlap
, hsnous bells hung 80 prolusaly amid its foiIaSn
h.rmoniZ,s with, yet 80 sWeetly Ollsets tho hello
trope set them sidob by eide in your window
whom in blossom. Start cuttings in damp sand
| Do not keep your plant too wet. II Inclined |"
eupersbundant growth, pinch it lro9iy. - VtolH, q,
, | ia Mass PloHJhn,a1l