The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-11-13

gardening 1t Is also mistake to attempt
to cultivate plants whose requirements
demand the regular warmth and moist air
of the greenhouse. More common plants
are more desirable for this purpose
Chinese primroses for instance, which
will often flower continuously for eight
months, and are always an addition to q
window. They can be procured with
both single and double flowers, and their
colors range from white, purple and pink
to the richest crimsons. The double white
and crimson varieties are particularly
pretty. Plants of these varieties can be
purchased in full bud and flower for a
shilling or less at any florists. Fuchsias
are always lovely and of easy culture,
and the winter-howering varieties bloom
IN great beauty. Speciosa, with pink and
crimson flowers. is one of the freest bloom
ers. Quotrc, white and crimson, and SER
ratifolia, of two shades of scarlet, will al
so flower in great perfection for months
together.
Libouia fos1bunda ts winter-flower
ing plant, with pretty foliage, which,
added 10 its crimson and yellow flowers,
makes decided favorite for the plant
stand. Begonias Of various shades are
frequently in flower the whole year, and
will stand great amount of neglect. A
white variety now stands on the window
sill by my side, covered with its snowy
flowers with yellow stamens in the centre.
Bouvardias are highly esteemed for win
dowgardens, and their clusters of tiny
trumpet-shaped flowers, in pure white,
PINK or scarlet shades are very ornamen-
tai.
Carnations, however, are my special
pets, and the monthly varieties are al
ways bright and beautiful and can be
purchased of the florist for the low pr1ce
OF from twenty to thirty cents each. They
flower in the richest shades of scarlet,
crimson and pink, while the pure white
varieties arc also in great demand. These
plants are subject, however, to red spi.l-
ers and aphis, and must he frequently
showered or plunged into water to keep
them clean.
Inc CestTum noctu''num or night bloom
ing Jessamine, is one Of the very prctti-
est plants for window. gardening, not on
account of the beauty of its flowers or
their desirability for bouquets; but be-
cause Of the rare fragl ance il diffuses in
the room after the evening lamps are
lighted. have one now in the fullest
bloom. During the day its tiny trumpet
shaped flewers Of yollowish green are
hardly to be perceived; but at light their
delicious fragrance is highly appreciated
by all. 1t is not too intense, like that
OF the tube-rosc that sits by its side, and
must be removed to the hall in the even
ing :; but it comes to your senses in odor-
GUS breaths, as if beds of mignonette were
by your chair.
Roses must not be forgotten in the list
of desirable plants, and tea roses are al
ways in perfection in the winter. Six
varieties, at least, are none too many for IL
window garden, and it is best to send to
some large rosc-culturist, who makes
them a speciality, and obtain good small
roots, for small plants will often bloom
most plentitully. Leave the selection to
the florist, merely saying you desire free
bloomers. To be sure they will demand
more attention at yeur hands than zonalc,
goraniums or begonlas; but then their
buds are so much more beautiful than
those of any other flower. When pur-
chased, pot them III the richest Of black
loan, or a mixture OF two or three-year
old manure and loam, with full ne-third
of sharp gravel or sand added to it. (Sand
is to plant growth, what sugar is to
dainty cookery, and a good supply should
be always on handy Oncea week take
your roses to the batll-tub or kitchen
sink, and shower them Thoroughly
with warm water, washing each tiny leaf
that could harbor spider or green fly,
for these arc the pests that dcspoil tho
beauty of the rosebuds. Thus treated.
their foliage will be always glossy and
the buds will soon appear. j.
But wo must not finish this article
without a mention of the hcliotrope and
lgnonette-sweetest and most modest
Of tlowers--vhose presence is ever need
full to complete ones collection of house
plants. Several pots Of of each plant can
never come amiss: and, if the windows
are sunny and the soil is lightencd with
sand and stimulated once or twice week
with some weak fertilizer in solution,
they will bud and bloom month after
months. 0. johnson, in the Independ-
pnf