Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-09-26
Flower-Lore For September.

September is an important month TO
the fiower-culturisb A practical florist
makes the following notes which may
be OF. service to those who have had Less
experience:
Give no plants dirty pos,-fas'
planting is the bestfor lilies.--This is
good time. for sodding lawns.--Asters
make fine window pot-plants at this
son.-Every flower looks .the best
backed by it's own foliage.
Moss in lawn indicates that the soil
is either poor Or wet. -Ivy-leaved ger
aniums are among the best OF window
plants. Calculate On lifting all tender
pot-plants before the month is out
Preparations should be made towards
getting hyaeinths and other Dutch
bulbs planted soon.
Remove the annual plants as soon az
their beauty is over, excepting those foz
seed. 1.-The same Towering bulb never
blooms but once, future flowers coming
from a new progeny.
Aim to grow window-plants with
good, healthy foliage, and they Will be
handsome even without fowers.-Lovers
of flowers are happy people, never ta1l-
ing in each month to find sometime
new to delight them. chrysanthe~
NUNS receive an occasional dose 81
LIQUID manure after the buds have set.
the increased bloom later VIII pay for
the attention.
It is worth while to take special
pains to protect summer flowers against
the first frosts, for usually after these
we have a good deal d hue, warm
weather.
The planting of mem rial trees, COM
memorative Of births or other events
is beautiful custom that should s'e IT.
creased.
A mass of crocuses or snow drcPs
cannot bo well-grown in one year They
shortid be planted in the fall months,
giving them place where they may r.
main undisturbed for half 3 decade at
least
In an atmosphere that is moist enough
to suit plant life, flower pots get green
in time, In washing such, if q little
chloride of lime be- put III the water, it
will be longer time before they Will
become green again.
Geraniums that are lifted, potted and
cut back to about one-third OF each
branch, and then kept in a cool, light
and airy place, but where it never
freezes, will flower handsomely about
lnidwinter or later,
A glass filled with triternas, or fame
flowers, cut at from one to three feet
long with ricinus Or acanthus leaves
forms an attractive table ornament. II
should be stood on an opened paper,
however. because Of the defect of this
flower, IN showering down minute par
ticles of sticky moisture.
One great secret Of keeping plants
free from insects is to keep them healthy.
There is something about healthy plant
that insects 10 not like, and such one
will seldom b,' badly ii Dubbed; never il
sickiy ones are near for them TO get up-
On. Health depends mostly On l.7t,
light and air all if these points vii, be
more studied and physicking Jess, tbs
plants Will he better off.
Propagation ~ cuttn5 Is is an easily
accomplished and delightful means OF
raising new plants, and this is the right
season to 81 abolt it for getting stock
for next spring. The SAUCER system /.
recommended to amateurs. because OF
, its simplicity ani certainty. Any lish
that is water tight and about two inch
es deep and filed nearly even full OF