The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-25
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The cultivation of rlowera.

Temperance and fower-gafdening
easily go hand in hand. The exper-
fence of those who build cottages to let,
has proved that the addition of a gar
dep-pIat effects a most beneficial in
Auen"e on the social, moral and religious
life of those who occupy them.
If an increase of the ~hydrangea stock
is wanted, propagation may take place
within the next few weeks. Slips may
be made of young healthy shoots, having
half a-dozen leaves, by removing the
two lower ones wholly, and one-half of
each of the next two.
Trickery in getting up exhibition
flowers, is obviously rare, but we have
Just heard of an English florist who sue
ceeded in so pinning two c~hrysanthe-
mum flowers together, one into the CEN
ter of another, as to produce many APP
parently large specimens, that deceived
both judges and spectators.
A beautiful Jerusalem cherry-tree
CSolanum capsicastrum of the Sc ed-cat-
aloeues), loaded with red fruit, can be
crown by any child. for decorating the
window next winter. Procure a pack
age of seeds and start them in a pot Of
light earth in March OF April. They
terminate quickly, and in a few weeks
from the time Of sowing, the seedlings
will be fit to prick out into individual
pots, as many as you care to have plants
of. About June first set these out in
the garden. Let them grow there I'M
til September, by which time they will
be full of green fruit, and then lit and
pot them in six-inch pots, bringing
them into the house as soon after as
frosts threaten.
House-plants thrive better in the
kitchen than in any other rooms of the
house, because of the moister atmos-
phere that prevails here, as q result of
the steam escaping from the stove or
range utensils. In greenhouses simil-
or improved conditions exist also, which
accounts for the comparative ease found
in growing plants in these structures.
These facts point to the Importance of
supplying some moisture to the atmos-
phere wherever there are plants if we
would have fine specimens. Watering
as freely as is admissible for their
health, sponging the leaves all over oc-
~casionally, and setting some vessels OF
water among them, are some of the
easy ways of accomplishing this. A
suficiency of moisture to suit the plants
will not be in the least injurious to
the health of persons.
The old and generally successful way
of roofing oleander and other slips OF
hard wooded plants, by placing their
lower ends in a bottle of water, isuspen-
ded in q light place, finds an improve
) ment of much wider usefulness in the
saucer-plan of propagation. In this
system, any low vessel is filed nearly
full of sand, into which slips of every
kind of plants may be set closely to-
gether for roofing. Enough water is
then kept constantly in the saucer to
give the sand the consistency OF mud,
and it is then given a light and warm
place. BY this simple means any one
can root cuttings of all kinds quickly,
and almost without any loss.
For growing plants a weekly applica.
ton of diluted manure water viii work
tWOhACiSS OuO gIlOcO III u ~ - ~ I'll
better without it, and in fact they need
little water of any kind until growth be-
gins. Astrong neat is moi e~ssentiai fol
most species, and is positively injurious
to many. as the camellia, azalia, orange,
most succulent plants, etc. Air on milo
days is beneficial, but a draft over the
young and tender shoots of roses is APT
to cause mildew, and nothing will SC
quickly stunt their growth as this I'M,
eanny pest.
Evergreen cuttings Of all kinds, bu'
especially arbor-vite, juniper and retin
,ispora, root readily now, bearing il
mind they prefer shade, heat and abun
dant moisture in the air. Be very care
ful not to water cuttings unless the san1
should be dry, but sprinkle the foo
freely to induce a damp atmosphere.
For the Cook.
CARROT PIE.-They taste very mucl
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