Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-18

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direction above the door leading To the
next IO0nl This was the most beauti-
fnl plant Il has been my fortune to- see
growing indoors. and was In this fine
condition for more than fifteen years,
and most probably is yet. Every lcaf
on the pl0ntnnd there were thousands
Of them were as bright aud green as u
they had just come from shower
hath.
once year the plant was taken Into
the open air. and th" vines spread ont
on the grass and each leaf washed
with soap and water with sponge
seemingly large contract. but this
delicate lady accomplished il alone IN
less than day.
One Of her brothers was pduced to
build a plant stand on castors that
lu0re upon which she cultiyotes
palms, ferns, iicls elaaticd, geraDiumS.
iuschius. hcliOtrOpp. piimuias. and 9th
crs. including some Dutch hubs and
cyclainen persicun hy the way. this
last Ia one Of the most satisfactory
house plants During aummer and pleas
ann days ia spring and autumn this
ptand WAS rolled out Of doors. aud es.
pcciully when the gentle showers DC
Cured. IN winter IL was wheeled hio
the buy window during daylight. and
IN cold nights showed into the middle of
the ROOM i front of the fire The plants
we're gt all times bright. clean nnd
healthy, aud at all times some ol them
were IN bloom Their tender was
lovely. niniable lady. but the one who
M hcr absence interfered with hpr
pets excepting TO move the stand from
the window on cold nights might not
tor a short time recognize this trait of
her character.
Although opposed TO the use Of to.
bacro. she would request heg brother
ana friends 10 do their smoking whore
her plants we're in order Co destroy
tho upbis that might be On them. This
she asserted was the only good accom-
Nlshed 10y smoking.
TEMPERATURE.
An important condition of success
WIN house plants is the temperature of
the room. il should be- kept az tpgu.
lar as possible. excepting that il mas
be a few degrees lower az night hat
NOT more than i've or ten dpgr,ps
Most living rooms are kept nt a tpiu-
pcrnturc much higher than can he
maintained during cold nights, the ci-
feet of which Is bad The plnnts orli.
nnrily grown indoors do not require
more than sixty degrees. If lower
more thOn sixty degrees. " lowered
during the night ito nifty degrees il will
not iI0urc thcm
Considering the difficulty Of CONTROL.
ils the temperature to a regular oven
neat, would suggest maintaining a
range of from fifty To sixty-fve degrees.
when the pluuts may bee grown quite
satisfactorily.
I'm our greenhouses whore we bove
absolute control the average tcmpera-
turS Tor our rose houses Tor producing
nnds Is sAiy to seventy degrees at
night according 10 the varieties I'm each
house, and few degrees higher iu day
TINS. When tho SIM shines Il Is raised
10 eighty aud even uiucty degreos in the
middle Of the day, but this natural heat
ls not injurious unless hot enough 10
,.,,,,,i tnt lolage' To prevent this the
NenulHtOrS are opened
House plants should have nIso tbp
Dehelt OF ventilation when the weather
" mud. Avoid direct drift of mfr
upon the plants, which cum be- done by
lowering the sash from the ton.
rom OciolVr until May we are care
iul To- kccp the doors Of our plant house,
closed. We give fresh by lowering The
ychuiators at the highest part OF the
mousse, 80 that the air Ia teinuercd be-.
fore striking the plants.
HOW TO KILL THE APHGS.
The most troublesome insect. vet the
80 80 ~, w N'sAINgs ~ the NpulS, II Is
readily dllcd 10y immersing tlr entire
Top Of the plaNt IN warm tobucco wa.
Ter, easily mnke by sleeping tubncco
stems IN boiling water, uuul the yyuter
" the color of rather weak coffee
Vac II about as warm as one can hear
Their hand in by placing the bnnIs
over the top of the pot, with the sts,r
ni the plant between the 6nrcr. onJ
mNeUing the plant and diniug tbs
ioilage. in a buckctfu Of the iaujd ana
immediately out uEnin. tho insects mr..
INSTANTLY Killed and no harm done Ia
the plant even II the water Is TOO hot
TO put the hand m ''
a lew minutes after they have boon
80 submerged the plants should be
nyuhgcd with cleur water To wash on
inc tobQcco stain. This opprntjop
should also be- performed In IA. even.
ny. II the plants are exposed IN ann.
SHINE soon after they have been trentsa
me foliage IL apt TO he Injured nnd
Lvcome brown and spotted. mis- trrgt.
incht leaves no offensive odnr nrnr,,J
The plant or in the ruom as f,r,igntin,,
with tUbuccO does
u these few directions are followed
WMt mhVring that ull plnpis ue,d Iii
me light and sunshine ID Is puss1,ic ~,
give theEt In the house. plants cnn ia
grown quite satisfactory. Kainen,h,".
70 Sle't the plants that succeed host
III Tue house, and also umcmber tmt
roses are among the most dticnlt to
manage either IN house or ri1pcnhoils"
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