The Garden Under Glass

324 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS Flowers.—There is still, however, plenty to do with flowers. The zonal geraniums cut back early in the year may now be either planted in vases in the garden or be used for conservatory or room decoration. In the latter alternative a top-dressing of Clay’s would greatly assist them. If the leaf-miner is present in Chrysanthemums all affected leaves should be either taken off and burnt or the pest picked out with the point of a knife. Syringe afterwards with quassia extract. Give more room to all growing plants. It is a decidedly bad policy to grow plants well and then spoil them by overcrowding. Pinch the points out of tree carnations. Stop late-flowering bush Chrysanthemums early in the month and the main batch about the end. Get them all set in position and secured to post and wires to prevent their being blown over and broken by wind. Tie the growths securely to the stakes. After flowering inside, border carnations should be set outside until sufficient are available for layering. This may be done at the first opportunity. A like remark applies to Malmaisons, the old plants being layered and the young ones potted on. This potting on from 6-inch to g-inch pots may be undertaken at any time now. Make a sowing of stocks for winter flowering. Most nursery-men catalogue a special class of stocks for this purpose. Calanthes will now be forming bulbs and may be fed with liquid cow manure. They should have plenty of space, a fair amount of heat, some shade, and a moist atmosphere. If schizanthuses have proved successful I would advise saving seeds from the best of them. Keep cinerarias in a cold frame beneath the shade of a north wall but with ampie ventilation. Towards the end of the month pot up the first batch of freesias and put in a cold frame covered with a mat. Sow seeds of cyclamen in a temperature of 6o°. Plant out all bedding plants which have been raised