The Garden Under Glass

THE BEST FLOWERING PLANTS 49 in frames where the lights can be removed whenever desirable. Little in tb e way of staking and tying will be needed until they are set in the open, which will take place in June, af ter the bedding plants have been got rid of, and then one or three stakes may be set to each plant, according to the number of growths. Three stakes give a firmer and neater support. As successful camation culture consists of complete control over the plants it is ad visable to have a framework set over the plants in such a way that at nights some lights, some sheets of corrugated iron or a tarpaulin may be set over the plants, and also during the day when heavy storms occur. Frequent syringings on fine days will keep the plants vigorous, free from red-spider and to a large extent also from green-fly. A fortnightly syringing with sulphide of potassium at the rate of one ounce to three gallons of water will also check the spread of the rust lungus. As wifh other camations so with perpetuals, feeding may be freely done when the pots are well filled with roots^ Liquid cow manure, the drainings from the stable and soot-water are splendid stimulants, while in a dry form I would advise Clay’s, Peruvian guano and Wood’s carna-tion manure spnnkled over the soil once a fortnight usinj? of course, only one at a time. By the beginning of September the plants will need to be brought into the greenhouse, where they will thrive well in a temperature of 50° with the usual attention. A little air should be left on at all times, if it can be done without unduly lowering the temperature. I have left air on ln a camation house when there has been 180 of frost, and although this would not be ad visable in every case I am convinced that there are few houses which could not