In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year / Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house

by gardener William Keane

Lilium lancifolium.—Give attention to them; as also to tree Carnations, Salvia splendens, Scarlet Geraniums, &c., for autumn and early winter flowering.

Oranges.—The same as advised for Camellias.

STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE.

Achimenes.—Repot, as also Begonias and Gesneras, for succession of late bloom.

Luculia gratissima.—Propagate by cuttings.

Some of the Orchids will now require to be topped up a little with fresh soil. The Barkeria spectabilis, Epidendrum Skinneri, the Lycastes, Odontoglossum grande, &c., will now enjoy the temperature of the conservatory.

FORCING-HOUSE.

Figs.—Continue to stop all shoots when five or six joints long. Never allow the trees in tubs, or pots, to want water; they now require daily attention.

Melons.—Shade them during bright sunshine for a

few hours in the middle of the day. If the red spider appears, rub sulphur vivum, mixed with water, on slates or tiles, and place them in the pit, or frame, where the sun’s rays may fall upon them.