WINDOW GARDENING

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2643, 9 July 1887, Page 2

WINDOW GARDENING

V -Pabiatua/in the Wilderness, ■ ... .. . '••■• (Th-THE EiDiidfi); '■■• ""• -.- Bib.—l have profitotl, so .much by your Notts', on Gardening that; T. m\turje'to wt'ite about the ; abpve;v(l}Are. there any books'?(2) Howtogotaoil to put in pots i Suppose.ono kubws where a heap of sods had lain tor sixTfloutbs .would the inside of such abeapbegood, and must pnp.add sarid; liiiio or -.-jjuiw* ure. You see, in a place tliis- there is no use talking about; a-'.'Compost\ heap'.' One\youldhive'to'wait;.six' months. (8f Suppose M'^'clean-pots • or boxes all ranged ni'side.'of a^indoiv.•.> : on a shelf with Worth West.'exposurei what plants to try. ? ■ I suggest Geranl™ iuni, Mignpnnotte,; yourj'g.WaU-iliMr, ; Violets, and tli'eri I; pretty!;' come \to an ; end;" order' new from & : hursetyrnatti Willi assurance that the things' would mify : bloom in say six weeks or twp : m\mtbs? ' Dp they :: keep, stocks of small FuWsiaSj Primulas* etc.?' ; Ahd. wha|wjli.standi f robm ? In my-robm no lights ■ used at night; temperature^may\eiijk- : to B'l degree Theplants' i^sHb% ' bloom Svxll often bo bvjought iiita niy parlor for lunch or bui-;t|ali:': ■does not affect'.'the question." ;WhatlJ ; doubt is, whether'they r eM-wiliblooßK'' : My great ambition' is io some ' say in a year or two-grow hardy ■ annuals such .as Nasturtiuu/' Vir- ■ ginian stock, Nem'ophila,; jii' pots, Has this ever, been done ? VA' largo plant of the best-dwarf scarlet;: Nasturtiun in a .five inch pot would ! be gorgeous,. Then SweetPeas4 ; : . would it:be.impossible to keep them . hwl Must they got. drawn up? J- ' think hundreds of your readersrwoulcT' read articles on the above' suHect with interest. Do -notJose.sigwSfe: the following:—To what exteni cajßjF take up dumps of Narcissus, Sparaxie,Daffodil, etc., which are growing'--strongly in the open, and then flower' them in pots ? Which wiiraiisweitf. Also suppose Ihave strong plants'of Silene pendula, Heartease.etc, ■ which : would hot in thoopen bloom isay.. for three' months, can I. pot th'em'(;iiri(J ■ get good bloom indoors : quicker.? ;'v. ■. lam'&c....;.;';•-•;'*. / FLOWKIIPof; ..."■ l^—!—-—■>■'.'''.rr'' : -' : :-?ii