. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 716 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. the shoots are about lin. long, turn out of the pots, shake all the old soil away, and repot, into small pots at first, then gradually pot on as required, growing in the cool pit. There are many excellent varieties which may be seen described in any florist's catalogue, but the following may be mentioned: Fortitude, Hector, Illuminator, Magician, Delicatum, Indian Chief, Vivandiere, Goldmine, Edward Perkins, Venus, and Volante" Nationale. (2) Zonal Pelargoniums are always valuable for
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 716 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. the shoots are about lin. long, turn out of the pots, shake all the old soil away, and repot, into small pots at first, then gradually pot on as required, growing in the cool pit. There are many excellent varieties which may be seen described in any florist's catalogue, but the following may be mentioned: Fortitude, Hector, Illuminator, Magician, Delicatum, Indian Chief, Vivandiere, Goldmine, Edward Perkins, Venus, and Volante" Nationale. (2) Zonal Pelargoniums are always valuable for winter blossoms, but to obtain plants for that purpose they require special treatment. Take cuttings early in autumn ; after they are rooted pot singly into 3in. pots, and keep through the winter in the cool pit, placing them near the glass. In the spring shift into 4m. pots, and later into 6in. pots, stopping several times to make the plants a good shape. Continually nip off all the blossom trusses directly they appear up till the middle of Sep- tember. Grow in the open during summer, shifting into the cool pit in September, and after- wards placing them in the warm pit to open the blossoms. Use a rich compost, and also feed well when, after the last shift, the pots have be- come full of roots; by this means a better supply of blossom is obtained than by potting into large pots. Among the best sorts for winter flowering are — Singles : Flamingo, Lord Rosebery, Henry Jacoby, Blue Peter, Meteor, Mrs. Daniels, Beauty of Kent, and Albion. Doubles-: Raspail Improved, Aglaiae, Nydia, and Swanley Double White. (3) Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums are good either for hanging baskets or for pots when trained on stakes. For winter blossom. Fig. 463.—Pelargonium Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original D
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