The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California

Window Gardener

PRUNING

Is but little required. Should a branch grow out of place or die, it should be neatly cut off; and a judicious pinching does much to regulate the shape of a plant. Of course all dead leaves and old blossoms should be cut off at once.

Plants For Window Gardening

THE CAMELLIA : History. — Culture. — Soil. — Temperature. — Potting- — Pruning. — Selection of Varieties. ORANGE AND LEMON TREES Culture.— Growth.— Blooming. — Varieties. — Seedlings. —Budding. THE DAPHNE : Pruning. — Potting. — Varieties. — Soil. THE AZALSA Description.—Potting. — Culture. — Pruning. — Varieties. THE HEATH : History. — Soil. — Drainage. — Watering. — Hard and Soft Wooded. — Temperature. — Summer Culture, — Re-potting. — Insects. — Rooting Plants. — Varieties. THE CYCLAMEN: Potting. — Soil.--Growth. — Seedlings. — Varieties.

IN the selection of our plants, we must be much, influenced "by the extent and location of our accommodations. Some plants thrive with less heat and light than others. As a general rule, choose only green-house plants, avoiding any usually catalogued by nurserymen as stove plants. Discard ferns and lycopodia. With but few exceptions, these perish in the hot, dry, dusty air of our rooms. The Wardian case is their proper place. Remember it is better to grow one plant well than two badly. Because you have roses, geraniums, and daphnes, which do well, it is no reason you should also grow verbenas, fuchsias, and azaleas; your space is sufficient for the first three only; then be content, and do not crowd your plants.

Now let us first give in detail, with their treatment, a list of plants suitable for window gardening; then select those for peculiar exposures