THE SUMMER CARE 



If allowed to become very dry during hot 

 weather, their delicate feeding-roots will quite 

 likely be ruined, and not until others have been 

 formed will the plant resume development. 

 Guard against a happening of this kind by 

 watering your plants twice a day, if necessary. 



Never allow their pots to be exposed to hot 

 sunshine. They will become so heated, on the 

 side toward the sun, that the tender roots 

 within, that come in contact with that side, will 

 be literally scorched. Shade the pots by set- 

 ting up a board against them, or fill in about 

 them with grass-clippings from the lawn. 



If your plants are kept on the veranda, do 

 not fail to shower them at least once a day, 

 preferably after sundown. Use water liberally. 

 Many kinds seem ,to take as much delight in 

 having it applied to their foliage as to their roots. 

 This is especially the case with the Fuchsia. 



If you have plants of slender habit, do not 

 neglect to furnish them with support of some 

 kind while they are growing. Begin to tie 

 them up while they are small, and keep them 

 securely tied during all the after stages of 

 their development. It is an easy matter to 

 spoil a delicate young plant if no support is 

 furnished it. 



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