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on houses in which nearly all kinds of plants are grown, 

 except Roses, Grapes, Strawberries, or other plants the 

 flowers and fruit of which are wanted in midwinter. 

 At that season all the light possible is required ; and al- 

 though ground glass but slightly obscures the light, yet 

 it is found that it does not answer so well as clear glass 

 from the middle of December to the middle of January. 

 Before or after these dates it can be used to advantage 

 for any greenhouse purpose. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

 THE LAW OF COLOR IN FLOWERS. 



I REFER to this matter in the hope that it may be the 

 means of saving some of my readers, not only from being 

 duped and swindled by a class of itinerant scamps that 

 annually reap a rich harvest in disposing of impossibili- 

 ties in flowers, but that I may assure them of the utter 

 improbability of their ever seeing such wonders as these 

 fellows offer, thereby saving them from parting with 

 money for worthless objects, and from the ridicule of 

 their friends who are already better advised. This sub- 

 ject cannot ba too often brought before our amateur hor- 

 ticulturists. Warnings are given year after year in lead- 

 ing agricultural and other journals devoted to gardening, 

 vet a new crop of dupes is always coming up, who readily 

 fall victims to the scoundrels who live upon their credu- 

 lity. Not a season passes but some of these swindling 

 dealers have the audacity to plant themselves right in 

 the business centers of our large cities, and hundreds of 

 our sharp business men glide smoothly into their nets. 

 The very men who will chuckle at the misfortunes of a 

 poor rustic when he falls into the hands of a mock 



