Miscellaneous Hints on Gardening 291 



be only to take off dead flowers, and cutting with 

 scissors is better for the flowers than pinching with 

 the fingers. 



A long pole with a hook on the end makes a very 

 convenient device on which to hang the garden basket. 

 It will enable one to have the basket at a conven- 

 ient height instead of having to stoop to the ground 

 for it so many times in the course of an hour. 



When choice plants must be brought into the 

 room where there is a great deal of dust and where gas 

 is burning, a glass cover placed over them will af- 

 ford great protection. There should always be air 

 spaces in or around the cover and it should not 

 remain over the plants permanently. 



Ashes provide potash and hence are valuable for 

 all flowers which are grown for their odor, as potash 

 is a perfume producer. 



Keep all tools well edged. Dull tools will rebel 

 and will not do quick and effective work. Have 

 a place for the tools and garden hose and keep them 

 there. Have system in the flower garden as well 

 as in the vegetable garden and the home. 



Cement colored with red ochre for making a 

 garden walk will give it a warm and genial hue. 



