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continuous succession of bloom may be obtained through- 

 out the winter months. For the attainment of this 

 succession of flowers, therefore, it is the practice to 

 grow plants in frames during the winter months. 



GROWING IN FRAMES 



There are two methods by which the plants may be 

 grown in frames. One is to place a shallow frame 

 around the plants in the beds where they have been 

 growing during the summer ; the other method is to 

 lift the plants and place them in a frame, containing a 

 good open soil, during September. The former method, 

 of course, entails less trouble, but by following the 

 latter method better results are more likely to be obtained. 

 The frame in which the plants are to be transplanted 

 should be arranged in a position where it will obtain as 

 much of the sun's warmth as possible during the winter 

 months, as this, of course, is a decided advantage. 



If the shading medium which was employed when the 

 plants were growing in their summer quarters can be 

 removed, this does away to a great extent with at any 

 rate one disadvantage attaching to the method of framing 

 the plants as they stand. 



As we said before, the frame used should be a 

 shallow one, placed so that the plants are quite close to 

 the frame lights, and it should have a decided slope to 

 the south. 



The soil in which the plants are to be transplanted 

 should have plenty of sand and leaf soil intermixed with 

 it, so that it is rendered nice and open. Before lifting 

 the plants from their summer quarters, a thorough 

 watering should be given them, thus allowing for greater 

 facility in lifting them with a good ball of soil and 

 causing less damage to the roots. They should then be 

 transferred to the frame forthwith. When this is done, 



