IN SUMMER 



vigorously than in pots I admit, but when 

 fall comes and they have to be lifted and re- 

 potted their roots have to be cut away to such 

 an extent that the plants receive a check from 

 which they will be months in recovering. Any 

 disturbance of a plant's roots injures it seri- 

 ously, and the removal of it from ground to pot 

 at the approach of cold weather interferes with 

 it at a most critical period. A little thought 

 will convince anyone that all the growth of the 

 season must be sacrificed in getting the plant 

 ready for the house, so nothing has been gained 

 by planting it out. Really, much has been 

 lost, for it comes to its winter's work in a weak- 

 ened condition which makes it impossible for 

 it to hold its own with plants kept in pots 

 throughout the entire season. The roots of 

 such plants do not have to be disturbed in fall, 

 consequently they receive no such check as 

 must, of necessity, come to the plant that is 

 taken from the ground and crowded into a pot 

 not large enough to accommodate a quarter of 

 the roots it has made during the summer. It 

 is true that plants grown in this way take care 

 of themselves through the summer, but I take 

 it that the person who really loves flowers will 



be willing to give them all the care they need if 



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