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able. If the flower famine ever threatens in the 

 well -managed greenhouse it is between the winter 

 solstice and mid- January. Just now, for instance, 

 I have fewer varieties in bloom than at any season 

 of the year, though luckily there is no diminution 

 in the general bulk. 



THE SHEPHERD ON CUNNIGAW HILL 



Apart from chrysanthemums, the most useful 

 flower for the amateur from October to December, 

 as I think I have said before, is the zonal pelar- 

 gonium. Provided that true winter varieties are 

 stocked, there can hardly be too many plants on the 

 shelves. But three months of continued flowering 

 will naturally result in some exhaustion, and by the 



