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manuring has a tendency toward promoting blind buds and in their later 

 stages causing blooms to damp." 



Shelter or Snug Harbor At the approach of cool nights protection 

 will be necessary where the flowers are to be perfected out-of-doors. The 

 plan generally adopted is to build a light framework upon which cloth 

 is stretched and fastened to form a roof. For the sides a cloth curtain 

 should be provided and fastened in such a manner that it may be rolled 

 up from the bottom to admit air on pleasant days. If the plants are 

 situated next to a building or tight board fence this will answer for one 

 side of the enclosure to which the framework may be attached. See 

 fig. 20. 



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