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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



they cannot have too much water ; after that they want much less, or 

 the leaves turn yellow and drop off. Some years I grow Solanum 

 jasminoides over bent wires in pots ; grown thus it is pretty. The 



American Aloe. Example of greenhouse plants set in open air in summer. Engraved from a photograph 

 taken in Knightwick Rectory Garden, Worcestershire. 



variety of plants which can be tried for growing in pots out of doors 

 in summer is almost endless. Love-lies-bleeding ( Amaranthus caudatus) 

 is an annual, but if sown in January and very well grown on as a fine 



