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the flowers were cut by frost he Hfted them up and stored them in 

 a cold frame covered over with a wooden shutter, with a Httle air 

 space. This was all the attention they received until early in the 

 spring when they were planted out in the flowering bed. 



As Anemone Japon ica is a late flowering plant he set out between 

 them Canterbury bells, and when the latter were through flowering 

 they were thrown away, as by that time the Anemones would need 

 the room. They were then given some fertilizer, such as sheep 

 manure, and thoroughly watered. By this treatment he found they 

 flowered splendidly each year and by this arrangement he got two 

 flower crops from the same bed. Of course, he said, plenty of 

 fertilizer and water was the secret of his success in this case. 



Mr. Finlayson gave also his method of handling Aquilegias, or 

 columbines. Late in the fall he planted them in their flowering 

 beds and between them early flowering bulbs. They were pro- 

 tected during the winter with green boughs and uncovered early in 

 the spring. By the time the early bulbs were through flowering the 

 ■columbines were showing flowers. Just as soon as the latter were 

 out of bloom he cut the flower stems and transplanted them to a 

 little nursery and planted the beds with other late flowering plants, 

 such as begonias. By this treatment he got three crops of flowers 

 out of the same bed and kept the garden attractive throughout the 

 season. These methods may be repeated each year, or some 

 changes can be made to give a greater variety. 



