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vive and straighten up and '^corne to.' 

 Of course you must watch careftdly against 

 their getting too hot. 



But if the plants have been not only 

 chilled but frozen, then you must treat them 

 just the other way. Keep them as cool as 

 possible (only above more freezing), and let 

 neither fire nor sun come near them. A 

 cold shower-bath will be much more bene- 

 ficial. 



Do they say that last words should be 

 few ? There are so many words that might 

 be said about flowers, which even with all 

 my talking I have failed to speak ! 



For instance, you all want to find out the 

 secret of perpetual violets, which — (honest- 

 ly) I do not know myself "■ Ever-blooming " 

 varieties are in the catalogues, but whether 

 they will really give twelve months of 

 sweetness — or six, for that matter — in return 

 for anything less expensive than glass and 

 gardeners, is something I have never yet 

 proved to my own satisfaction. Even 

 violets have their notions. It used to be 



