A WINDOW GARDENER S CALENDAR 22/ 



Cinerarias will flourish in spite of hot sum- 

 mer weather, if planted in a deep-framed pit 

 slanting north with a muslin shade over 

 the top. 



May — Plant out in coldframe all house 

 plants by the middle of the month. 



Unpot plants and place in the earth in 

 bottomless cardboard or wooden boxes. 

 The plants will grow all the stronger for this, 

 and the cardboard straight- jackets will 

 check the roots from spreading. 



June — For flowers in October and later, 

 disbud chrysanthemums and roses until the 

 middle of August. Deutsche Perle (white), 

 and Simon Mardner (dark pink), are the 

 surest azaleas for Christmas bloom. Be 

 sure to pinch outside shoots around form- 

 ing azalea buds; the buds will be crowded 

 and blast if you neglect this. 



July — Sow calceolaria seed and buy 

 Gloire de Lorraine begonia plants. The 

 begonias will flower in December, the calceo- 

 larias in March. 



Treat calceolaria the same as primrose and 

 cineraria — the tall-growing hybrida type is 

 the handsomest. 



August — Pot Easter lilies and freesias; 



