110 THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



covering, about an inch or two deep, which may remain to 

 the time of uncovering in the spring. This method may also 

 be applied to the Monthly Rose, which preserves the roots 

 and crown of the plant from severe frost, and will answer 

 equally as well as the covering with straw, .where the top of 

 the plant is not an object of consideration in being protected; 

 and this in many cases will be lost, even when covered with 

 straw, if the wood is not well ripened before the winter closes 

 severely. 



When plants are covered too early in the fall, they are 

 often much injured, by the wood or crown of them becoming 

 soft in warm changes ; and in some cases herbaceous plants 

 will begin to grow at this unnatural season, by which they 

 are much injured in their flowering in the spring. The great 

 criterion in this matter should be, to have the wood and every 

 part of such plants as much hardened as possible previous to 

 the covering of them, in order that they may withstand the 

 severity of the winter with the least possible injury. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



On the Summer Management of Pot Plants and Garden 

 Frames. 



ART. 1. Of Pot Plants. 



It is not without reason that many persons complain of the 

 unsuccessful attempts to cultivate green-house, and tender 

 plants, in pots during summer. The error may, however, be 

 easily detected, and a remedy effected in most plants, by the 

 following items. 



To be clear on the subject, I wish it to be understood, that 



