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plants, such as an escape of gas in the apartment, or 

 smoke from a flue in the greenhouse, but in all cases, 

 when the leaves fall from a plant, withhold water, and 

 if there is reason to believe that the soil has been poi- 

 soned by gas, or soddened with moisture, shake it from 

 the roots as before advised, and re-pot in a fresh flower- 

 pot. Many years ago, when I used smoke-flues in my 

 greenhouses, some kindling wood, carelessly thrown on 

 the top of one of them, ignited, and the smoke caused 

 the leaves of every plant to drop. There were some 3,000 

 plants, mostly Tea-Eoses, in the greenhouse ; it would 

 have been too much of a job to re-pot all, but by with- 

 holding water for some ten days, they started a new 

 growth again, and very few plants were injured. 



CHAPTER XXL 



PLANTS SUITED FOR SUMMER DECORATION. 



Quite a number of winter-blooming plants can also be 

 used for flowering in the open borders in summer. 

 Among these are Carnations, Heliotropes, Fuchsias, Ge- 

 raniums, and particularly the monthly varieties of Roses. 

 Also the following, not strictly winter-flowering, are such 

 as will give a continuous bloom during the whole season, 

 from June until October or November. Antirrhinums, 

 (raised either from seeds or cuttings), Dwarf Dahlias, 

 Erythrina or Coral Plant, Gladiolus, Geraniums of all 

 kinds, particularly the class known as " Zonal," double 

 and single, Lantanas, Lobelias, (seeds or cuttings), Petu- 

 nias, single, (seeds or cuttings), Petunias, double ; Pan- 

 sies, (seeds only) ; Pentstemons, Passion-flowers, Ronde- 

 letias, Salvias, (seeds or cuttings) ; Tropasolums, (seeds or 



