144 EVERT WOMAN HER OWN FLOWER GARDENER. 



and the first of May it was brought up with every root alive. The leaves 

 had all fallen, and the stems were dead down three or more inches. I 

 cut them back six inches, and bright leaves are now starting from every 

 branch. 



I live in the coldest climate in New England, where one has to fight 

 for flowers or fruits. "Nine months of winter, and three months of 

 spring," describes the rigorous climate, and all Roses excepting the 

 tender Teas, will live under sods. They are cut from the meadows or 

 road sides early in November; then the bushes are carefully laid down; 

 and the sods are placed over them grass side up. Last winter there was 

 but little snow, but my roses kept finely. A large shovelful of manure 

 was thrown around the roots before the branches were laid down, As 

 the sods were being placed over the Roses, I laid a small piece over two 

 Feverfews that grew near, and they are both alive. They will live out 

 in milder climates, but are rarely known to do so in this frigid zone, 

 under Mt. Washington's shadow. Fuchsias and Heliotropes can be kept 

 in boxes in the same manner. Also Oleanders, Sweet Verbenas, and 

 nearly all flowers but Verbenas ; they require light, heat and moisture to 

 live. 



Zonale Geraniums can be wintered in most cellars, if the earth is 

 shaken from the roots, and they are tied up by them to the beams of 

 the cellar. All blossoms should be cut off, or the sap that is in the 

 branches will cause them to bloom, and thus rob the rooits of the 

 strength they need to live on through the winter. A damp cellar will 

 cause them to decay. Scarlet Salvias can be kept in the same way. 



Roses and Geraniums, etc., can be buried in trenches. Dig it two 

 and a-half feet in depth, and where the water will not settle ; lay in the 

 plants, first throwing in a few shovelsful of dried leaves, or boards can 

 be laid over the plants ; fill in with sandy loam, and finish off with a 

 ridge that will carry off the water. If the trench is lined with straw 

 before the plants are laid in, they are less liable to decay. It is no use 

 trying to make " window gardens" out of plants that have flowered all 

 summer. They must have a season of rest, and they are only desirable 

 for another summer after they have slept away the winter in the cool, 

 dark cellar. 



Sleep of Flowers. 



It is said that nearly all flowers sleep at night. The Marigold goes 

 to sleep with the sun, and awakes at its bidding. The Dandelion shuts 



