104 WINTER GREENERIES AT HOME. 



in the darker corners until near the time of their pro- 

 motion. 



4. Watering in the cellar requires the utmost possible 

 care much more, indeed, than elsewhere. It should be 

 done by " beginners/' not on mere conjecture, but only 

 after turning out and examining the ball, bearing in 

 mind the rules [see Chap. VI.] concerning wholly and 

 partly dormant plants. If you can hit upon the right 

 treatment as to watering, you will be most likely to suc- 

 ceed in joining safety with storage. 



5. Large plants used in summer for the decoration of 

 the veranda, or the lawn, which are quite too cumbersome 

 to be taken into and form a part of the greenery, may be 

 safely stored in the cellar ; for example, Agave, or Cen- 

 tury Plant, the nearly hardy Palms, Oleanders, and 

 many others. 



Perhaps I ought to add that the cellar may be used in 

 connection with the summer garden for the safe keeping 

 of many plants which can not be sufficiently protected 

 outside to endure the winter, such as Lemon Verbenas, 

 Hydrangeas, Geraniums, etc. Also the roots of Dahlias, 

 Cannas, and others, as well as Gladiolus, and other bulbs, 

 to be planted in spring. Indeed, so useful is the cellar 

 that florists and nurserymen frequently construct what 

 are practically cellars i. e., large covered pits for the 

 purpose of storing plants during winter. 



SUBSTITUTES FOR POTS. 



Your friend, "who lives in such an out-of-the-way 

 place," must labor under some disadvantages in manag- 

 ing her winter greenery. The plants she can obtain with- 

 out difficulty, some of them from the woods, and others 

 by mail ; but the common earthen pots are so fragile as 

 not to bear rough transportation unless very carefully 

 packed. If she cannot in this way obtain what she 

 needs, "are there any good substitutes ?" 



