THE GARDEN AT HOME 



regulated by disbudding. A plant with numerous shoots 

 results from frequent " stopping," and if all buds are 

 allowed to develop the flowers will naturally be small. 



I have not exhausted the possibilities of the home 

 greenhouse by any means. I have not even mentioned 

 climbing roses, and anyone may grow a climbing rose 

 in the greenhouse, if only he will plant it in good, turfy 

 soil to start with, and choose a suitable variety, such as 

 Bouquet d'Or, Marechal Niel, or Climbing Lady Ashtown. 

 It may be remarked that the ideal conditions advised 

 for the various plants mentioned differ somewhat, but 

 that is not to say that they will not all thrive very fairly 

 well together. Some are more accommodating than 

 others, it is true ; chiefly reliable of plants that bloom 

 in winter are bulbs of all kinds, Carnations, Primulas, 

 Cinerarias, Geraniums, semperflorens Begonias, and 

 Bouvardias. But the home gardener possessing a green- 

 house in which in winter the temperature never or rarely 

 falls below 45 may attempt all I have mentioned with 

 real hope of success. 



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