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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 Roses, in the greenhouse. It 

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

 withholding water for some ten days, they started a new 

 growth again, and very few plants were permanently 

 injured. 



CHAPTER XX. 

 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; 

 but if these have been forced to produce flowers in win- 

 ter they will not give as much satisfaction for summer 

 flowering as young plants will, and whenever they look 

 sickly by the time they should be set in the open ground, 

 they had better be thrown away, as they will do little 

 good. The following, not strictly winter-flowering, are 

 such as will give a continuous bloom during the whole 

 season, from June until October or November. Antir- 

 rhinums (raised either from seeds or cuttings), Agera- 

 tams, Anthemis, Abutilons, Chrysanthemums, Dwarf 

 Dahlias, Erythrina or Coral Plant, Gladiolus, Geraniums 

 of all kinds, particularly the class known as "Zonal," 

 double and single, Fuchsias in shade, Feverfew (cut- 

 tings), Hollyhocks (seeds only), Heliotropes, Hibiscus 

 (cuttings), Lantanas, Lobelias, Petunias, single and 

 double (seeds or cuttings), Pansies (seeds only), Pent- 



