Chapter VI 



HOUSE PLANTS OUT-OF-DOORS 

 IN SUMMER 



Value of a Garden for Preserving Plants 



PEOPLE who live in the city, or any place for that 

 matter where they have no garden, have to face 

 the necessity of disposing of their house plants in the 

 Spring. This is really a distressing experience with 

 most people, especially in the case of plants that 

 have been given them as tokens of affectionate re- 

 membrance. 



Those who possess a garden with a few shade 

 trees, however, may derive an endless amount of 

 pleasure by preserving many of their plants from' 

 year to year and at the same time gain valuable ex- 

 perience that is difficult to acquire in any other way. 

 Indeed, it is only in the garden that the true joy of 

 plant companionship may be experienced or the 

 "right relationship," to which allusion has been made, 

 can be established. 



Shade and Sunlight 



If there is a diversity of aspect to the garden, such 

 as shelter from winds, various degrees of shade as 

 well as clear sunlight, then almost all the plants men- 

 tioned in the foregoing pages may be successfully 



