58 FLOWER GARDENING 
then move them to a cool cellar for the winter. 
If the cellar is dark give a little water two or 
three times in the course of the winter; if it is 
light, and quite warm, the plants may be kept near 
a window and given more water—in which event 
there will be less dying down. 
Plants that know no garden life save within the 
confines of pots or tubs, including Hydrangea hor- 
tensis, “marriage bell’? (brugmansia), oleander, 
agapanthus and amaryllis, require the same treat- 
ment as to autumn drying off and wintering. When 
repotting is necessary, this is done in the spring. 
There is also a dry system of storing plants. All 
the earth is shaken from the roots and the plant 
is suspended, head down, from the ceiling of a 
dark, cool cellar. This is the old-fashioned way 
of treating geraniums after serving a winter as 
window plants and it is sometimes recommended 
for the lemon verbena. 
More often than not, autumn’s weed troubles 
are passed on to spring. This is a mistake. The 
garden, on principle, ought to be put away for 
the winter clean. But there is another reason; 
weeds and grass that were so small in summer as 
to escape the eye may now be maturing seed and 
doing their level best to make mischief for an- 
other year. Root them up early. Some of these 
pests flourish bravely through the autumn, and 
the sooner they are checked the better. One of 
the worst offenders is chickweed. A late crop 
seems to spring from nowhere in August and, if 
