OCTOBER 201 



hardy before the end of May is waste of money, and gives 

 me a feeling of unloving ignorance of plants which is as the 

 murdering of the innocents to those who are fond of 

 them. A pretty mixture is the yellow French Marguerite 

 with two or three — according to the size of the box — little 

 upright Gryptomeria japonicas, either in the middle or at 

 each end of the box, according to the shape of the window. 

 White French Daisies do just as well, if preferred. 

 Calceolarias and white Daisies are also pretty. I have 

 lived so little in London in the summer of late years that 

 I am more prepared to criticise than to suggest. One 

 day I saw outside a dining-room window some large, 

 heavy, oblong Japanese flower-pots planted with single 

 plants, and they looked very well, as one was able to see 

 the growth of the plants. These Japanese pots are glazed, 

 and much thicker than the ordinary flower-pot, and thus 

 lessen evaporation and the risk of being blown over. No 

 plants can possibly succeed on balconies or windows in 

 ordinary English flower-pots unless they are sunk in 

 boxes or other pots as a protection from the sun and 

 wind. 



