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as the first. Could photographic views of these living 

 illustrations of our subject matter be placed before you 

 side by side in these pages, I think it would forever 

 cure any one of following in the footsteps of the " econo- 

 mical" man. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 ROSES IN SUMMEE. 



Those having a summer trade in cut flowers can raise 

 a better class of flowers, and at the same time bridge 

 over the gap made each season in the supply through 

 the renewal of the benches, by having a few houses de- 

 voted to this special purpose. 



Oftentimes during the summer there is a scarcity of 

 first class cut blooms. For this various reasons exist. 

 In many instances the plants have been allowed to be- 

 come exhausted through lack of nourishinent at the 

 proper time. Others may have had their vitality im- 

 paired through inattention and consequent inroads of 

 insects which sap their life. Plants, too, that have been 

 handled well, and made to produce to their utmost for 

 six months, are not in a condition to do as successful 

 work during the warm months. They have been con- 

 stantly pushing up towards the light, and now as the 

 weather becomes warmer, the rank growth is too near 



