410 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
June, 1906 
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JUNE WORK AMONG 
THE FLOMERS 
By Eben E. Rexford 
Pin is a description of my way of train- 
ing the morning glory when grown 
for the purpose of screening doors and 
windows. I am confident that whoever gives 
it a trial this season will not neglect to use it 
when another season comes. Nail four pieces 
of lath, or any light strips of wood, in a 
square large enough across the top of the door 
or window you propose to shade. ‘Then nail 
two strips across from corner to corner, to 
stiffen this frame and keep it from getting out 
of shape, as it easily would do if not braced 
as advised. Fasten this to the top of the door 
or window frame, letting it slant down at an 
angle that will give the amount of shade 
needed, with stout strips reaching from the 
outside corners to the ground below, to provide 
substantial support, in case a door is being 
treated, or to the sill, if a window is to be 
screened. Stretch stout strings from the 
ground where the plants are growing to the 
framework at top of door or window. ‘The 
vines will soon cover strings and frame with 
luxuriant growth, and by the middle of July 
you will have a floral awning that will be “a 
thing of beauty” for months and a “joy” as 
long as it lasts. 
‘Tea roses will soon begin to throw up shoots 
terminated with buds. As soon as these buds 
have all developed, cut the shoot back to a 
strong “‘eye,” near the base of the plant. It 
will not be long before a new branch will 
start from this eye, and this, in turn, will 
bear flowers. By repeated cutting-back, at 
intervals during the season, growth will be 
kept up—provided you feed your plants liber- 
ally enough to satisfy their strong appetites— 
and as long as a plant can be kept growing it 
will bloom. 
A lady writes: “What shall I do with my 
house plants this summer—leave them in their 
pots, on the piazza, or plant them out in the 
garden?” I would advise leaving them in 
their pots. I know that the impression pre- 
vails among amateur florists that plants are 
greatly benefited by putting them in the open 
ground during summer. ‘This impression is 
a correct one, but the fact is lost sight of that 
when fall comes and the plants have to be 
lifted and potted, they receive a check so 
severe in its nature that all the benefits result- 
ing from planting out are destroyed. It is 
impossible to lift these plants without the 
sacrifice of many of their best roots, which 
have grown beyond the limit of any pot. A 
disturbance of roots means a corresponding in- 
jury to the branches. As a general thing plants 
that have been summered in the ground are 
smaller, when their tops have been pruned 
back to healthy wood, after repotting, than 
when they were put out, and their constitu- 
tions have been so sadly weakened by the 
ordeal of lifting and potting that they are in 
the poorest possible condition to withstand the 
debilitating effects of the change from out 
to indoors, at the very time when they need 
strength most. 
Because of this I never advise turning plants 
out of their pots during summer, if they are 
intended for house use next winter. I pre- 
fer to keep them on a veranda, or under a 
shed having a lath roof, that will break the 
force of strong sunshine without really shad- 
ing them. When a plant is in a pot you have 
it under control at all times. Water can be 
given in large or small quantities, as needed. 
It can be turned to induce symmetrical, all- 
around development, and so placed that it can 
have a strong light, if it wants it, or a shaded 
one, if that is preferred. One will be likely 
to give plants in pots the attention they need, 
