^ Somewhere the brilliant flowers of Jasminum 

 PrimuUnum would present a fresh and be- 

 flowered charm all Winter long, with a few pots of 

 Euonymus Japonica for its glossy foliage and 

 unusual clear jade-green bark. The amazingly 

 colored cinerarias, of ^ar and ca(5tus form, would 

 be di^ributed throughout all the benches. One 

 could never have too many of these ravishing 

 flowers and if you would realize the remarkable 

 colorings examine them well. They will prove a 

 revelation! Potted groups of dwarf blue Del- 

 phinium Chinensis, grown from seed gathered in 

 your own garden this Summer would flower 

 among your cinerarias and 1 would pinch the 

 dwarf delphiniums, when a foot tall, back to 

 eight inches to keep them dwarf, bushy and fine. 

 ^ Ericas, pink, rose and white would neighbor 

 pink and white Speciosum lilies and French and 

 Irish anemones, and I would border both with 

 Spanish irises. Here and there dwarf pink annual 

 lupins, and such hybrid lilacs as Ludwig von 

 Spaeth, President Grevy, Charles Tenth and 

 Marie le Gray would, as smallish plants, give 

 lilac bloom of the loveliest, near geranium trees of 

 the exquisite pink Countess of Jersey. 

 ^ I would never bring the inharmonious magenta 

 bougainvillea into my greenhouse. It blends with 

 not a single flower. Why create discord in the 

 Winter garden? Think of the hours of peace, the 

 hours of pleasure for all who have a greenhouse, no 

 matter what its size! 



^ A little greenhouse may have at lea^ one of 

 every plant, fern and vine I have mentioned, each a 

 perfedt specimen of loving care, if we water them 

 (not the blooms) with weak soot water; if we give 

 our roses lime and bone (half and half) every little 

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