and keeping moss and mould at bay with a dur- 

 ing of powdered charcoal. 



^ Of course, there is the routine syringing and now 

 and then a spraying for possible or evident 

 enemies. But, oh, the satisfa<5tion, the delight of 

 hours and hours with our gardens under glass! 

 ^ A too common mi^ake is the filling of a green- 

 house with plants without a knowledge of their 

 needs and the happie^ way to assemble them. 

 There are many, many more lovely greenhouse 

 plants for you and for me. 



^ Graceful edging plants are of great importance 

 to hide the hard lines of the benches and to give 

 finish to those that are taller, the trailing fuchsias 

 and tumbling oxalis, weeping begonias, such as 

 President Carnot, trailing lobelias and forget-me- 

 nots, with mounds of candy-tuft and sweet alys- 

 sum here and there, and with formal tuberous 

 begonias of buff and pink. All the small-flowered 

 single narcissi, should be near the edge with more 

 Roman hyacinths, Spanish iris, baby ferns and 

 baby bushes of forget-me-nots, ivies and peri- 

 winkle. All these plants should have a place in our 

 gardens under glass. 



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