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AMERICAN HOMES AND GA 



R D E N S September, 1907 



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tion is given to the growth of the plants, it 

 will be seen that new growth is starting at the 

 crown of the plant ; when this appears the tops 

 of the plants should all be removed down to 

 this new growth, which will rapidly come for- 

 ward and produce flowers in abundance al- 

 most, if not quite, equal to those of the early 

 spring. An occasional dose of liquid manure — 

 say twice a week — will greatly benefit these 

 fall blossoms, as by this time the first richness 

 of the bed will have become exhausted. Pan- 

 sies may be carried over to the second year 

 and will give very satisfactory results, but will 

 not be quite as fine as the young plants. The 

 only satisfactory winter protection for the 

 open air pansy bed is found in a covering of 

 ever green boughs or a blanket of snow ; leaves 

 settle around the crown of the plant, freeze 

 and cause decay ; evergreen boughs when used 

 should be arranged to rest on some support — 

 a pole lying on notched sticks lengthways 

 of the bed, their tops down so that they may 

 shed rain and bank snow ; this gives the ideal 

 protection and should be employed whenever 

 available. The blanket of snow, when it stays 

 on all winter, leaves nothing to be desired. 



PLANTS THAT TELL THE 

 WEATHER 



By W. G. Fitz-Gerald 



SOME flowers there are that care nothing 

 for the weather. Wet or fine, hail or 

 snow, they make a brave show. Such are 

 the sweet-pea, fuchsia, heather, hyacinth and 

 others of the "bell" flowers. But even a 

 casual glance at our fields will show that 

 many other flowers and plants are by no 

 means so indifferent. Thus a meadow that 

 will be radiant with flowers on a sunny day 

 is utterly transformed when the clouds are 

 lowering and torrents of rain falling. 



Nor is this change due to the prevailing 

 grayness of the day. For if you examine the 

 meadow at close quarters you will see that it 

 is mainly the flowers themselves that have 

 wrought the change. Many plants have 

 closed up their blooms and entirely hidden all 

 the gay petals. Others, again, have merely 

 drooped earthward, presenting only somber 

 colored backs to the falling rain. Much the 

 same thing happens on banks where in early 

 summer the little Stellaria shines forth like so 

 many stars from a brilliant green background. 



The moment bad weather comes these stars 

 disappear, and the bank they adorned becomes 

 dull and uninteresting. The pretty star of 

 Bethlehem is equally sensitive and shows or 

 hides her sweet face just as the weather alter- 

 nates from bad to good, and vice versa. On 

 a fine day our garden borders may be brilliant 

 with white stars, but the moment clouds ap- 

 pear and the rain descends they withdraw 

 themselves and fold up their little petals with 

 anxious care. The green sepals now close over 

 and form an impenetrable rain coat, showing 

 only a series of ragged-looking plants, from 

 whose pointed leaves and striped tapering buds 

 the water trickles harmlessly. 



The Eschscholtzias, too, are "fair weather" 

 flowers, flaunting gorgeously in the sunshine, 

 but shrinking from bad weather. Let the day 

 be merely dull and they will not even awake 

 from the night's sleep, but remain tightly 

 closed. True, if morning opens with promise 

 they are lured to unfold their orange petals, 

 and bask a little at breakfast time; but should 

 the day refuse to fulfil its promise, the Esch- 

 scholtzias calmly wrap up their flowers with 

 as much care as a little girl does her dainty 

 muslin frock, fearing the slightest wetting or 

 the menace of lowering clouds. 



These folding processes are sometimes sim- 

 ple enough, but when a long spell of wet 



