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house. The earlier ones should be put into the cellar, until they make 

 considerable top growth, or in a dark place where it is not too warm 

 and kept well watered. As the season grows later, they will be more 

 anxious to come into bloom. All you have to do is to bring them In 

 and put them in a window. In a very short time you will have some- 

 thing that is not only fragrant, but of very bright color. 



Now there are a great many other varieties that we might go on 

 and mention that may be grown and treated in the same way. Some 

 as good, possibly better than those mentioned of which I speak from 

 personal experiance. Do not try to have too many plants in your 

 window. The more you liave, the better, if they are nice, but a few nice 

 plants are a great deal better than a large number that are not kept 

 in good condition. 



Discussion. 



^Ir. Williams: I believe that the list of house plants as named 

 by Mr. Green, is a very good selection. There is one plant that came to 

 my mind as he was speaking, which he left out, that is coming into good 

 favor and prominence as a winter blooming plant. That is the winter 

 blooming Begonia. It is a considerably easier plant to grow ti:au 

 the Lorraine, or the Cincinnatis, and it is called the Incarnata. Nov/ 

 there is a Begonia. If the florist can work them up into a five or 

 six inch pots and get some ennd large plants, I think they will gro"' '^'^n 

 tinually from Christmas time. It is a good shade of pink. It is a 

 better house plant than the Lorranie or Cincinnatis. The dry air of 

 the house does not seem to effect it the way it does the others. For 

 the last few years we have been making prices on this plant for winter 

 blooming plants, and at Christmas time we have sold them by the 

 dozen. 



Mr. Williams: The next paper will be by Mr. Charles Faulkner, of 

 Omaha, on "Ornamental Flower Beds for the Home." 



Mr. Faulkner: Having agreed to write a few lines on the beauti- 

 fying of the home I will endeavor to describe conditions as I have found 

 them. 



The building of a new home is usually started in early spring, the 

 building being completed in late spring, or sometimes mid-summer. 

 This is the time the sa-dener's troubles begin for he is called on to 

 cover or hide all defects of the place whether caused by the person 

 making the original plans of the place, architects, or contractors. He 

 will most times find the places have been utilized by the contractor as 

 a dumping ground for refuse from the building. Or the ground has 

 been tramped and mi'led during the wet season. The poor gardener Is 

 expected to transform such places into gorgeous flower gardens. If 

 things don't come out as the owner expects them to, — which is almost 

 an impossibility — the gardener is to blame. The following year it may 

 be possible to persuade them to spend a few dollars in the conditioning 



