44 WINDOW GARDENING. 



the plants at both windows ; yet, if no other location can be procured, the after- 

 noon sun is far better than none at all. 



Never use glazed pots or crockery and painted ware, unless the common pots 

 are set into them for ornamental purposes. 



Stimulate once a week with some one of the various liquid manures alluded to. 



Avoid extremes of cold and heat, and give all the air that is allowable, accord- 

 ing to the temperature out of doors. 



Of course, each gardener must regulate her plants, according to the latitude in 

 which she lives. If, on the Pacific slope, the dust that is so tenacious during 

 summer and autumn must be the greatest enemy to contend with, while on the 

 Atlantic coast the chilly, bleak east winds are the greatest drawbacks to success- 

 ful plant culture. In the west, the cold winds blow from the Rocky Mountains. 



No set code of rules can be given, and common sense must govern window 

 gardening, as well as in all the branches of domestic economy. 



A large sponge will do duty for a watering pot, or a hand brush broom dipped 

 into water and shaken over the plants ; but sprinkling must be given in some 

 shape, at least, once a day. 



If the pots are thoroughly washed with hot soap suds, all tendency to green 

 mould will be prevented. 



Make the water that is given, warmer now than in the summer. Put your 

 finger into the saucer, and see how cold it is, when it drains through the outlet. 

 And if quite cold, give water of a greater warmth. 



Plants that are in a state of rest, should have but very little water during the 

 autumn. 



Bulbs must be started for early flowering in September and for Easter, bloom- 

 ing late, in November. 



Roses should all be repotted with rich soil : full two-thirds of entirely decom- 

 posed cow manure and leaf mould, so decayed as to crumble in the fingers, 

 should be added, to one-third of good sandy loam. 



As most of the desirable flowering plants will be treated of in their respective 

 chapters, it will only be a repetition to notice them here, or to give a list of them. 



