LIPRARY 
NEW YORK 
BOTANICAL 
GARDEN 
FOREWORD 
There is nothing which adds so much sunshine 
and cheer to the rooms of a house besieged by 
winter and all his dreary encampment of snow and 
ice, as the greenery, color and fragrance of blossom- 
ing plants. There is no pastime quite so full of 
pleasure and constant interest as this sort of horti- 
culture; the rooting of small slips, the repotting and 
watering and watching, as new growth develops, 
and buds unfold. Some have the magic gift, that 
everything they touch will break into blossom; 
others strive— perhaps too hard—only to gain 
indifferent results. It is hoped that this book will 
aid those of the second class to locate past mistakes 
and progress to future success; and further that it 
may indicate to those more fortunate ones of the 
first class the way to more extensive achievements in 
the work they love. 
This is not a technical book; simply an attempt to 
tell in so plain a way that they cannot be misunder- 
stood the everyday details of the successful manage- 
ment of plants in the house and within such small 
glass structures as may be made, even with limited 
mmeans and time, a part of the average home. 
There is another aspect of the case worth consid- 
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