LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 





Winter Decoration 



of CJ/ten (J r-oiutcis and in the "ETotLse.. 



As winter approaches come thoughts as to the manner by 

 which the front grounds, where uow are beds of blooming flowers, 

 ean be made features of attractive and agreeable beauty during 

 the coming winter. Again comes the question of "How i<> 

 cheaply have som - green -fohaged plant in the window all the 

 winter?" rn the house of the wealthy, where a steady heat is 

 kept up night and day, almost any plant can be grown ; but my 

 notes are for those who perhaps keep no steady fire night and 

 day, in any one room, and the removal daily of plants subject to 



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No. 1. 



damage from frost, is a task that is labor, and often forgotten bo : 

 that when morn comes the Geranium, or other tender flowering 

 plant, has little or nothing left to pleasantly greet I To 



remedy this, in the house, let me say. make a bos the Length of 

 width of the window in which you wish it to stand. 

 wide, ten inches deep. Make the bottom board of the box with 



