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weather, with a hot water boiler costing from $50 to $75, and will consume 

 from five to six tons of coal a season ; so that with an outlay of $250 or $300, 

 apart from the running expenses, anyone may have a conservatory, together 

 with all the enjoyment and pleasure of being surrounded during the dreary 

 months of winter with beautiful flowers and green foliage. To love and 

 cultivate flowers is one of the few pleasures that improve alike the mind and 

 heart, and make every true lover of these beautiful creations of Infinite love 

 wiser, purer and nobler. It is a pleasure that brings no pain, a sweet without 

 a snare. If we would develop and increase the appreciation of the beautiful) 

 and our ability to enjoy the marvellous beauty which is everywhere around us, 

 we must have the educating and refining influence of plants and flowers in 

 the home. Our homes must be made attractive, so that lasting influence for 

 good may be thrown around those entrusted to our care. The Creator 

 doubtless could have made a world without a flower, but He in His wisdom 

 did not do so ; and after creating man in His own image. He placed him in a 

 beautiful garden, in which was every plant that was pleasant to the sight 

 or good for food. When man became a law breaker he was expelled from 

 this garden and had to work for food among the thorns and thistles. In 

 all parts of the civilized world to-day, the refinement, innocence and happiness 

 of the people may be measured by the flowers they cultivate. 



The conservatory places within our reach at all times, plants and flowers 

 for the decoration of our parlors and dining rooms. There is nothing to 

 my mind that lends so much charm and beauty to any home, as a tasteful 

 disposition of plants and flowers. The amount of genuine satisfaction, rest 

 and pleasure that a business man receives and enjoys in spending a few 

 minutes in the conservatory each and every day, more than repays him for 

 the additional expense incurred in maintaining the same. I am convinced 

 that many who could afford the expense of a conservatory, if they would only 

 try the experiment, would be loud in their praises of the pleasure and satis- 

 faction derived therefrom. 



The necessary materials used in building a conservatory can be purchased 

 already manufactured to shape, so that any ordinary carpenter can easily 

 construct and complete the work. The putting in position of the hot-water 

 pipes is only the work of a few hours, by some competent steam or pipe fitter. 

 With the conservatory thus completed, you are in a position to cultivate 

 successfully, plants and flowers, native and otherwise. 



Now, Gentlemen, I have trespassed long enough upon your valuable time, 

 and only have to regret that some one else, more competent, should have been 

 selected to have placed this matter more intelligently before you. 



Woodstock, Out. D. W. Karn. 



