THE WINTER 

 WINDOW- CARD EN 



E window-garden in winter 

 is often a failure, so far as 

 flowers are concerned. While 

 there is always a great deal of 

 beauty in "the green things 

 growing," most persons are 

 disappointed if there is not the 

 brightness and cheer of bloom to relieve the 

 monotony of the white world outside, and re- 

 mind us of the last summer's beauty, or hint to 

 us of the summer that is coming. This failure 

 generally results from mistakes made in the 

 selection of the plants with which we fill our 

 windows. There are many kinds adapted to 

 window culture which cannot be coaxed into 

 bloom at this season of the year, and there are 

 many kinds which would bloom in winter had 

 they received the proper treatment to fit them 

 for winter use. But because this treatment 

 was not given at the right time they are worth- 

 less for the purposes of the person who loves 

 flowers and would like to have her windows full 



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