.... All Eden bright, 



With these, her holy offspring, creations of the light ; 

 As though some gentle angel, commissioned love to bear, 

 Had wandered o'er the greensward, and left her footprints 

 there. 



CHAPTER V. 



PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING, CONTINUED. 



ROSES. CHINA ROSE: History. Description. Soil. Pruning-. Wa- 

 tering. Varieties. TEA ROSE : History. Culture. Varieties. 

 BOURBON ROSES: History. Culture. Varieties. PINKS: Indian 

 Pink. Carnation. Difference between Carnation and Picotee. Classes. 

 Soil. Potting. Care of Flowers. Culture out of doors. Prop- 



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