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sealed with strips of cloth or paper, the colour of the 

 woodwork, neatly pasted over, effectually shutting 

 out draughts. This alone will help immensely in pro- 

 tecting plants, and storm-windows are safe and save 

 much trouble. 



Fresh air, which plants must have, should be sup- 

 plied through another room, where it will be warmed 

 before reaching them. A screen, so placed as to cut 

 off draughts when a door is opened to air the room, 

 will be found a great convenience. 



When plants are frozen they should be thawed very 

 gradually. Darken the room and keep the tempera- 

 ture low, raising it gradually. If, however, the plants 

 are in a living-room, where the temperature cannot 

 conveniently be kept low for any length of time, re- 

 move them to the cellar until the frost is drawn out 

 of them, when, if not too badly damaged, they may 

 be returned to the window and encouraged to grow. 

 Geraniums are rarely injured by one freezing, the loss 

 of the leaves being the chief damage, and if the plants 

 are returned at once to the window this may prove 

 an advantage, as wherever a leaf falls a new shoot 

 will usually be forced, making the plant much more 

 stocky and thrifty. During an unusually severe storm, 

 a Geranium left in the window of a room away from 

 direct heat was badly frosted. As it was not a very 

 choice variety no effort was made to save it. The 

 room was closed, and a temperature of 12 below 

 zero reigned for several days. When the weather 



