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taste, if not of too strong growth ; place a tree in the centre, to 

 occup3^ it until you are ready with your monument. This idea I 

 gain from a plan in my possession, furnished from Spring Grove 

 Cemetery at Cincinnati. 



It is a good practice, adopted in many cemeteries, to furnish every 

 owner with a plan of his lot drawn to a scale ; and cause all the 

 graves to be correctly defined upon it. A book of duplicates of 

 these plans is kept at the office of the cemetery, one page being 

 devoted to each lot. In this way all mistakes are prevented, even 

 if there is neither monument nor headstone on the lot, as each suc- 

 cessive interment is recorded on the proprietor's plan, and also on 

 the book at the office. 



While we cannot control all tastes we can influence very many. 

 Some of you will say, tell us how you do it. The first thing is to 

 know your people, and find out what their wants are, and then adapt 

 yourself to them. 



WINDOW GARDENING AND HOME DECORATION. 

 By W. H. Allen, Augusta. 



^'Window gardening" is a term applied to a method of growing 

 plants in boxes placed in the windows, but it may apply to the culti- 

 vation of plants grown in pots as well, and as the pot system is the 

 most in use I will confine myself to the treatment of pot grown 

 plants, though the rule will apply in a general way to the window 

 box. 



As experience is considered the best teacher, the horticultural 

 profession is no exception, the oldest person can always learn some- 

 thing new, and the more we cultivate plants the more interested we 

 become in the study of their nature. 



As plants subsist chiefly upon the soil, it should be the first to be 

 considered. If we want a healthy plant we must feed it from the 

 Foots with soil best suited to the growth and development of a strong 

 stock and healthy foliage. The preparation of potting soil is very 

 simple, and the amateur can prepare it as well as the professional 

 florist. Many people send to the greenhouse for potting soil, 

 thinking they will get a superior article composed of several ingre- 

 dients known only to the profession, when in reality two are all that 



