THE GEXESEE FARMEPw 



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BED-EOOM DECORATION.. 



We condense the following from the Cottage 

 Gardener: It presents a pleasing picture which 

 we should be glad to see more common. We think 

 we can see woman's hand in it all. 



"Oh, give him taste! It is the link 



Which binds us to the skies — 

 A bridge of rainbows thrown across 



The gull' of tears and sighs; 

 Or like a widow's little one — 



An angel in a child — 

 That leads him to his mother's chair, 



And shows him how she smiled." 



To show you that the admission of vegetable life 

 into bed-rooms is more in vogue than formerly, I 

 will give you a rough sketch of an apartment which 

 I was privileged to enter, and have permission to 

 to describe. The occupier of this apartment recog- 

 nizes the principle, that 



" Whatever cheerful and serene 

 Supports the mind, supports the body too." 



At the end of the room is the window with 

 balcony, from which spring clusters of blossoms of 

 intermingled Calystegia pubescens and Tropceolums. 

 These run up either side of the window on lattice- 

 work. From an ornamental terra cotta jardinette 

 rise plants of Lysimachia nmmnularia, covering 

 a wire-work screen with their golden blossoms. 

 Fronting the window, are the toilette-table, glass, 

 etc. *In the first break on the left hand side of the 

 room is the washhand-stand ; over this engravings 

 and pictures in oil colors, etc., eVj. The middle 

 projection contains a gas stove with flue entering 

 the chimney; above this the mantel-piece. At 

 each end is a case of ferns and mosses arranged 

 amid rockwood, colored scenery at the back impart- 

 ing an additional charm. 



Over one of these cases we find the lines — 



" The green and graceful fern, 

 How beautiful it is! 

 There's not a leaf tn all the land 

 So Beautiful, I wis. 



" Have ye e'er watch'd that ball unfolding, 

 With each stem and leaf wrapp'd small, 

 Coil'd up within each other 

 Like a round and hairy ball ? 



" Have ye watch'd that ball unfolding, 

 Each closely nestling curl, 

 And its fair and feathery leaflets, 

 Their spreading forms unfurl? 



" Oh, then most gracefully they wave 

 In the hedges like a sea; 

 , And dear as they are beautiful 



Are those fern leaves to me." 



Over the other case — 



''The tiny moss, whose silken verdure clothes 

 The time-worn rock, and whose bright capsulea rise, 

 Like fairy urns, on stalks of golden sheen. 

 Demand our admiration and our praise 

 As much as cedars kissing the blue sky. 

 Or Krubal's giant flower. God made "them all. 

 And what He deigns to make should ne'er be deem'd 

 Unworthy of our study and our love." 



Between the cases is a duplex statue in plaster, 

 and amid the centre ornaments a boquet of choice 

 flowers. 



Over the mantel-piece are views of the localities 

 in which the ferns were collected — Llangollen Vale, 

 Tenby, etc. Above, up to the ceiling, are photo- 

 graphic and lithographic portraits, surmounted by 

 the Art Union head of Christ. 



In the nextf break we find pictures printed in 

 colors, and a heating flue in connection with a 

 system of hot-water apparatus. Lastly, next the 

 door is a table with Wardian case, containing ferns 

 and mosses, many of them exotic. 



" Of all modes of enlivening the aspect of an 

 apartment, there is, perhaps, none more pleasing 

 than the sight of plants and flowers suitably 

 arranged and distributed. The enjoyment and 

 instruction they aftbrd are within the reach of all ; 

 the poor may partake as well as the rich. Great 

 means and appliances are not needed. To the 

 thoughtful mind, the contemplation of the phe- 

 nomena of vegetation is a constant source of 

 interest." Especially is this so to the Christian. 

 Whatever he finds 



" Of beautiful or grand 

 In nature, from the broad, majestic oak 

 To the green blade that twinkles in the sun. 

 Prompts with remembrance of a present God." 



— horticulturist. 



MAZING BUTTER IN WINTER. 



Eds. Genesee Farmer : — In common with many 

 of my neighbors, I have experienced much diffi- 

 culty this winter, in getting butter to "come"' in 

 churning. We had usually warmed the cream by 

 the aid of a common thermometer, to 55, 60, 65, 

 and 68 degrees of Fahrenheit, without success, as 

 well as having churned it for several hours in one 

 of those zinc churns having a marked thermometer 

 attached to them. At length I procured a small 

 zinc thermometer, which the manufacturers now 

 make unattached to tlie churn, and when I saw 

 that the degree marked upon it was 62, I suspecttd 

 at once the cause of nur repeated failures. We 

 then warmed to the exact temperature of 62° sonie 

 cream which had been previously churned fur four 

 or five hours, and after churning it about ten 

 minutes in a small stone plunge churn (also warmed), 

 butter of excellent rjuality was obtained. We Lave 

 since had no trouble in bringing our cream to butter. 



Cmudu West. A FA1{MER'S WIFE. 



ORIGINAL DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. 



[Written for the Genesee Farmer by various Correspondents.] 



Fancy Froth for Blano Mange oh Creams. — 

 Beat the whites of four eggs to a froth, then stir in 

 half a pound of preserved raspberries, cranberries, 

 er strawberries. Beat the whole well together, 

 and then pour it over the top of your creams or 

 blanc mange. 



Cream Cxtstard. — Mix a pint of cream with one 

 of milk, five beaten eggs, a tablespoonful of flour, 

 and three of sugar. Add nutmeg to the taste, and 

 bake the custards in cups or pie-plates in a quick 

 oven. 



Lemon Jelly. — Put on a slow fire an ounce of 

 isinglass pulled into small pieces and rinsed, a pint 

 of water with the rind of six lemons. Stir it con- 

 stantly until dissolved. Then add a pint of lemon 

 juice, and sweeten it to the taste with nice white 

 sugar. Boil the whole for four or five minutes, 

 color it with the tincture of saffron, and let it pass 

 through a flannel bag without squeezing it. Fill 

 your jelly glasses with it when partly cool. 



