46 HOME FLORICULTURE 



holes through which it passes, in the sashes, are made 

 tight with putty. 



Often there will be cracks and crevices along 

 the baseboards of the room. Be sure to have these 

 closed. Paste strips of cloth over all cracks in the 

 plaster, and cover with paper like that on the walls, 

 and the patching will not be noticed. If there should 

 happen to be an opening between the baseboards and 

 the floor, have a strip of the corner molding spoken 

 of tacked firmly into the angle of the corner. It is the 

 drafts near the floor which have to be most closely 

 guarded against. Quite often tender plants occupy- 

 ing a low position on a stand are chilled, while others 

 equally tender on a higher level are untouched. It 

 is these drafts near the floor which persons should 

 guard against, also, and in looking out for the welfare 

 of your plants you are doing something which is 

 conducive to your own health and a double benefit is 

 secured. 



Doors opening into the room in which flowers 

 are kept, especially those which open directly outside, 

 should have weather strips or strips of listing tacked 

 about them in such a manner as to close all cracks 

 through which the cold can enter. A strong wind will 

 blow more cold air into a room in moderate weather 

 than would be likely to penetrate into it still nights 

 when the thermometer is below zero. Therefore be 

 sure to fortify against the admission of air through 

 these inlets. It is a good plan to take a day for doing 

 this work, and begin at one corner of the room and 

 go over it thoroughly, finishing up as you go along. 

 By systematizing the work in this way you are sure to 

 have it all done and well done, but if you stop a 

 crack here and there, and now and then, you will be 

 quite sure to have a poor job of it, taken as a whole. 



If your plants should freeze, as soon as you 



