THE REFRIGERATOR 193 



This is not remarkable when it is remembered 

 that it is no uncommon thing for bulbs to be in 

 their artificial winter quarters for over two years. 



Any one who has a small forcing-house may now 

 procure throughout the year a regular supply of 

 bulbs, and other things, with which they may 

 keep the conservatory and the home constantly 

 bright. 



Appended will be found a list of such things as 

 lend themselves most willingly- to the science of 

 refrigeration, and which are therefore the best. 



Lilac. Lilium (nearly all varieties). 



Azalea mollis. Lily of the Valley. 



Ghent Azaleas. Laburnums. 



Prunus trilobus. Guelder Rose. 



Double Cherries. Spiraeas. 



My book is now finished, and feeling a little 

 anxious about its reception I bring it to a close 

 with a little poem, the author's name of which I 

 have unfortunately forgotten, and, I fear, most of 

 the poem too, but the few remembered lines convey 

 precisely the feelings I have with regard to my first 

 serious work. 



Go, little book, perhaps some kindred soul 

 May find in thee some usefulness or joy ; 

 Look on it, reader, as a garden open wide 

 And seek a moment^ rest beneath its shade. 



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