ORNAMENTALS 2^1 



be entirely dry before being put away. Caladium 

 bulbs should be preserved in dry sand in the cellar. 

 Bulbs should be dug without injuring them, allowed 

 to remain where the warm wind will blow over 

 them long enough to dry them thoroughly, then 

 tied up in paper sacks and hung in the cellar, or in 

 a closet where they will not freeze. 



" With a little work during fall the flowers can 

 be safely stored away, and with the coming of 

 spring, will be ready to reward the labor expended 

 upon them hy giving a profusion of flowers." 



FAVORITE HOUSE PLANTS 



" Nearly everybody keeps house plants, more or 

 less," writes Mrs. E. B. Murray of Saranac county. 

 New York, " but how few have flowers all the time 

 or even more than now and then, and yet it is a 

 comparatively easy thing if one only knows how. 

 As to quantity and selection it is a matter of taste 

 and room. I used to grow over a hundred plants 

 every winter, and fill every window full. Of 

 course, I enjoyed it, but no one else did. My hus- 

 band used to protest vainly that the house was like 

 a swamp, not a window to sit by or look out of, 

 and I see now that I was very wrong; what should 

 have given pleasure was just the reverse. Now, I 

 save one good window, and do not crowd the others. 



*' There are, of course, all kinds of windows. 

 Mine are warm and sunny — too warm. I find there 

 is nothing, nor do I believe there ever will be, bet- 

 ter than the dear old geranium. Just look at the 

 varieties to choose from ! It will grow wi^h 

 neglect and under very unfavorable circumstances, 

 but give it what it needs, sun, warmth, enough 

 water, and small pots, and see what it will do! I 



