262 A Rose in the Window. 



fellows may be shortened in. Irregular branches, or such as will 

 mar the symmetry of the plant should be cut out. At this time, a 

 second plotting should be performed in pots two sizes larger, 

 using the same compost. Place again in the frames — the growth 

 will now be somewhat retarded by cool nights. As it is desirable 

 to keep the plants in growing condition, they may be kept closer 

 in the daj^-time and the sash covered with mats at night. By the 

 first of November they will be in condition to remove to the win- 

 dow. To grow almost any plant successfully in the house, there 

 should be provided a projecting or bay window, as it admits light 

 from three sides. To make the bay window perfect, quite equal 

 to a green house, a sliding sash should be constructed on the 

 inside, so that the plants can be secured from the dry atmosphere 

 of the dwelling room. Place your rose-bushes in the window and 

 close the sash ; the thermometer, ordinarily, will range about six- 

 ty — in the day time if there is a bright sun it may reach seventy 

 \yith this heat the plants will grow finely, which should now 

 receive a weekly allowance of liquefied guano. As the branches 

 extend, pinch their tops, and also decapitate any buds which may 

 show. This pinching the leading stems will induce side branches 

 and a bushy habit. If the green fly appears, place a handful of 

 tobacco in a small furnace, apply fire, and place it in the window, 

 which close tightly by means of the inside sash, let it remain for 

 about twenty minutes, after which plunge the tops of each plant 

 in a tub of fresh rain water, " with the chill taken off," wash them 

 thoroughly and place in the window. By the middle of December, 

 if the plants have been properly treated, they will be well grown 

 and bushy with numerous side branches. 



The latter part of January a profusion of bloom buds will be 

 apparent ; these should be permitted to expand. K the plant has 

 received proper treatment there will be a scarcely perceptible 

 diminution of blooms for the remainder of the winter and spring. 

 Liquid guano will incite growth, and wherever new wood is pro- 

 duced, flower buds arc the consequence. Miss Wilky had listened 

 to this rather prolix recipe without an interruption. An interval of 

 rest, which her tongue had not experienced since it first essayed 

 to syllable Anglo-Saxon ; but it soon made up for the unwonted 

 dirilection, for we were almost immediately overwhelmed by a 

 profusion of grateful acknowledgements, which, if Miss Wilky 



