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fernery air-tight does not hurt the ferns for a little while, 

 but when the glass and ferns get wet they want air two or 

 three times a week. 



The best time to plant a fernery is in September, to get it 

 well started before cold weather, and it will keep good a 

 year, then it should be replanted and new soil put in. 



The Cultivation of House Plants. The principal thing- 

 required is to give them the right treatment through the 

 summer months, to make them bloom in the house during 

 the winter. I will speak first of the geranium, which nearly 

 every one has who keeps plants. The best soil for them is 

 composed of well rotted sods, with one-third part of old barn- 

 yard manure, and a little sand, if convenient, all well mixed. 

 Young plants are the best for flowering, and the way to get 

 them is to make cuttings in June or July. Put each cutting 

 separately in a small pot, with one-half soil and the other 

 half sand, well mixed. Keep them in a shady situation for 

 about six weeks, under a tree or bush or cold frame. Avoid 

 exposing them to heavy rains, for if kept too wet they will 

 decay. After they are well rooted put them in three inch 

 pots in the soil above directed, and give them a plenty of 

 sun. Then about the middle of September put them again 

 in five inch pots and put them where they are to remain 

 through the winter, and they will blossom all winter. In 

 the spring plant these geraniums in a good flower garden and 

 they will flower well all summer. But do not take them up 

 in the fall. You will not need them, for you have a young- 

 stock to take their place. By following this course every 

 year you will have good looking young plants and plenty of 

 flowers the year round. 



Calla Lilies. To have them flower well through the 

 winter they must rest through the summer. The last of 

 May I put my lilies in the garden, and lay them down in 

 their pots on one side to keep the rain from wetting them, so 

 they will dry up. The leaves will soon get yellow, and the 

 sap will go back in the bulb and strengthen it while it is 



