CHAPTER VI. 

 WINTER BLOOM. 



THE "BLOOMERS." SPECIAL TREATMENT. LIQUID FERTILIZERS. CARE 

 OF THE FLOWERS. 



VERY neat note comes from the young 

 florists, and the fragrance of its thanks is 

 more delicate and grateful than that of na- 

 ture's choicest bloom. But especially welcome 

 is the intelligence it brings that some of your 

 rooms have a southern or southeastern expo- 

 sure the very best for winter. In the sunshine thus 

 afforded you may put the crown of flowers upon the 

 beauty of your " greeneries." So I do not wonder that 

 you ask for a letter, "long or short," on the manage- 

 ment of plants for winter blooming " just to tell us the 

 whats and the hows." But please bear in mind that I 

 can give you now, as heretofore, only lessons in the pri- 

 mary department. 



THE "BLOOMERS" 



among the flowers, of course in color, not costume. 

 You have observed, I presume, that not all plants grant 

 the favor of winter bloom. In every case, flowering is 

 the plant's climax, its crowning achievement and con- 

 summate result. After its accomplishment, many plants 

 seem to have nothing more to live for, and accordingly 

 die at an age of only one year, or of two vears at most. 

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