CHAPTER X. 

 ET CETERA. 



USB OF THE CELLAR. SUBSTITUTES FOR POTS. AN OUTSIDE QUESTION. 

 THE CHILDREN'S SHARE. 



note, bristling with interroga- 

 tion points, remains to be answered. Its 

 postscript informing me of your success is 

 gratifying indeed, but that is no more than I 

 have confidently expected, in view of your 

 interest and energy. The cultivation of house 

 plants in winter time has its difficulties, of course, like 

 everything else worth accomplishing ; but with well di- 

 rected and persistent effort, it is very far from being im- 

 practicable, and must sooner or later achieve the merited 

 success. So I do not wonder that your friends come to 

 you with questions" a thousand and one "or that you 

 find yourselves beset with questions of your own arising 

 in the progress of your experiments and the anticipation 

 of your needs. Such as you have referred to me do not 

 all belong strictly, or necessarily, to the management of 

 your "winter greeneries," but they are closely enough 

 related to be worthy of the asking and the answering. 

 The answers which I have to give will not comprise "all 

 the rest " you need to know, but may serve to help you 

 on to better sources of information. 

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