CHAPTER XVI 



THE INDOOE WINTER WINDOW GARDEN 



When autumn frost puts an end to operations 

 in tlie outdoor garden, it need not by any means 

 deter the enthusiastic gardener from the pur- 

 suit and pleasure of his summer avocation. If 

 there is a window — even a sunless window 

 where only daylight penetrates — establish an 

 indoor winter garden. In seasons gone l)y, per- 

 haps the gai'dener has made the experiment 

 and only failure has resulted, but let him not be 

 discouraged on that account; let the failure 

 be a lesson, not an obstacle, borrow encourage- 

 ment from disaster and refuse to be dismayed 

 by failure. For the fault, in nine cases out of 

 ten, was the gardener's. The plants selected 

 were not suitable for the exposure afforded by 

 the indoor garden, or else — as is often the case 

 — too late a beginning was made. Bulbs will 

 bloom, vines grow, plants produce their flowers 

 and foliage, but if these results are to be ob- 

 tained, the gardener must choose wisely and 

 early and tend his garden faithfully. 

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