LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



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Winter Decoration 



of Ojpen. GhTOTXTtcLs cltlcL in tTxe, SEovuse,. 



As winter approaches come thoughts as to the manner by 

 which the front grounds, where now are beds of blooming flowers, 

 can be made features of attractive and agreeable beauty during 

 the coming winter. Again comes the question of "How to 

 cheaply have some green-foliaged plant in the window all the 

 winter?' In the house of ^e wealthy, where a steady heat is 

 kept up night and day, almost any plant can be grown ; but my 

 notes are for those who perhaps keep no steady fire night and 

 day, in any one room, and the removal daily of plants subject to 



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damage from frost, is a task that is labor, and often forgotten so ; 

 that -when morn comes the Geranium, or other tender flowering 

 plant, has little or nothing left to pleasantly greet the eye. To 

 remedy this, in the house, let me say, make a box the length of 

 width of the window in which you wish it to stand, one foot 

 ■wide, ten inches deep. Make the bottom board of the box with 



