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Third Series, No. 4. Whole No. 28. 



Taylorville, Illinois, December, 1902. 



WINDOW GARDENING. 



**We would have flowers in every home, for their sunny light, 

 for their cheerful teachings, for their insensibly ennobling influ- 

 uence." 



In this month of keen winds and biting air let us 

 take up a division of Horticulture that may be carried on 

 indoors and now that autumn frosts have killed all out- 

 door plants, it will not be amiss to substitute the growing 

 of those plants which have come to be called house plants 

 because they are willing to live indoors with us and 

 brighten our windows with beautiful foliage and flowers. 



You know, of course that many plants will sicken 

 and die if an attempt is made to grow them in the house, 

 so it is necessary to make a careful selection of plants for 

 indoor growing, and since we cannot all be experienced 

 florists, it is well to ask some one who has had training 

 in the business to help us in selecting material for our 

 window garden. There is one great charm about window 

 gardening and it is this — every one may have such a gar- 

 den if he will, for every one has a window, while not all 

 of us have lawns where we may do our bit of gardening. 

 The poor child of the tenement often has a sturdy geran- 

 ium which is not ashamed to hide its roots in a tomato can. 

 Plants respond eagerly to loving care, no matter whether 

 they are in the tenement or in the beautiful home of some 

 more fortunate child. If you care little for plants 

 and mean to neglect them when you feel like it, don't 



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