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HOME AND FLOWERS 



Oxalis. — There are several good winter 

 blooming varieties — Oxalis rosea, pink; 

 alba, white; buttercup, yellow. The last 

 named sort is most satisfactory, being 

 wonderfully floriferous, and much larger 

 than ordinary sorts. 



Washing or Oiling. — "Should the leaves 

 of palms be washed or oiled?" Wash 

 them, but never oil them, unless you want 

 to do your plant an injury. If you apply 

 oil you close the pores of the leaves. 



Specimen for Name. — (Mrs. A. M.) 

 Tumbleweed, a member of the amaranth 

 family. Xot generally grown as a garden 

 plant. Very pretty, however, for winter 

 use if cut before its flowers fade. 



Boston Fern. — The, runners which are 

 sent out from the plant should be cut off, 

 unless one desires to obtain new plants. 

 In this case, insert the runners in the soil, 

 and allow them to take root. 



Plant for iYame.— (Mrs. L B.) The 

 specimen sent is an achania. Here at the 

 N'orth we grow it in the house and green- 

 house, and consider it one of our best 

 plants for winter flowering 



Gloire de Lorraine Begonias. — Procure 

 strong plants from the dealers as soon as 

 possible, if you w^ant them to do well in 

 winter. Small plants will amount to but 

 little in the living room. 



Asparagus Ferns. — There are no such 

 things as asparagus ferns. Asparagus 

 plumosus and A. tenuissimus, also A. 

 Sprengeri, are not even remotely related 

 to the fern family. 



Bulbs. — Set hyacinths, tulips and nar- 

 cissus even with the surface of the soil 

 when you grow them in pots. Water as 

 you would any other plant, when the soil 

 looks dry on top. 



La France Rose. — This rose is not 

 hardy in open ground in Illinois. It 

 must have protection of the very best kind 

 in order to survive the winter in the 

 garden. 



Wild Cucuniber. — There will be no need 

 of saving seed from this vine, as young 

 plants by the hundred will spring up each 

 season about the places where old plants 

 grew. 



Rudheckia. — "Is the Golden Glow 



