Home and Klowbrs 



Published Monthly by The Floral Publishing Company at Springfield, Ohio 



LOUIS E. Van NORMAN, Editor. ' . Eben E. Rexford, Floral Editor. 



D. J. Thomas, General Manager. 

 ^l.OO A YKAR. lO CENTS A CORY. 



Contents for December, 1902 



PAGE 



The Nativity - - - - - - - - - - - - - Frontispiece 



The More Beautiful New York (niustrated) . . . . By Harry Steele Morrison - - 71 



Luther Burbank and the Eight Hundred Dollar Verbena ^Illustrated) By May Ransom ... 74 



Dickens and the Geranium (Illustrated) . . . . Sy Lora S. La Malice - - - 7a 



The Old Country Road— Poem (Illustrated) .... By Charles A. Hartley - . . 79 



Christmas Giving as a Means of Culture - - - - -By Dora May Morrell - - - 80 



How Sunshine Came to Be— Poem . .... By Cynthia Westover Alden - - 82 



A Little Peace Maker - - By Eben E. Rexford - - - 83 



For Daily Inspiration ~ Poems ............. %1 



How to Listen to Music (Illustrated) . , . . . By J. S. Van Cleve - - - 89 



The President and the Children - - - - - - - - 91 



The House of Happy Hours (II) - - - - - - By Szisie Bouchelle Wight - - y2 



Beauty and Moral Worth -Editorial . . . . . By Louis E. Van Norman - • 96 



The Life Beautiful (VI) (Illustrated) By Lilian Whiting ... 99 



Among the Flowers with Eben E. Rexford (Illustrated) - - ...... 101 



Editorial— A Christmas Carol- Poem; This, That and the Other; Porch Vines (ff^. C. 

 What to Do in December; December in Southern Gardens {Mrs. G. T. Drennan)\ Perplex- 

 ities; The Possibilities of a Country Home {E. P. Powell). 



The Well-Ordered Household (Illustrated) Conducted by Martha Van Rensselaer - 114 



The World Beautiful - A Survey of Current Betterment Effort - - By the Editor 120 



Letting Windows into the Sculs of Tenement Children ; Vacant Lot Cultivation; The Trav- 

 eling Library Idea; The Coal Strike and the Life Beautiful- The Good Example of St. Louis; 

 A Typical Betterment Campaign; A Sunshine Maker. 



Sunshine Every Day in the Year (Illustrated) Conducted by Jessie MacKenzie Walker 128 



With the New Books - - 130 



The Mystic Garden Conducted by Azmt Eunice - - - 132 



Copyright, 1902, by The Floral Publishing Company. Entered as second-clas=; mutter at the Springtield, Ohio, postoflBce 



PRIZES. 



Five subscriptions to Home and Flowers 

 will be awarded among those sending com- 

 plete lists. 



Three subscriptions to Home and Flowers 

 will be awarded among those sending incom- 

 plete lists. 



A book for first answers received from 

 Springfield, Ohio. 



CHAT. 



It is our intention, as well as that of the 

 publishers, to make this a first-class depart- 

 ment, but as we were obliged to get the two 

 first numbers up in a hurry they are not as 

 good as we would like to see. Several of 



those whom we asked for aid have not re- 

 sponded, but we trust to hear from them 

 soon, for if we are to have a first-class de- 

 partment we must have the help of all our 

 old friends. 



We shall use more verse puzzles when we 

 have them than "forms," as we think they 

 are better understood, and as many of our 

 readers do not have a Standard Dictionary 

 it makes it hard for them to solve all the 

 "form" puzzles. 



With the New Year we intend to open a 

 yearly solving contest, and shall offer some 

 good prizes, and for this reason we would 

 like some good work from our friends. 



Aunt Eunice. 



