THE WINTER GARDEN. 
To make home cheerful during the long winter of the North, there is nothing that can 
compare with flowering plants. They are a constant, ever-developing delight. Each day brings 
new leaves and buds and blossoms, and new forms of loveliness, and we look and wonder and 
admire. With house plants, 
as with all other things, suc- 
cess is essential to enjoyment. 
There is pleasure, too, in 
having plants as much as 
possible the work of our own 
skill — grown from seeds or 
cuttings or trained by ovir 
own hands. We shall en- 
deavor to give a few sugges- 
tions that we hope will be 
useful; and make the road to 
success somewhat easy. We 
do not propose to instruct 
those who have greenhouses 
and gardeners, as we have 
felt that our mission was a 
more humble, and yet, we 
think, a more glorious one — 
to create a love of flowers 
among the millions. 
Thousands of persons purchase vigorous, beautiful plants from the green-houses every year, 
and are pained to see them gradually and surely lose all trace of beauty, and finally droop and die. 
How can we prevent this? Plants, like ourselves, need air, light, wannth, food and drink, and 
these in proper 
quantities, or 
they will suffer 
and finally die. 
The great 
desideratum in 
window plants 
is, that they give 
us either flowers 
or foliage during 
the long Mdnter 
months. This 
we can secure 
only by careful 
attention to a 
few necessary 
details. First of 
all, plants in 
proper condition 
must be ob- 
tained. We 
must not expect 
those that have 
given us of their bounty all summer to continue flowering through the winter. A season of rest 
is absolutely necessary to almost all plants. Preparation for winter should begin as early as June. 
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