0 UR ITY. A * TER FLO If ‘EE GARDE F \ 
'OST of our readers are plant lovers — at least, we will assume this to be a 
f | fact,— and as such, will make another effort this winter to utilize a window 
for a winter flower garden ; but with only a small number will the effort 
' prove entirely successful : not, however, from any lack of space adapted 
. to their wants, nor of longing, anxious eyes to see and realize the object 
of their ambition, but from a great variety of causes combined. Some will 
make a poor or injudicious selection of plants to start with, while others 
will often fail from neglect, or, what is still worse, from too much care 
and attention ; particularly by constantly watering them, which sours the earth and 
rots the roots, or by keeping them too warm. 
To all such, the instructive pages of the horticultural journals and. magazines are 
ever welcome visitors, particularly as their success usually depends upon the infor- 
mation gained from learning of the experience of others; and it certainly is money 
saved to know of and avoid the failures of others, in any branch of business. For 
this reason we would urge all our floral friends to subscribe for at least one horticul- 
tural journal, and not only learn from its pages, but let others know’ of your success 
or failure by briefly stating them in plain language through the columns of your 
favorite paper. Perhaps it would not be amiss here to carry the point still further, 
and respectfully solicit your subscription to the Botanical Index for 1879. 
But some of our readers have one or more greenhouses or a conservatory well 
filled with a choice selection of rare or well grown specimens of plants, that are a 
feast to the plant lover; and during winter, the inhospitable w r eather which debars 
