December . 
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I don’t think any flowers give so much pleasure 
as those that we grow at this time — every single 
blossom is watched . for so eagerly, and all the 
flowers we have are generally so pretty. 
The pots of Primroses now will he in blossom; 
the exquisite little Cyclamens, too, are in full 
bloom— our windows certainly may be very gay. 
All these winter flowers require much the same 
kind of treatment. You must well remember that 
though the time is winter the plants are in a warm 
room — and so your first care each morning must 
be to water each with water with the chill off. 
Let the water just run through the pot and then 
be sure to empty the saucer soon. The bulbs that 
are grown, however, in pans or glasses of sand or 
water, if they are in full blossom, may now be 
kept quite wet. The water may go partly up the 
bulb, or damp moss may cover it if it is in sand. 
They should all be kept as near the light as pos- 
sible, only after they are in blossom the sunshine 
makes them fade quicker, so you had better then 
shade them from it. 
You may now begin to bring on a fresh supply 
to replace those bulbs in flower — that is, put one 
set that have made fine roots to be near the light, 
and plant another set, or moisten the sand they 
