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THE HOME GARDEN . 
Again., sawdust is highly recommended to keep plants 
without a fire at night, and for this arrangement a tray of 
wood or zinc is needed of any convenient size and about 
four inches deep. It should be water-tight, and have a 
handle at each end. Paint outside and in, put in each 
corner a post as high as the tallest plant, and it is ready for 
use. The flower-pots are to be placed in this and filled 
between with sawdust; this absorbs the moisture falling 
from the plants when they are watered, and retains the 
warmth acquired during the day, keeping the temperature 
of the roots even. At night a blanket or shawl should be 
spread over the posts, and they are safe from freezing. The 
tray is convenient to move about, and is ornamental on a 
stand or table. 
The morning sun is the great invigorator in the way of 
growth and bloom and a healthy appearance generally, and 
only plants that love the shade will prove at all satisfac¬ 
tory without this tonic, “ All the exposures for plants 
that vary from the east to the west, and even a little to 
the northwest, may be included as available for window 
culture. The east and south, with the exposures between 
them, are of course the best, but western windows, and those 
even somewhat to the northwest, have been used with much 
success. A northern window is useful chiefly for ferns, 
colens, some fuchsias, and to winter shade-loving plants.” 
Among the lists given for various exposures, the follow¬ 
ing may be found useful : 
For an eastern, or from that to a southern exposure, 
may be cultivated bonvardias, bulbs, zonale geraniums, 
cactus, hoya or wax plant, begonia (winter-blooming), ox- 
alis, valotta, linum trigynum, lily-of-the-valley, salyia, pe¬ 
largonium ; leaf plants : aspedistra, folia variegata, mau- 
randia, nierembergia, amaryllis, narcissus, lantana ipomea, 
bridal rose, Cobaea scandens, sweet-scented geraniums, and 
some others. 
