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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
527 
Winter Greeneries 
AT HOME. - 
By REV. E. A. JOHNSON, D.D., 
Author of ‘-Half-Hour Studies of Life," etc., etc. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
The many who have admired Us plant embowered win¬ 
dows and vine-covered walls as they have passed the mod¬ 
est residence of the author of this little treatise, in Alleghe¬ 
ny City, will at once concede his pre-eminent fitness to give 
instruction in the care ot plants in the house. The contents 
Of the volume were originally embodied in a series of letters 
to a number of his young friends, and they proved of so 
great service to them, that they urged their publication. 
The information is imparted in an engaging style, and is of a 
■Simple and practical sort. 
The United Presbyterian (Pittsburg, Pa.) 
“■Winter Greeneries at Home "is a very neat little work 
by Rev. l)r. Johnson, of Allegheny, Pa., devoted to Window 
Gardening, and largely the fruit of the autiior’s successful 
•experience in thus beautifying his own residence. The cul¬ 
ture of flowers in an ordinary dwelling requires a loving 
care, and perhaps a native tact, not always purchaseable 
with the best and most practical of books, but such volumes 
are calculated to develop these qualities where they have 
hitherto been latent, as well as to supply the place of much 
tedious experience, and obviate the dangers of many trying 
failures on the part of others. Country Gentleman, (Albany. 
In writing this volume, Dr. Johnson has told the secret of 
beautifying our homes in winter time. If one were to enter 
his study he would find there an illustration of success in 
this art. The knowledge is communicate 1 in a fine and fa¬ 
miliar way that brings teacher and pupil into sympathy with 
each other, and makes the study a delight. 
Congregationalist and Boston Recorder. 
The book itself is a little beauty, containing over one hun¬ 
dred pages of letter press, with quite a number of illustra¬ 
tive engravings, and can be had post-paid, from the publish¬ 
ers for one dollar, and for those who want to get all the prac¬ 
ticabilities of the subject in the shortest time and with the 
leaBt labor, it will prove a treasure indeed. 
St. Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press. 
People who are desirous of beautifying their homos, will 
find the little book on Window Gardening, by E. A. John¬ 
son, specially useful and suggestive. It tells what plants to 
select, how to plant and take care of them, and how to ar¬ 
range them in the most artistic ways for effect. The illustra¬ 
tions show how a few properly arranged plants at a window 
may be made to adorn a room, giving it a delightful summer 
aspect through the winter months. 
Commercial Advertiser (Bttffal .. ') 
It is a complete manual of Window Gardening, con»„.:.ing 
full directions for the propagation and care of house plants. 
To those who desire the luxury of winter-blooming plants, 
this book will be of the first importance. Indiana Farmer. 
"Winter Greeneries at Home, 1 ’ by Edwin A. Johnson, D.D., 
Is a little book on Winter Gardening, designed to meet the 
need of ordinary, unprofessional cultivators of flowers and 
plants for the house. It gives about all the information 
needed for successful Window Gardening. 
New York Evening Post. 
It contains, in a small compass, a great deal of information 
respecting the treatment of in-door plants during the winter 
months, based on the experience of years. 
Evening Transcript (Boston.) 
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