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the plants at both windows; yet, if no other. location can be procured, the after 
noon sun is far better than none at all. 
Never use glazed pots or crockery and painted ware, unless the common pots 
are set into them for ornamental purposes 
Stimulate once a week with some one of the various liquid manures alluded to 
Avoid extremes of cold and heat, and give all the air that is allowable, accord 
ing to the temperature out of doors 
Of course, each gardener must regulate her plants, according to the latitude in 
which she lives. If, on the Pacific slope, the dust that is so tenacious during 
summer and autumn must be the greatest enemy to contend with, while on the 
Atlantic coast the chilly, bleak east winds are the greatest drawbacks to success- 
ful plant culture. In the west, the cold winds blow from the Rocky Mountains. 
No set code of rules can be given, and common, sense must govern window 
gardening, as well as in all the branches of domestic economy. 
A large sponge will do duty for a watering pot, or a hand brush broom dipped 
into water and shaken over the plants ; but sprinkling must be given in some 
shape, at least, once a day. 
If the pots are thoroughly washed with hot soap suds, all tendency to green 
mould will be prevented 
Make the water that is given, warmer now than in the summer. Put your 
finger into the saucer, and sfee how cold it is, when it drains through the outlet. 
And if quite cold, give water of a greater warmth. 
Plants that are in a state of rest, should have but very little water during the 
autumn. 
Bulbs must be started for early flowering in September and for Easter, bloom- 
ing late, in November. 
Roses should all be repotted with rich soil : full two-thirds of entirely decom- 
posed cow manure and leaf mould, so decayed as to crumble in the fingers, 
should be added, to one-third of good sandy loam. 
As most of the desirable flowering plants will be treated of in their respective 
chapters, it will only be a repetition to notice them here, or to give a list of them. 
