NEW YORK, DECEMBER, 1878. 
Mo. 84. Price 12 Cents, 
By Henry T. Williams. 
door, and a narrow moulding around tlie top of 
tlie room. 
I think if more time was spent among the flowers 
in their care and cultivation, and less on fashion—that 
fickle goddess, who flies away and 
leaves us helplessly running a wild- 
and if more of the 
cine on them, and I am rejoiced to see my patients 
no more. 
The entire cost of this, my hay-window, was eigh¬ 
teen dollars—rather more than I expected, hut yet I 
PLANTS NEWLY POTTED 
An old florist gives the following directions for 
taking up and potting plants: Plants removed from 
the open ground and placed in pots - 
should not receive too much care at 
first. All they need at this season is 
to he left alone, 
goose chase after 
Johns in this wide world were like my 
John (am I partial?), then we might all 
be happier. 
Long live the Floral Cabinet, say 
I, for from that I have learned very 
many useful things, and it still im¬ 
proves with every number. 
And although there may he nothing 
new or of any value to others in this 
little subject that I have written, yet 
be assured, flower friends, we have one 
bond of sympathy between us. 
All of us who truly love flowers, 
for their own sake, will try and'have a 
few of them if possible; and that word 
possible includes a great deal. 
Mrs. G. H. Ridout. 
Use only light, turfy 
loam, with a very little well-rotted 
manure, such as may be found in an 
old hotbed. Spread out the roots in a 
natural position, and never cram them 
into the pot in a jumbled mass. Press 
the soil in firmly, jarring the pots occa¬ 
sionally to assist in settling the con¬ 
tents. Water thoroughly at first, but 
very sparingly thereafter, until the 
plant shows signs of growth. Place in 
a cool, shady spot until it is evident all 
danger from removal is past; then 
expose them to the sun by gradual 
changes. A certain amount of com¬ 
mon sense is needed to grow a variety 
of plants successfully. While the Calla 
Lily-needs a copious supply of water 
during the growing season, the Cactus 
at this season lives on what it has 
stored away during the past summer. 
Rather err on the side of too little water 
than too much. Now is the time to 
trim in our plants that are to be used 
for winter decoration. Perform this 
with an eye to the future symmetry 
of the specimen, thinning out the 
dense growers and cutting back those 
inclined to be open. 
These lice-like insects are known 
by having long, narrow wings. They 
diflfcr in color. The larvae and pupae 
are yellowish white; the perfect in¬ 
sects black, with dirty-white wings. 
They are destructive to azaleas, dahlias, 
phloxes, and verbenas. The same 
remedy is used as for aphides. 
WHITE ANTS 
Are working in some of the green¬ 
houses of the State. They burrow ii: 
the shelves, come up through the pots, 
and cut off the plants. The follow- 
nt, and everything jng remedies, are suggested: A solution of car- 
ty. The window- bolic-acid soap, or of kerosene, camphor, or turpen- 
iouldings, also the tine, applied to the shelves, etc. 
An Elegant Window Garden. 
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