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MY STUDY, AND MY WIFE’S CONSERVA¬ 
TORY. 
My wife just said, “Why don’t you send a descrip¬ 
tion of our room to The Ladies’ Floral Cabinet ?” 
I said, “ Yes.” 
I wish you could 
look in to-day upon 
its many beauties. 
Without it is now 
the second day of 
March’s worst mood; 
snow and wind fear¬ 
ful, but within it is 
tropical. For com¬ 
fort and enjoyment 
in connection with 
our plants, as there 
is no regular con¬ 
servatory in the par¬ 
sonage, I occupy the 
front room in winter. 
There are three 
windows, two 
southward, and one 
east. 
My study-table 
faces one of the 
south, and I will let 
you see that first. 
From the top hangs 
a basket full of Ox- 
alis, with hundreds 
of pink flowers. At 
the bottom is a 
shelf, on the right 
of which stands a 
large Echeveria el- 
egans that, with its 
long, graceful stems 
and numberless lit¬ 
tle star-like beau¬ 
ties, reclines against 
the overhanging 
basket, and drops 
over a Dracaena 
terminalis, directly 
in the centre. On 
the left hand is a 
weeping -w i 11 o w - 
like Abutilon Mes¬ 
opotamia, with its 
peculiar pendant 
bloom of red, yel¬ 
low, and brown. In 
front of these stands 
a row of Cinerarias, 
a combination of in¬ 
describable beauty. _ 
The flowers are 
purple of all shades, 
magenta and red, 
while some are purple or other colors, with white 
zones about the stamens. In all, we have over thirty 
of these plants. In the same group is one Blush Tea 
Bose, in bloom. 
Window number two has in the centre, overhead, a 
basket of the large Oxalis, that, with its rich colored 
bloom, is a feast to the eyes. Directly under this is a 
large Calla, that, with its grand, white, soft and large 
flowers, is a delicate symbol of purity. On the right 
is a Begonia, that, with lanceolate, green and satiny 
leaf, is always pleasant to look upon. On the mft is 
an Hibiscus, with huge red flowers; also a White Lily 
Longiflorum, just coming into flower. In front are 
several Geraniums, such as Maid of Kent, and Lady 
Cullum, the latter being a perfect beauty, with its 
many colored foliage. 
beauty. There is no plant that so richly pays the 
home grower as Chinese Primrose. The bloom smiles 
upon the loving one that cares for it nine months 
of the year. The upper shelf is filled with a mixed 
variety of foliage and other plants. One rare fellow 
must by no means be forgotten. It is the Eucharis 
Amazonica. This, with the rich green foliage, has 
been an object of care and wonder for several years. 
Now it promises to 
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its lifting. 
repay all, as it is 
sending up two 
flower stalks to 
confirm our hopes. 
In another room, 
away from heat, we 
have a number of 
Hyacinths in frag¬ 
rant and unsurpass¬ 
ed bloom. Do you 
see all this, and don’t 
you admire such ob¬ 
jects in the cheerless 
winter? 
We often wonder 
why so many have 
naked homes, when 
one may gather these 
delights about them. 
These are not the 
outcome of wealth 
in any sense, but 
of taste and hard 
work. 
Mrs. B. is the ar¬ 
tist, while I assist 
in the manual labor. 
There is no hired 
help about the 
house. The family 
are educated to ap¬ 
preciate beauty and 
industry. 
G. W. Barnes. 
The Children of the Week. 
The east window has two shelves, being occupied 
mainly by smaller plants. At the left is a new variety 
of Calla, the Richardia, which has just awoke from its 
winter sleep and, with the delicate white marking 
upon its leaves, gratifies us all. 
This shelf is filled with Primrose; Sinensis, white; 
rich velvety Cormin, spotted white; Rose, and Fern 
leaf, Rose color. These all are objects of rarest 
Coloring Moss.— 
We have here, in 
Georgia, several va¬ 
rieties of indigenous 
Moss, which would 
work up beautifully 
with the Everlast¬ 
ing Flowers in mak¬ 
ing wreaths, crosses, 
&c., if it did not 
fade so much in dry¬ 
ing, turning almost 
white sometimes. 
Will not some one 
tell me how to dye 
them different shades 
of green, brown, &c. 
I would also like to 
know how to color 
the White Everlastings blue, yellow, carmine, &c. 
I have a quantity of bulbs of the Double Tuberose, 
some Dahlia tubers, and Madeira Vine, which I would 
be glad to exchange with some one for Oxalis Rosea, 
0. Versicolar or Smilax. Any private letters on the 
subject of exchange will be received and answered 
with pleasure. Miss Estelle Fuchet. 
Talbotton, Talbot County, Ga. 
