SANITARY VALUE OF PLANTS. 
As the season has come again to fill our windows with 
a brilliant display of flowers, that we may cany with 
us through the winter months some of the beauty of 
the summer time, the question once more arises con¬ 
cerning the supposed injurious effects of plants in 
sleeping rooms, for it is in such apartments where usu¬ 
ally little gas is burned that flowers thrive best. As we 
have previously stated, there maybe conditions of the 
atmosphere which are not suited to our constitutions 
though necessary for the perfect development of some 
plants, but any plant that will endure the atmosphere 
adapted to man’s necessities, is a promoter of health. 
Recent investigations have proved that plants in rooms 
have great sanitary value. Dr. Andrews, from tests made 
at Christ Hospital, Philadelphia, has shown that plants in 
sleeping or sick-rooms fulfill two functions, namely: 
that of the generation of ozone and exhalation of vapor, 
by which the atmosphere of the room is kept in a 
healthful condition of humidity. It is stated that in 
two rooms,alike in all respects, except that one contained 
some flowers and the other none, the one containing the 
flowers was cooler by one and one-half degrees than the 
other. The ozone thus generated by budding and flow¬ 
ering plants has been found to have great value, in that 
it purifies the air, ridding it of disease-breeding germs 
and of the vapors of decomposition, and, in case of 
consumption, the benefit of the ozone is shown in its 
arresting the course of the malady. 
It has also been recently stated that “Prof. Mantogazza, 
of Pavia, Italy, has discovered that ozone is generated 
in immense quantities by all plants and flowers possess¬ 
ing green leaves and aromatic odors. Hyacinths, Mig¬ 
nonette, Heliotrope and the like all throw off ozone 
largely on exposure to the sun’s rays. So powerful is 
this great atmospheric purifier, that it is the belief of 
chemists that whole districts can be redeemed from the 
deadly malaria which infests them by simply covering 
them with aromatic vegetation. The bearing of this 
upon floriculture in our large cities is also very import¬ 
ant. Experiments have proved that the air of cities 
contains less ozone than that of the surrounding country, 
and the thickly inhabited parts of cities than the more 
sparsely built, or the parks and open squares. Plants 
and flowers and green trees can alone restore the bal¬ 
ance: so that every little flower-pot is not merely a 
thing of beauty w bile it lasts, but has a direct and 
beneficial influence upon the health of the neighbor¬ 
hood in which it is found.” 
JUNE’S EXPERIMENT. 
Part II. 
( Conclusion). 
And so the summer passed, the pleasant mellow days 
of Autumn, and on came November, dreaded perhaps 
in northern homes, because of the piercing frosts and 
chilling winds, but beautiful in this fair land as any 
fair, bright spring day. Everything in June’s little 
kingdom flourished ; strawberry plants were green and 
thrifty and gave promise, by and by, of abundant and 
luscious fruit, the young, downy chickens of the summer 
were now half grown—“just frying size”—and several 
other families of small, fuzzy balls had taken their 
places in the nursery. In the house, certain shelves 
were almost groaning beneath their weight of honeyed 
sweets ; now also, were June’s plans matured, and the 
time for action near at hand. 
The hotels in Jacksonville were opening one by one, 
and crowds of northern visitors flocking to them by 
every train and boat. It was for this she had worked 
and planned and waited through all the autumn weath¬ 
er. One of the hotel proprietors, a Mr. Lee, himself 
a wealthy man, was an old and valued friend of her 
father; to him she had written a frank little note, tell¬ 
ing him plainly that reverses had befallen her father, and 
that she was trying to be a help instead of a burden ; 
that she should have flowers, strawberries, fresh eggs, 
young chickens and preserved fruits for sale, and would 
like to assist in supplying his hotel with these things, 
at market prices. From him she had a brief and bus¬ 
iness-like reply, that she should bring him a sample of 
each of the above named articles, and if they proved 
to be first-class in every particular, he would take all 
she could furnish him, at cash on delivery. And to¬ 
morrow is the trial trip ! 
“ Little woman, what are all these mysterious going’s 
on?” questioned her father curiously that evening, 
“ is it not about time that you let me into the magic 
circle ? ” 
“Have a little more patience, Oh ! best of papas ; to¬ 
morrow night you shall know all—to-morrow, to-mor¬ 
row.” 
“ To-morrow the sun may be shining, 
Although it is cloudy to-day.” 
No wonder June’s pulses were fluttering, and excite¬ 
ment shone in her sweet brown eyes, as early the next 
morning the mists rolled away, and from the northwest 
blew a keen, cool breeze, the harbinger of pleasant 
weather. -On the crazy little wharf spoken of earlier, 
stood June and Uncle Isaac, waiting for the little 
steamer, now close at hand. Several weeks ago June 
had purchased two large wooden bowls, nearly two 
feet in diameter ; these she had painted black and scar¬ 
let and ornamented them with quaint figures, one of 
them now stood on a large packing-box near Uncle 
Isaac, and “ a thing of beauty ” it certainly was, heaped 
to overflowing with flowers. Great clusters of Marechal 
Niel and Safrano Roses, branches of purple Heliotrope, 
and spikes of snowy Tuberoses, all heavy with dew and 
fragrant with a hundred spicy odors. Near by stood a 
light, strong coop, in which a dozen half-grown chickens 
scolded and spluttered at the unusual confinement. 
On a large basket packed with moss, Uncle Isaac 
