HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1912 
323 
An Automatic Furnace Tender 
(Continued from page 286) 
from furnace people for twenty dollars, 
all nice polished wood and shiny brass. 
But they don’t work any better than this 
one, the expense of which is only what is 
required for a few pieces of hardware and 
; an alarm clock. 
As long as you can remember to wind 
the clock, set the alarm, and wind the 
alarm a half turn only, after which you 
set the mouse trap, you will never have to 
get up in the morning to fix the furnace. 
1 When you do get up, you get up to a warm 
house, and find a hot fire, all ready to be 
fixed for the day. Have a nail on which 
to hang the weights during the day, so 
that all the dampers and adjustments are 
left perfectly free for any kind of day¬ 
time arrangement you or the weather may 
require. 
There is no patent on this device. And 
if this article doesn’t result in a famine in 
mouse traps and alarm clocks, it's either 
because you don’t read, or because you 
like to get up at five in the cold, dark 
morning and waddle down and make obei¬ 
sance to the furnace. 
Bulbs to Plant for Christmas Bloom 
(Continued from page 302) 
may have started, but not to amount to 
anything, if a sufficiently low temperature 
has been given. As soon as they are 
brought in they should be thoroughly 
watered, and after that the soil should 
never be allowed to dry out, much more 
water being required than for ordinary 
house plants in the winter. For best re¬ 
sults, extra stimulation in the shape of 
liquid manure, nitrate of soda (a teaspoon¬ 
ful dissolved in a couple of quarts of 
water) or one of the prepared plant foods, 
will often show marked results. 
The temperature for bulbs when brought 
into the house should be at first only forty- 
five or fifty degrees at night. After a few 
days it may with advantage be raised ten 
degrees higher. In ordinary living-rooms 
a little ventilation by opened windows will 
easily lower the temperature to the point 
desired, but care must be taken not to ex¬ 
pose the plant to any direct drafts. 
Forced bulbs, like almost any other plants, 
will be better and healthier with the max¬ 
imum amount of fresh air compatible with 
a sufficiently high temperature. 
Besides the bulbs which require the treat¬ 
ment described above, there are several 
fine sorts which may be simply potted up 
and started into growth at once, without 
any preliminary period for root formation. 
Freesias — with a perfume so heavy and 
decided that some people object to it — 
ixias and sparaxis come within this class. 
They should be started, however, in a very 
cool temperature, and even after growth 
has begun do best with a temperature as 
low as forty at night—so they make good 
flowers for the modern open-windowed 
bedroom. 
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