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South Jersey Glass 
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green flint seems to have been much 
favored by these Dutch makers. They 
likewise seemed to have had a fondness 
for a rich amber brown and made 
many pieces of this color. Dark blue 
they did not use to any great extent. A 
great many of the Wistar pieces were 
of plain colored glass, but, now and 
again, they produced articles adorned 
by superimposed coatings in wave and 
spiral patterns. The other colors used 
by these Dutch makers at Wistarberg 
included a clear flint or emerald green, 
blue-green, a turquoise blue, both 
opaque and transparent, and a “bluish, 
golden opalescent” glass, which latter 
was altogether peculiar to the factory 
at Wistarberg. 
In quality some of the glass is almost 
wholly free from bubbles, while again 
other pieces occur in which the minute 
bubbles are clearly discernible. One of 
the most reliable indications of Wistar¬ 
berg origin is to be found in the shape 
of the pieces produced. All of these 
pieces were distinguished by remarkable 
refinement of design and by strong in¬ 
dividuality of contour. The shapes are 
almost wholly Dutch, a peculiarity easy 
to understand, in view of the origin of 
the expert members of the establish¬ 
ment. The lines followed the rotund, 
dumpy, bulbous curves that one finds 
in the ample outlines of Dutch glass, 
pottery, and silver of the early part of 
the 18th Century. The designers at 
that time seemed to hav^ had a pas¬ 
sion for making everything of ample 
breadth and generous capacity. The 
shapes for the most part are quite dif¬ 
ferent from those which used to be in 
vogue at Baron Stiegel’s Mannheim 
works of a later day. 
All indications pbint to the fact that 
the Wistarberg glass works continued in 
operation without any appreciable in¬ 
terruption until about the year 1780, 
and we can readily understand that in 
that time a very great number of house¬ 
hold pieces must have been produced. 
Of course new patterns doubtless were 
introduced from time to time, but it is 
not unreasonable to suppose that many of 
the earlier shaps which had approved 
themselves to patronage must have been 
continued with little alteration. 
Apart from its ministry to the col¬ 
lector’s insatiable appetite and to a 
proper pride which we may all feel in 
our own early American enterprises, the 
old Wistarberg glass from Alloways- 
town has a very distinct decorative 
value. It cannot fail to appeal to any 
lover of the beautiful, whether he or 
she may be affected with the collector’s 
mania or not. The old vases are just 
as much in place to-day as they were 
in the homes of our grandparents and 
great-grandparents, and the larger bot¬ 
tles, flasks and glasses for chemical pur¬ 
poses can now be employed to legiti¬ 
mate decorative ends. 
GROWING PLANTS in the HOUSE 
T hroughout the winter the 
housewife, if she cares to take the 
necessary trouble, may have com¬ 
pensation for the lack of her outdoor 
garden by growing various plants in 
window boxes or pots in the house. For 
the most part she will have to content 
herself with foliage, though she may be 
able to coax a few flowers to bloom. 
The following suggestions for prepara¬ 
tions for the indoor garden and for car¬ 
ing for it later are made by specialists 
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Window Boxes 
If an indoor window box is decided 
upon, a good depth for it is about 8". 
The bottom of the box should be cov¬ 
ered with stones and broken pottery for 
drainage. This should be covered with 
a layer of moss to prevent the soil from 
working down and clogging the drain¬ 
age spaces. The drainage and moss 
should take up together about 2". The 
greater the body of soil above the moss 
the more uniformly moist it may be 
kept. The soil should fail to fill the 
box by from l l />" to 2". 
The indoor window box should be as 
long as the window is wide, and to get 
as much light as possible it should be 
level with the window sill. It may be 
placed either on brackets, a table, or legs 
permanently fastened to it. A hole or 
holes should be provided in the bottom 
of the box and a drip pan should be 
placed beneath to catch drainage water. 
The top of the soil should be allowed 
to become dry occasionally. The re¬ 
sults of watering should be closely ob¬ 
served and the supply regulated accord¬ 
ing to needs. Watering may be neces¬ 
sary in sunshiny weather, especially 
toward spring, every day or at least 
every other day. In cloudy and mid¬ 
winter weather it will not be necessary to 
water more often than once a week. In 
general it is better to water lightly and 
frequently than heavily and infrequent¬ 
ly, although just the reverse is con¬ 
sidered best when watering is done out 
of doors in summer. 
Only plants of the same general char¬ 
acter should be placed in window boxes, 
since plants of different kinds require 
different treatment. Begonias are about 
the only plants that may be expected to 
flower in a window box. For the most 
part foliage alone must be depended 
upon as the contribution of the indoor 
plants to the attractiveness of the room. 
Among the plants which may be grown 
for foliage for window boxes are ferns, 
geraniums, Kenilworth ivy, smilax and 
aspidistra. The latter plant is espe¬ 
cially valuable as a window box plant 
as it will thrive in spite of considerable 
neglect, drought and dust. Direct sun¬ 
light also is not required by this adapt¬ 
able plant. 
An advantage in growing plants in 
pots instead of in boxes is that a larger 
variety can be grown since different 
treatment may be given. In addition 
to the plants already mentioned for 
growing in window boxes, palms, rub¬ 
ber plants, and cacti may be grown in 
pots. It is advisable in growing all 
these plants to make use of regular flor¬ 
ists’ potting soil, made up of 1 part 
compost, 1 part good loam and 1 part 
sand. It is well to add one-twentieth 
part bone meal to the mixture. 
Care of Potted Plants 
From time to time examinations 
should be given to see whether the 
plants require repotting. This is done 
when the soil is moist by inverting the 
plants and tapping the pot until it can 
be lifted off. If the surface of the ball 
of earth is entirely covered with roots, 
the plants should be placed in a larger 
pot, soil being firmed into the spaces. 
It is possible sometimes to force potted 
geraniums to bloom indoors during the 
winter. To accomplish this it is neces¬ 
sary to pot them in a way to restrict 
root growth and to keep them fairly 
dry. 
Potted ferns require close care. They 
should be kept slightly moist at all times, 
but should not be overwatered. Oc- 
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