. House plants and their care; also, hints for the care of goldfish and canary birds .. . surface, and shaded a few days till theyrecover. When the plants are taken indoors, it is best tokeep them in a room without a fire, and where they canhave plenty of air on mild days. October is a good monthfor potting most flowers for the winter. thp: pots for plants. Let the pots be new if pos-sible; if you use old ones havethem well washed inside andoutside, and dried again be-fore use. All pots in which plants areto be grown must have at leastone hole in the bottom, so thesurplus water may run off;if
. House plants and their care; also, hints for the care of goldfish and canary birds .. . surface, and shaded a few days till theyrecover. When the plants are taken indoors, it is best tokeep them in a room without a fire, and where they canhave plenty of air on mild days. October is a good monthfor potting most flowers for the winter. thp: pots for plants. Let the pots be new if pos-sible; if you use old ones havethem well washed inside andoutside, and dried again be-fore use. All pots in which plants areto be grown must have at leastone hole in the bottom, so thesurplus water may run off;if this remains, the plantswill soon die. Pots sliouldbe also of porous material; such as the common flower-potsare made of is best. Never paint your pots therefore!Ornamental china pots are intended merely as a cover of acommon pot. Regarding the size of pots, it may here be stated that, asa rule, amateurs use too large pots for their plants. Alwaysbear in mind that not the quantity but the proper quality ofthe soil ib what grows the plant, if otherwise properly caredfor, to Anthurium. —USEFUL BOOKS FOR— FOR SALE BY Samuel O. Cox & Co. Allens New American Farm Book, $2 50 Barrys Fruit Garden 2 00 Harris Insects Injurious to Vegetation—plain, . . 4 50 Colored Illustrations, 6 50 Harris Gardening for Young and Old, 1 25 Talks on Manures, 1 75 Hendersons Gardening for Pleasure 1 50 Gardening for Profit, 1 50 Johnsons How Crops Feed 2 00 How Crops Grow 2 00 Ten Acres Enough, 1 00 Warings Book of the Farm 2 00 Fullers Grape Culturist 1 50 Hendersons Practical Floriculture, 1 50 Woods Modern Window Gardening, 1 25 Hibberds Amateur Rose Book, 2 50 Amateurs Flower Garden, 2 50 Williams Orchard Growers Manual, 6 50 Johnsons Winter Greeneries at Home, 1 00 Fullers^Small Fruit Culturist, . 1 50 Parsons On the Rose, 1 50 Every Woman Her Own Flower Gardener, .... 1 00 American Rose Culturist, - . 30 MULERTTS GOLDFISH AND ITS CULTURE, • • .50 Any book or books on this li
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