Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . ender plants, by meansthat aie scarcely inferior to those presented bya regular greenhouse, and the cost of whichis very slight. We are sure our readers willjoin us in thanking Mrs. Bane for her sugges-tions, and in the hope that we may often hearfrom her on such timely and practical topics. Balsams in the House, and otherMatters. In the fall I potted a few late Balsams thatwere self sown. They did beautifully in thewindow, and are now in bloom. If an assort-ment of colors were used the
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . ender plants, by meansthat aie scarcely inferior to those presented bya regular greenhouse, and the cost of whichis very slight. We are sure our readers willjoin us in thanking Mrs. Bane for her sugges-tions, and in the hope that we may often hearfrom her on such timely and practical topics. Balsams in the House, and otherMatters. In the fall I potted a few late Balsams thatwere self sown. They did beautifully in thewindow, and are now in bloom. If an assort-ment of colors were used the effect would bevery gay. Double Marigolds also grow nicelyin the window garden, aud give that touch ofjellow that sets off the whole collection. The rage to adorn everything fairly Inundatesthe land. A lady called me in to see her beautiful flower pots. It was a sight to makea florist merry. She had painted the pots red,green, grey and blue, and then pasted brilliantscrap pictures all over them. But the plants—they were long stalks with a miserable lookingleaf or two on top. But the pots were A GLASS-CX5VERED PLANT ANNEX TO THE CELLAR. A Useful Plant Annex to the Cellar. In last months paper (page 27), Mrs. Bane, of Kent Co., Delaware, referred to acold-pit connecting with her cellar and inwhich, as there alluded to, she winters herWallflowers. A note addresssd by us to ourcorrespondent, asking for a further descriptionof this plant annex for the benefit of the Popu-lar Gardening family, brought forth thehandsome and telling sketch herewith her drawing was a note as fol-lows, relating to the same: By the rough drawing you will see that thisannex is a mere extension of the cellar five feet Another lady moved Into a house where therewas a small glass conservator}-. Did she fill itwith blooming plants, and delight to care forthem and keep them growing >. Alas! No!She made a lot of wax flowers, stuck them invases and thus desecrated her pl
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