The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-02-13
Flowers in Winter
The taste for fiowers in winter i

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rapidly increasing with the advent d
hot-air furnaces and base-burners
which keep the fire burning fol-
months, Ii is q cemmpn, belief thai
flowers cannot be made to- fo1rish iu
furnace heated rooms. Experience
has proved that this is an error, al
least when the furnace air-chamber is
supplied with water for evaporatiHg,
and no others are fit to use. AS pri-
yateFconsel vateries are generally con-
dpcted they afea great expense and
4 vexatioh to the heads of families
They are generally placed at some
little distance from the house, All their
sides exposed to the weather, and con:
sequently the consumption of coal il
great, and then one or more function
aries are considered necessary for
taking care Of them. Managed in thil
way they never become a common
lhxury.s9x we'll bailt7room0 Twelve
feet by twelve, on the south side OF
the dwelling house, can be warmed in
vinterby single register from. the
furnace, toF7p| dog. Fahr. im fhe day
time and 40 TO so deg. at night, and
this will suffice for roses, geraniums,
fheliotropes. iyies, ,petanis, migno6ette
pansies, jasmines (grandf faora3 3-cailas,
the daphene, ordora, fuchsias, salvias,
gloxinias, hyacinths, and many others.
Galceiariuma and beg onias reqdfre a
siighf tenpefatare OF from 55 To 65 dag.
The room should have half the roof
and all the south end covered with
double sashes, and fthe tables for how-
erupots Should have border three or
four inches high to hold moss for the
pots. TO stand in.sThis pn1oss holds
considerable wafei,, and it's -evxpora-
ton keeps the atmosphere sufficiently
moist. The Moor shonid be of hard
pine, and oiled with coal oil onces q
month After each days sprinkIing
the floor 10 easily wiped dry in min
ute or so !; besides, the tables may be
edged with half q. width of oiled
cloth stair-covering aud this, held up
while sprinkling, will drain all the
water back into the moss. Such a
conservatory can be easily taken. care
of by one young lady, and it will give
more. delight and healthy occupation
than all the,crocheting and embroider-
ed PEN wiper. making in a whole vol
ume of fashion magazines. When
there is re-rotting to be done, a news
paper spread on the floor will preserve
/. it from the soil, Where ladies man
age Conservatives, they keep them
clean and inviting, and there is sure
to be space enough in the center for
at least two friends to sit and converse
while their senses are charmed by the
-odor, seOloEahd form around them
What can be more desirable, when
the earth, il. cold and barren, than such
little Eden in the household?
For the insects that attack house.
plants there should be kept cup OF
carbolic soap-suds with a little swab
In 1T, and the plant touched with this
wherever there, are signs Of yermin.
A little vigilance will keep the plants
quite free from them. Such con-
servatofy is within the reach of most
families in comfortable circumstances !;
and even the poor, who have a south
window and b stove that keeps the
fire, can, by the aid OF, "a moss table,
keep thirtylor forty plants in good
condition the year round.--Appletoas'
Journal.