Litchfield enquirer., 1874-10-15
HOUSE PLANTS.
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 l have lately been iuxuriating i'll con-
 servatories, hot houses, graperies. !&c.,
 where color, perfume, Tarietiessaha eaaE
 ties were rife enough to.turn one'sl kead. ENeveEfhslses, I cane imsk, to ,ssy pspe nrrs y wth rerI ssed HsatisfactifonI s.sta, l, Ethe beFi ering kaaas fs1 into whiAal i gaze Keould 81iy { Ssle easassa. and ther& son1e one plant more giowingly beaulfhl, more rank or more uncanny in it's appearance. But,a. my own windows, each one was friend. l knew every leaf, had watched the verxbuda, had rejoiced over each opening flower, had fought for them, slaughtered hundreds in their defence. nay, even 6led in their cause. ..
 My tall fuchias which nave bfossomed all summer and are are rather exhausted, have been cut back and gone for rest and change: of air to the cellar, al rcompanied by severalevergreen geraniums and sundry others too numerous. to mel ehtion. The callas have beeh brought: in from under an old apple tree where they have lain broad to the sun for. tn rec months, and are now drinking such dranghts of warm water daily as would drown mod erate-sizea fish The vines English, Wentworth, and Japanese iYy), wax plant and two geraniums are in their places and already creeping along the old fashioned beams; while my .begonias, car nations, tree-maples, &c., are located, and my .'wiuter garden: is inaugurated.
 Ny eyes have been fairly dazzled lately by the gorgeous hues and intending varie- ties of the Coteas or Foliage plant. The air of our beautiful Hudson river seems particularly favorable to them and in the elegant private grounds allt trough that reg1on masses of every hue gladden. the eye at most unexpected turns and corners. Search and inquiry here proved to me that the t'Chameleon,- the Rising Sun. and the Dusty Miller," are the m ost. satisfac. tory varieties for window cultivation, while the dark purple, mard on, and full blood, are also attractive, and all are most eesily pfopagated and cared for. s,..... ? Nov are promoted the slips which set in the Spring and early summer; and a sturdy troop they are, ready to give me greenery and bloom when Il he. earth is snow-bound and Jack Frost reigns su- preme. ---.- ...'---; =.
 Awhile since, more for fun than any, thing else, stuck some wilted stalks cut from a Night Blooming Cereus, into the ground, and then forgot them. Lo! when l remembered them, they Ire growing. They presented the appeara nee of guide boards or whipping posts, at first, with small hand-shaped sprouts on one side more comical than cereus-bu ut now they stretch out their long leathery leaves in a way that means business. Some evening in the not distant future, I expect to sit under the shade thereof and placidly con- template blossoms the size of dinner plates, with a moon-ike radiance all their own. Then, as the fashion is, shall call in friends and neighbors from the high ways and hedges to rejoice with me in that l possess one of the most beautiful and interesting efforts of nature, which delgns not to, show her eauty in the garish light of day, but in the tender hours of early evening beams upon her worshipers, and leads them to turn with warmer hearts -. ,,s ... ..-.--- -,- :: From Nature up to Natures God''
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