Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-01-19
agricultural,
BindO,c Gardening FOR January.

TleE ,sIae vlI JsuusrS, wrapped Vel
10 man, weed o. Keep the colt away.
lie, I'D be quake snd quiycr Ike Co quel.
And oloVe hi- uaylrs - warm them il hs NAV
Tor .hSy were nuIab'd wiiA holding all the lay
Al hsicaei keeae. with which he lelled wood
AID NON ne trees did top the needless spray.
Upon 80 huge great earth pot s,earne he stood,
Irvm whose wide mos,h there sOwed forth the
Romano food >PENOER.
January. which brings with it the Ice
and snow Of winter. the pendant i,icles.
and the iee-bOund brooks, Is usually con-
sidered the most desolate month Of the
twelve. To those who live in crowded
cities aud towns. whose only view Of ma
ture Is the leafess trees and the shriyelled
vegetation Of the public squares, It NAV
be 50 but to the more favored who live
in the country, the scenes Of nature are
at all times and seasons fraught with
pleasure and interest,
Who Of our readers has not gszed with
admiration upon the frost enAmelled trees
sud shrubs where a thousand icicles glis-
tened in the beams Of the sun, and the
more quiet light Of the moon, sparkling
ike diamonds? The grass also CLEANS
ike threads Of crystal, and the tiny bush
Is are clad in brilliant sheen. As We
write, the rain pours down, delighting
those whose water courses are dry Is dust.
Our pipes, however, possess a large sup
ply, even enough TO furnish many Of the
villagers, but We hail the rain with plea
sure, not only on their account, but be-
Sauss OF the glorious frost.w0rk II viii
sSoE present.
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glass
lie ihiek Iprung reeds lie vAiery marshes Y.ell
seen polish lances IN s hostile Held
The spreading oak, TIE beeeh, and towering pine,
GLAZED ever, 10 the freezing ether shine
when, s sudden gus, " WIND arise.
Ius Or.tle forest .lts atoms hles.'
Yet at this time nature is busily pre-
pairing her bright apparel for another
summer and to verify the statement, We
beg Of our readers TO take brown, hard
bud from the shrubbery. and disseet it.
then With the sid Of microscope, exam
Inc It's parts carefully, and there, eoilsd
% closely in lis brown sheath, YOU viii
IND the tiny leaf and the buds which the
ssTm sun will nnroN in the spring.time.
Who can donbt but that an unerring
Power has formed the substances Of bark
and leaf, flower and fruit J.!
Gather ,ome branches from the lilac
bushes, selecting those from the top OF
the bush which will surely contain flower
buds. Cut some apple, pear, peach and
plum twigs, with blossom buds, then put
their brown stems into : large vase Of
clear water, changing it every two or
three days, and in FIVE or SIX weeks, If
The sun has shown well upon the buds,
your barseStems will be crowned with
rarely beautiful flowers To be sure. the
lilses will be white, being deprived Of sap
enough 10 produce the eoloring matter,
but their perfume is exquisite, and the
apple blossoms, &c, are most lovely.
Try il for yourselves, fair friends, choos-
ing a time when the mercury stands
above freezing, 10 cut the branches. How
many Of our readers have plants in bloom
now?
Our BrOrallia is one mass Of bloom.
Its lovely blue flowers contrasting most
perfectly with deep crimson zonsle &C.
Ianium which sits beside it. The BeSoRid
aitida aba, which blooms twelve months
in the year, droops full Of its snowy,
white flowers. A pink Eonale gersnium
shows 4 cluster Of buds, and q mauve Pc
tunia. prettily Hecked with brown, opens
its bright chaliee to the sun while the
Yariegated leaves Of COlels, Aekranthas,
PeDperonsa, and Tradescantia ze6riAa
and rittata repeHS, make our windows
bright and CHEEKY. Not a bug or scale
can be discovered on the plants. A fire.
quent use of tobacco soap routs them
most efec;ually, while it seems to act a.
fertilizer upon their roots. The way TO
use il Is 10 shave of several thin slices OF
the soap into some Old uteusil, and pour
boiling hot water upon it, then stir il I'M
I'll entirely dissolved Add cold water
enough TO make il warm TO the hand, and
zip all the leaves and stems Of the plants
into It, washing them with soft sponge
And If The plants are infested with the
sale. tbe stems should be rubbed with al
old tooth brush, vet with the suds. The
o3oF Of this soap is most disgusting. SO it
IS 10 wonder that all the insects are rout-
ei at once md after the plants have
been well washed, more warm water can
Be added TO the suds, and then apply them
to the soil Of the pots We find it Ger
lain remedy for tn tiny white mites
which infest the earth Of pot plants aud
are % destructive 20 their rOote