National Republican., 1877-10-30


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Home.
: have sone-t cannot always TO- you know
Home, sciSss ,he distant ridge, Of, the year,,
WITH my 'cAfs.
And The old home, standing Oh IN. same old
Thers found
In me paIlor In my fancy, could rnes
Fathers face,
And my mother with her old accustomed si,,
while beside them brothers. sister, true aud good
Silent stool.
Through the stiffness .wnm the autumn birds.
And there ,tirrcd
on the wall The leaf reckcd sunshine and lts glow
Faded slow;
Bu, from ~ The loving lips watched around,
Not sound
Then went up stairs slow entering mid n,
livery room:
And rod with .onened steps along the floors
Opeued doom
But never heard a voice or met a soul
In the whole
or tbs breath that stirred those drApereS to and ro
LOngagO;
of,hc eyes that through tho easements used to peep
out Of sleep;
OF the fee, that in those chambers used to run,
OF the sunshine pouring downward from the sky,
Blue and high:
ofthe LEAKAGE. and the ancient garden plot,
Brown and hot
or the strcamct and the shingle, and the tide.
There abide.
hut beyond the azure vaulting overhead
Are my dead
Though Their graves arc dug apart In many lands.
They have gathered. and are waiting tin come:
THAI Is HohEi
House Plants.
"a thing of beauty is y joy forever" aud
ladies will affect window -girdning, although
there he many worser halves who still insist
that plants never pay for their keeping" that
they require as much time and attention ss
baby" and are a general nuisance that should
| be abated. Even though they arc sure to
freeze stiff In some sudden cold snap late In
| the spring, when one has grown careless under
the mistaken impression that danger is over,
after coddling them all winter, and tugging
them alternately from window to fire. place,
yet the pleasure, of producing but few tardy
blossoms under ones own cultivation, Of
| watching the wonder, every day renewed, Of
the unfolding leaf and the marvel Of Its deli
cate coloring, so mystcriously derived from soil
and sunshine, more than repays ones trouble
| Perhaps few suggestions as to the
CARE AND TREATMENT OF PLANTS
may not come amiss to friends Of the Corner.
Pots require reflling with fresh mould at
| least once year, as the richness Of the earth
| becomes exhausted, exactly as farms require
| frequent fcrtilizing TO sustain tho crops.
| Quite quantity Of prepared mould may bd
| purchased ut any florists for ten cents, hut
1
can prepare it themselves in this way Tako
equal quantities of sand, .eaf.mould from tho
woods or muck from the marshes and rich
dirt from the garden, with a little guano or
other fertilizer. Don't be afraid of your
hands, but mix 1t well together and quite free
| from Jumps and stones. Put two or three
| pieces of charcoal in the bettOm Of each pot,
| which should always have holes In for the
escape of water. Plants arc more frequently
| ruined by too much care than by neglect. Use
| discretion in watering them, and remember
that while callas, ivies, wandering Jews
and other water plants can not be kept toy
| wet all the varieties of
CACTUS AND OTHER TROPICAL PRODUCTS
can scarcely be kept too dry. In the same
way some plants thrive in the sunshine and
others require to be kept in the shade. The
winter sun shining through glass Is cspeci-
ally trying to most plants, and Is death to
ivics, moss, etc. Never water plants when the
sun is shining on them any more than you
would pump into cold shower.bat yourself
when peppiring freely. The analogy is the
same, as when the sun is powerful the leaves
arc exhalng and the shock of the cold water
is anything but salutary. II Is impossible to
make foliage inhale when nature causes 1t to
exhalc, hence the absurdty of watering plants
from overhead when the suns rays are power.
ful upon IL; and as for watering the ground
below at that time is like pouring it upon q
hot plate that 1t may the sooner be eyaporated
and
EVERY APPEARANCE OF ITS USE BE SPEEDILY
oBLITERATED.
Sometimes with the most judicio care the
plants will drOOp. Then you may sure that
one of two things Is the matter-either angle
worms are feeding on the small roots or tiny
white lice are infesting the leaves II the
former, take up the plant, shake the dust well
from the roots and plant il in fresh mould il
the latter, let some smoking friend give it a
few strong whfs from good cigar, or burn a
, little cut tobacco where the fumes will reach
the parasites. Put few drops Of ammonia
. occasionally into the water before sprinkling
your plants, empty the birds bathing dish
!, around their roots and now aud then use a
little strong soapsuds. Now is tho time for
getting up
wINDow-BOXEs
and transplanting into them pcrennials from the
garden. Tiled zinc, stained, and rustic boxC.
1 can be purchased at all florists, but who doc
not know that we prize more what We make
ourselves, even though II costs us great trouble
= and be not half 50 valuable In the endy Gc
somebody to make you pine box just 10 fl
. your window. Then paint 1t black with a tint
brush. When perfectly dry give il u coat o
copal varuisl, and while this is yet damp la.
on sprays of pressed ferns and autumn leave
In graceful groups aud festoons according Il
| fancy, pressing them down smoothly, so tha
every part will adhere. When they are en-
tirely dry give them another
;. COAT OF TRANSPARENT vARSIsH,
= leaves and ALL Or stain your box brown ant
ornament 1t with roots and twisted twigs
trcked firmly in their places, in rustic style
Or glue on cones or shells, or wreathcs o
leaves in leather-work, or even decalcomani
designs II you like them. Instead OF puttin
plants directly in the box, II is best TO put then
into pots and sink the pots into the earth @
the box.
Buibs expected to bloom during the winte
should now be planted.
There is new terraced propagating pn
u which Is scf-watering, and an excellent articl
for amateurs in winter gardening. II is a
ingenious modification of the saucer system
OF propagation.
Chrysanthemums will blossom until Febru