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Those who have small greenhouses OF
cultivated flowers in their windows have
set out their Seraniums and other quick
growing plants for the summer Many |
make the mistake Of taking up these
plants in autumn afteg they have grown
all the season in the open ground and |
pottiug them to be replaced il the win
dow or greenhouse. The result will al |
ways be "long- legged. misshapen plants,
which, instead of blooming satisfactorily |
during the winter, will take long time
to recover and never be worth as much |
as new plants from cuttings Such plunts
may be prepared for, this month and
next, and with very little trouble. OF
course those who have greenhouses with
appliances for propagating need no d
rcctions, but many lovers Of flowers have
to content themselves. witt. such l,G:,ts
rs may be grown i'll the windows OF the
living-rooms. These become attached to
their plants, aud when one is set ont in
the bed they expect it back again. When
such Il plant goes ont, consider it thrown
away, Tor it may rs well be, and set about
replacing it. The following method will
give few plants with little trouble
! Take II common store box, such rs Il starch
or soap box, knock OFF both cover and
bottom, and if need be strengthen it with
extra nails. Tack over this II piece of
cotton cloth and the frame will be ready.
Select place where the soil is light and
sandy, or if the ground is all still, spade
in some sand or coal-dust to make it light
and open, and place the frame over it. Ii
cuttings of geraniums, oupheas, VERDE
mas, or other such plants are placed in
the soil and covered with the frame, they
will soon take root and form nice speci
mems, which, when they begin to grow,
may be potted and be ready for winter.
If the frame is where it will be shaded at
midday, all the better; if not, tilt it II
little when the sun is very hot to give
ventilation and prevent overwhelming. -
.inericaa ANric"hTjS
Earring, and Eye-ight.
A great deal has been written ON the
subject of "boring the ears for the sake
of the eyes, says the London Lancst.
1t is always easy to find excuses for any
practice which ministers to vanity. That
the counter irritation set up by boring
the ear and wearing a ring may, during
the few weeks following the operation,
have some effect on the eyes, supposing
these organs to be the seat of any low
. form of inflammation, is Just possible
but that permanent good should be done
by wearing rings III the ears after they
have ceased to irritate is incouceivable,
= The test for motive in the recourse to
this device would, therefore, be willing
ness on the part of the applicant for this
form of treatment to allow the healing
{ process to be delayed, say, by wearing a
!, rough ring dipped in some irritating ap'
- plication-i in fact, SO prepared as to nc
like seton. This, indeed might d,
:. good but in such case probably re-
l course to few blisters behind the ears
would be better. 1t is nQnscnsc To sup
u pose the wearing of earrings can be o
Z any service to the eyes unless they irri
!, tate, and if they do rritatc, the process
u by which the result attributed to them i
Z obtained is circuitous, and from surgi
cal point of view awkward in the eN
:, treme,
:, miscellaneous Recipes.
Green Peas. Peas should not be shell
Is ed until just before they are to be cooked
Il and they should not be washed, MS
Il takes the sweetness from them. Put int
boiling salted water and boil briskly fo
e twenty-five or thirty minutes. Ii yer
t. fresh they will need less time than She
d old. Drain the peas through colandei
turn into heated dish, put a large piec
10 of butter into them, or half a teacupfr
,e of boiling hot cream, and serve nj once
Is The practice of serving peas swlmmin
in greasy water spoils an excellent vege
l. table.
i String Beans. This delicious yogets
a BILE is rarely properly cooked, Whe
81 we'll prepared it is quite as healthful 4
~ peas. Take the pods as fresh and youn
as possible. and shred them as finely as
small knife will go through them, cuttin
them lengthwise, and as it We're, shay
~ ing them very thin. Put into salted boi
or ing water and boil two hours. The
drain in colander and serve with plent
x of sweet butter, and they will be as del
SO cate rs peas. If one likes vinegar,
IT, little of it will improve the dish.
lis Ginger Beer is made of two pounds
white sugar, two ounces of tartaric aci
re- three quarts of water and the juice
Ig, one lemon. Boil together for five mi