Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-12-17

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in the world as well as John China
man.
CARE OF HOUSE PLANTS.
Plants for the house should be of
the kinds to bear tropical heat, 9TH
erwise the dried air produced by fur
mace or stove will rapidly destroy
them. They should always be below
the gas-gets, for the fume of sulphur
from gas as made in cities is destruc-
tive to growth. Boxes and brackets |
for the windows, and all designs fill
ed with ornamental plants, should be |
placed low. The atmosphere in any |
apartment is better the nearer to the |
floor; besides, to get the full beauty |
of plants, they must be looked into
The objection to suspended designs
is that the roots and earth are more
conspicuous than the leaves and
bloom.
All plants for the house must have
light, if not sunshine. A tempera-
ture of from So to 20 dogs. is better
than warmer for varieties cultivated
in doors. If the vases in q room
where plants are grown are filled
with water it does much toward max
ing the growth thrifty. Judicious
watering is positively necessary. 1t
is q mistake to warm the water used
It should be drawn and left to stand
until it is of the temperature of the
room. There are plants that will be
seriously damaged by too warm wa
ter. Too much water is also harm
full. The earth about a plant indi-
Gates when it is thirsty; then it
should be thoroughly watered. None
of the ornamental pottery vases for
holding plants have hole for drain
age; it is not required when the
plant is cared for intelligently; the
earth needs only sufficient water to
supply whatever is growing in it. A
little Judgment exercised, and 1t be-
comes an easy matter to know how
much water the earth in the vase will
absorb. An excellent plan is to try
the soil with slender stick, as cooks
try bread or cake. To keep plants
bright and healthy, the foliage should
occasionally be gently sponged on
both sides. This is particularly nee
essary for large-leaved plants. All
withered leaves and twigs should be
picked off, and blossoms should not
be left on too long, or others will not
form in perfection. Newspapers
pinned about plants will protect them
when sweeping is done.
The wisest men unite III the belief
that intensely intellectual women are
not always the most desirable com
panons. Auerbach, in son the
Heights" describes the Countess IT.
ma, with all her wit, grace and beau
ty, as ian unspeakably fatiguine
woman, requiring an everlasting fire
work display of mind" PyrotecniC
displays are wonderful and delight
full, but an eternal Fourth of July
mental or material. would sool
wear out the staunchest man
Bless the dull day and the average
woman Each has its niche to fill
There is q woman whose who'll
nature is beautiful, and, being beau
tiful, is noble, cIlaste and true who's
life is the outward expression Of th
inward thought, and who cannO
choose but set forth the lesson O
loneliness drunk in with her yer
beng whose mind makes itself see
as much in the graceful fashion Z
her dress as in the sweet words whic
fall from her lips, as much in the rytt
matte Offering of her household as
the glorious teachings of her children
Such woman gathers round her form
of beauty, both outward as well as spi
itual, as flowers gather dew by nigl
to fashion it into living food by da,
She is never heard to use a vulg;
word, never known to do a gracele
deed, nor seen to prefer a mean
taste. Her soul is a noble lyric $
to gentle music, low, sweet cha
with words of love for the cathedr
verses. This is the woman who ell
Yates and purifes, and whose lesso
of beauty and outward harmony ha
a deeper meaning than lies on t
surface, and spring from a nobl
source than mere artistic taste.