New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-15
TO KEEP FERNS IN WINTER
SIMPLE DIRECTIONS BY LOVER OF
FLOWERS SPOT OF
WILD BLOSSOMS

She a little dunpy, middle aged woman,
whose business in life seemed to be TO make people
feel at home and to impart Information she never
waited for an introduction, but, with her knitting
IN hand seemed always at leisure and always on
the watch for a listener One day her Honologue
took this form:
Good morning Been for an early walk? on
yes just driving through the country and stopped
here for a week or So And now you've oeen up
the road for stroll. How do know? why oy the
ferns you've brought back
Wish you could take some home! why oieSS
your heart there's nothing to hinder II you choose
to take the trouble and it isn't trouble out real
pleasure. if you love the dear things Ihey VIII
SO easily, you say? Not if you make a gooo seiec
ton and pack them properly" G1ere she settieo
herself comfortably
You can keep them all winter I always 90 ana
when there comes on a spell of bad weather give
a tea party and drive everybody $ olues WIN
my decorations I make centrepece lor my Iaoie
arrange the ferns in vases and Jardliileies' --
them the lace curtains and make my rooms DIS
cheerful a summer woodland nook and IL doeSh
cost anything but IS simply matter OF hlo"His
how.
''Win disclose my secret? Why. certainly
pack the ferns in envelope boxes select the
sword fern. any having thick. green 1rohu7' anu
am careful TO get al sizes and TO PICK 'iie"i 20
fore the frost comes. / never pull them up ny '
roots but cut the little seedy stalks with shears'
Then I Law them smoothly in the box and pack
them down closely. fill the box fun. lay Tissue
paper over the top put on the cover anu ue -
down Upon reaching home place the poH III 'no
cellar the bottom of the icebox. and the Terms
within keep fresh for months.
HEMLOCK ALL WINTER
In the same wav carry hemlock twigs and
| branches home and keep them all winter Inc ei.'
I set in water. I have tubfui Of henlocA III Ino
cellar It not only keeps but grows. the fresl' 1siI
green tasSellike tips of the twigs being nearly as
| pretty flowers. Many people believe a henl4ooN
| bouquet IN a be preventive of COLDS am
| inclined to agree with them.
But the woods full Of other things thaii
| ferns" continued the little woman You can get
wild lily and Jack-in-t hepupt bulbs ana set 'ie'"
out in some shady corner of your grounds ana .les
| Will repay you in flowers year after year i"ey
| require whatever, as you can set Ihelh o'
| In your lily bed.
| Possibly you haven't lily bed on 'l''
| great pity. Nothing about my little home gives
me more satisfaction than my lily bed IL was t
little three-coTneTed patch OF no account 20 sIrinr
and set out there all the lilies on the prenise55
| long. ribbonike i5aves: the tiger lily the June
lily the feurde-luce Beside these you, ni ma
thread day lilies and the calais that you mt some
| where to rest GladioH bulbs too, could go in
| Mix them all up together, and from spring ~
i yG aTo sow T' h T Some Of stalks
are over ten feet tail, and the vari-coored bios
SONS add to the display
BORDER OF HARDY PLANTS.
"A border of hardy plants is always desirable
although IL is a little work get it started Ihere
are the syiraeas-dig up the wild ones The lark
| spur monkshead. bee-n-a-bonnet. FenuS-ln- her-
! car and the coIumblnes-doa't forget the column
| bines. Nothing be more delicate than the
! common wild red ones I have yellow ones thar
| bloom from June frost. dainty and airy that
| II is hard to decide whether they are ho"eTs OF
! "A bed Of sweet hoI BIS IS a delight the whole
| tansy. NORWOOD. sweet goldenrod southern
| wood balm. beIgamot, canomile. feEerteIl' s"ey'
balsam, jovage. sage, horehouHd SWEET cover
| suulT grass. Catnip lavender and summer saEorF-
! They be so~n each year, The flowers ana 70
! llage are always nice for bouquets out Pie "a
the leaves dry them al torfthcr and put tl'ih N
! bags with hops. for pillows. Ihey are a paltS'a
! for headach and slocpcssness. and make Nitie
! bags filled with the dried leaves ana flowers ior
! nv linen pI.ss and bureau drawers. They are a
! relief from moth balls and quite as effective A
| guest not grateful for . sachct OF your max
| ing a souvenir is not worthy your efforts 10
Then there's the out Of the way corner for Wild
| daisy, EoIdenrod. Soomon's seal, sprasa and
| swcet5rier. forgetting the giant double thistle
! not be cultivated. Take Up the plants without
! disturbing the roots and set them out with great
! and let them alone II seems as II they are as
! shy as the Wild partridge the squirrel and as
| # they shrink a~2y when you venture 20 look at
them Mine are IN an angie or the renee beIlilu
| the shrubbery, and are thus well shaded
THRIFTY ARBUTUs.
u never take people to look at them but when
| I cut the blooms and put them in vases in the
| house people cry: on. arbutus. As large almost
| as verbenas! Where did you get them? So frag-
rant! and with such pinky tnge' and say:
! There are secrets that II pays to keep
For a neighbOr aTbutus has maldenhair
fern-also liking sccuson and Furnishing for peo-
pie who respect its individuality. There are
aosse. too, IN This collection of Hartford fern.
way. ! nave seat there, and sometimes go out
to watch the BIRDS