Lemon verbenas, hydrangeas, pomegranates, cactus and many others can be safely wintered in a frost-proof cellar. Give just water enough to keep them alive — say once in a week. Bulbs of gladiolus, cannas, amaryllis (hardy sorts), caladinius and dahlias will also survive, taking care to occasionally look them over and rub with powdered charcoal any that show signs of disease. Tuberoses must be kept in a very warm place, or the germ of the flower will be killed. Geraniums, fuchsias, salvias and other plants that you may wish to keep over winter without any care of them, may be taken up with a ball of earth attached to them and placed in one corner of the cellar, pro- GAMES. 125 vided it is warm enough not to freeze potatoes ; pack them close and bank the earth firmly about the roots. In January or February bring the fuchsias to the window, and they will form beautiful flowering plants in about six weeks' time. To have roses bloom well keep old wood cut back ; cover the bushes in winter with straw, corn stalks or loose manure, and work into the soil around them plenty of iron filings, or break up old pieces of cast-iron as fine as possible and put around next the roots. In sending bulbs by mail it is best to put them in light wooden boxes , but when these cannot be obtained, the next best plan is to tie them up in little cloth bags, and then either put them in paper boxes or wrap them in strong brown paper and tie securely. Coleus cannot be kept over winter in a cellar. They are tropical plants, and generally perish with the first frosts. They must be win- tered in a warm temperature, with abundance of light, and the temper- ature at all times well saturated with moisture. GAMES. FLY, FEATHER, FLY. Ten or twelve young people sit in a circle, as close as they can get without crowding. Somebody takes a tuft of cotton, or a downy feather, and lets it float above the heads of the group, giving it a puff with her breath ; the person towards whom it directs its descent must likewise blow it upwards and away. If it falls upon him he must pay a forfeit. A dozen so employed in chasing with their breath the common enemy compose a most amusing group. The feather often defies them, bravely challenging them to do their worst, with poor King Lear's world-famous taunt : " Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks ; rage, blow ! " It often happens, as it is hard to laugh and blow at the same time, the feather finds its way into the throat of the intending blower, and, of course, the involuntary feather-eater pays a double forfeit as a penalty for his curious taste. GOSSIP. Players seat themselves around the room, and one at the head whis- pers some trifle to the next neighbor — something like this : "John and Ann are going to elope," naming two of the company. Number two must whisper it to number three, and so on around the room. It must not be whispered twice to the same person. If the next does not catch all the words, they must whisper what they do understand, and make up the rest. The last one must rise and repeat out loud what was 128 GLASS.

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Lemon verbenas, hydrangeas, pomegranates, cactus and many others can be safely wintered in a frost-proof cellar. Give just water enough to keep them alive — say once in a week. Bulbs of gladiolus, cannas, amaryllis (hardy sorts), caladinius and dahlias will also survive, taking care to occasionally look them over and rub with powdered charcoal any that show signs of disease. Tuberoses must be kept in a very warm place, or the germ of the flower will be killed. Geraniums, fuchsias, salvias and other plants that you may wish to keep over winter without any care of them, may be taken up with a ball of earth attached to them and placed in one corner of the cellar, pro- GAMES. 125 vided it is warm enough not to freeze potatoes ; pack them close and bank the earth firmly about the roots. In January or February bring the fuchsias to the window, and they will form beautiful flowering plants in about six weeks' time. To have roses bloom well keep old wood cut back ; cover the bushes in winter with straw, corn stalks or loose manure, and work into the soil around them plenty of iron filings, or break up old pieces of cast-iron as fine as possible and put around next the roots. In sending bulbs by mail it is best to put them in light wooden boxes , but when these cannot be obtained, the next best plan is to tie them up in little cloth bags, and then either put them in paper boxes or wrap them in strong brown paper and tie securely. Coleus cannot be kept over winter in a cellar. They are tropical plants, and generally perish with the first frosts. They must be wintered in a warm temperature, with abundance of light, and the temperature at all times well saturated with moisture. GAMES. FLY, FEATHER, FLY. Ten or twelve young people sit in a circle, as close as they can get without crowding. Somebody takes a tuft of cotton, or a downy feather, and lets it float above the heads of the group, giving it a puff with her breath ; the person towards whom it directs its descent must likewise blow it upwards and away. If it falls upon him he must pay a forfeit. A dozen so employed in chasing with their breath the common enemy compose a most amusing group. The feather often defies them, bravely challenging them to do their worst, with poor King Lear's world-famous taunt : " Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks ; rage, blow ! " It often happens, as it is hard to laugh and blow at the same time, the feather finds its way into the throat of the intending blower, and, of course, the involuntary feather-eater pays a double forfeit as a penalty for his curious taste. GOSSIP. Players seat themselves around the room, and one at the head whispers some trifle to the next neighbor — something like this : "John and Ann are going to elope," naming two of the company. Number two must whisper it to number three, and so on around the room. It must not be whispered twice to the same person. If the next does not catch all the words, they must whisper what they do understand, and make up the rest. The last one must rise and repeat out loud what was 128 GLASS.

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