The great pleasure I enjoyed with my flowers and plants, in the summer just over, has induced me, as usual, to care for them in the winter. Having no greenhouse, I tied carefully my century plants, twelve of them, each one separately, so as to get them in through the doors; and tieing them enables me to store them away very compactly. My Yuccas (aloefolia) take up very little room, although one is eight feet high. I have had it many years: they need scarcely any attention in winter. Without the above two varieties of plants I would be unable to change so many times the appearance of my place as I do. I grow them in pots and boxes. At times I take them near the front, then near the hall door. My front yard is 25x75. My lot runs 150 feet back. My back yard is all in flowers. If a part of it goes out of bloom, or falls short for a time, I form some design there, using my Agaves, Yuccas and other curious plants. On days in which citizens jubilate my rare plants are brought out in some conspicuous way. I at least am satisfied. It pays me to grow Century plants, Yuccas, Aloes, Jerusalem Cherries, Cannas and Caladiums. The latter I place in a box as if they were onions, and put them in a warm place in the cellar - no water in winter.

My Gladiolus', Tigridias, and such bulbs, I hang up until needed to plant out. I have too many varieties of hardy plants, roots and bulbs to describe here; but I must say all act their part well in keeping up a grand sight, from the first appearance of the little Snow-drop and Crocus until November, " when the Pansy and Chrysanthemum seem to dare frost and snow. I am very partial to hardy flowers, on account of the perpetual satisfaction they give. But house plants, or tender plants, are indispensable to mix for good results; also annuals and biennials; and, for those lovely vines that grow and bloom from seed annually, God be praised. Youngstown, O.