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XIV 
DECORATION 
=) oliage and other plants. Having been successful in 
: raising and growing to perfection a number of deco- 
rative plants, the grower naturally desires to arrange 
them in the most satisfactory and effective manner, 
and a few hints to this effect will perhaps not be out 
of place. If the apartments are large, light, and 
airy, a more satisfactory result can be obtained than in small 
and dull rooms, for many plants can in that case be disposed in 
some of the inner corners of the apartment. Indeed many 
Palms and other foliage-plants do not object to a little shade. 
To begin in the hall; the foot of the staircase is admirable 
for displaying large foliage-plants of the Dracena type or 
Palms. Astrong, beautiful specimen of either, or a small group 
on either side with a tall, pinnately leaved Palm in the centre 
edged with smaller Palms, Caladiums, Silk-oaks, Sanchesias, or 
even some suitable plants in flowers, where the hall is large. 
A specimen on either side of the entrance, of sufficient size to 
cause a beautiful display, or some climbing plants covering the 
wainscoting of the door and rising in garlands to the ceil- 
ing, is simple and effective. In the parlor a somewhat more 
luxurious display can be allowed. Oleanders in bloom, speci- 
mens of India-rubber trees, Aurucarias, simple but effective 
