CHAPTER II 
THE PROPER CONDITIONS : — LIGHT, TEMPER- : 
ATURE AND MOISTURE 
FTER so much advice as to the possi- 
A bility of making conditions right for the 
growing of plants in the house, the inexperi- 
enced reader will naturally want to know what 
these conditions are. 
LIGHT 
In the first place, almost all plants, whether they 
flower or not, must have an abundance of light, and 
many require sunshine, especially during the dull 
days of winter. Plants without sufficient light 
never make a normal, healthy growth; the stems are 
long, lanky and weak, the foliage has a semi-trans- 
parent, washed-out look, and the whole plant falls an 
easy victim to disease or insect enemies. Even 
plants grown in the full light of a window, as every- 
one with any experience in managing them knows 
from observation, will draw toward the glass and 
become one-sided with the leaves all facing one 
way. Therefore even with the best of conditions, 
it is necessary to turn them half about every few 
days, preferably every time they are watered, in 
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