THE PROPER CONDITIONS 7 
order that they may maintain an even, shapely 
growth. 
As a rule the flowering plants, such as geraniums 
and heliotropes, require more light and sunshine 
than those grown for foliage, such as palms, ferns 
and the decorative leaved begonias. It is almost 
impossible, during the winter months, to give any 
of them too much sunlight and where there is any 
danger of this, as sometimes happens in early fall 
or late spring, a curtain of the thinnest material 
will give them ample protection, the necessity being 
not to exclude the light, but simply to break the 
direct action of the sun’s rays through glass. 
A great variety of plants may be grown in the 
ordinary window garden, for which the sunniest 
and broadest window available should be selected. 
There are two methods of handling the plants: they 
may be kept as individual specimens in pots and 
“dishes ” or “ pans”? (which are nothing more or 
less than shallow flower pots), or they may be 
grown together in a plant box, made for the purpose 
and usually more or less decorative in itself, that 
will harmonize with and set off the beauty of the 
plants. 
The latter method, that of growing in boxes, of- 
fers two distinct advantages, especially where there 
is likely to be encountered too high a temperature 
and consequent dryness in the air. The plants are 
more easily cared for than they are in pots, which 
