CHAPTER 435 
MANAGEMENT OF HOUSE PLANTS 
r “HERE are some general rules that will ap- 
ply to taking care of all plants in the 
house; then there are several groups, the 
different sorts in which are handled more or less 
alike; and lastly there are the individual require- 
ments of the plants in the several groups to be con- 
sidered. 
Information about all these varieties, as given in 
the usual way, results in a more or less confusing 
mass of detail. It is for the purpose of getting 
this information into as plain a form as possible 
that the instructions in the first chapters of this book 
have been given in such detail; and those instruc- 
tions should be used in conjunction with the fol- 
lowing pages. The beginner cannot expect to fully 
comprehend the suggestions given until the plain 
everyday operations of plant growing have become 
familiar. 
Much of what has been said in the previous pages 
has borne upon the several points of managing 
plants successfully in the house. It will be of use, 
however, to have those various suggestions brought 
together in condensed form. 
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