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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



gardens, every window being full of lovely flowers. There you can 

 study the tasteful arranging of a window box in the highest style of 



SEDTTII SIEBOLDI. 



the art. No lover of flowers can pass through such streets without 

 being pleased and delighted, or leave them without bringing away a 

 serviceable hint stored up for future use. 



ON THE GENERAL CARE OF PLANTS AND THE WINDOW GREENHOUSE. 



Let us consider, now, dear readers, what we can do to keep our 

 window plants clean and healthy. We all know that dirt and un- 

 tidiness with us is much against our bodily health, and often the 

 origin of disease. It is the same with plants. Unless we can keep 

 our plants free from dirt and insects, and allow them plenty of fresh 

 air and sunshine, we cannot hope to be very successful in growing 

 good specimens. In the course of our daily duties, dust, less or 

 more, settles on our window plants, till by-and-by they get quite 

 grim and grey. You will understand how hurtful this is when I tell 

 you that the leaves of a plant are its lungs. The leaves and stalks 

 of a plant are perforated with innumerable small pores in much the 

 same way as the human skin. Through those small pores they 

 inhale the fresh air so necessary to their existence, and exhale the 

 oxygen so necessary to our life; and through them they absorb 





