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generally they are placed within easy reach of the 

 houseworker, and it is more readily observed when 

 they are in need of water and when bugs and 

 worms are making their raids. An old fork kept 

 handy will insure frequent cultivation, for it is 

 an easy matter to dig around a plant when an 

 implement is near at hand, while the plants might 

 be neglected if search had to be made for a fork 

 or trowel. 



As a rule very few plants are used as house 

 plants, while there really is a great variety which 

 can be grown successfully indoors. A list of such 

 plants, will be found by referring to the index. 

 House plants should be transferred to the open 

 ground in the summer time. Taken out of doors 

 and allowed to stay, they will thrive splendidly 

 and the new growth will have become hardened 

 for the fall. Pot and plant should be set in the 

 ground together and there will not have to be a 

 retransplanting when the plants go back to the 

 greenhouse in the autumn, with root disturbance 

 attendant upon removal. 



The location for house plants should be one of 

 the best in the house. They require sunlight and 

 air, and a southern exposure will be admirable, 

 for not having to fight the cold drafts which seep 

 through the cracks on the north side of the house 



