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O grow flowers to perfection, 

 in the winter, one must have 

 better facilities than those 

 afforded by the windows of 

 the living-room. While it is 

 true that many kinds may 

 be grown comparatively well 

 there, it is also true that many very desirable 

 kinds cannot be grown there at all, and those 

 with which we attain a fair degree of success 

 are never grown in anything like perfection. 

 One has only to go from the window-garden 

 to a greenhouse to find proof of this assertion. 

 The plants grown by the florist, who can con- 

 trol heat and light and moisture, resemble the 

 plants in the window-garden only in general 

 features, though investigation may show that 

 they are identical as to variety. But the flor- 

 ist's plants will have a vigor of leaf and flower 

 that those in the window-garden seldom attain 

 to. 



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