PLANTS 



plants I have made mention of are robust 

 enough to get along without some attention. 

 True, the Agave and Aspidistra require but 

 very little care, but they cannot be expected to 

 give satisfaction when entirely neglected. 

 They respond readily to kind treatment, and 

 will be so much finer in every way where it is 

 given that you will be glad to give it when once 

 you understand the results of it. I would ad- 

 vise giving each plant a chance at the window at 

 least once a week, and I would never put any 

 of them in shady corners and keep them there. 

 If kept at a distance from the light, for long 

 at a time, they will suffer by it. Evaporation 

 takes place slowly in the shade, and the undue 

 retention of moisture is likely to result in sour- 

 ing of the soil. And a sour soil almost always 

 brings on a diseased condition of the roots 

 which speedily results in the death of the plant 

 in it. 



