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the Palms. No bright gay flowers, only the grace- 

 ful, refreshing green foliage, and' we find them in 

 almost every home that we enter, and yet often 

 suffering, not exactly from neglect, but because of 

 a lack of knowledge of their proper care, and so 

 we will stop for a moment to speak of their needs. 



The natural environment of these plants is shade 

 or subdued sunlight, and we find that most of 

 them do not want too much sun, else the leaves 

 are apt to scorch and turn brown. Neither 

 should they be watered too copiously. It is also 

 a good plan to feed them with a little weak manure 

 water say once a month or so, and like all house 

 plants they should be kept free from dust by an 

 occasional spraying with the hose, or in the case 

 of palms and other broad u leaved plants, wiped off 

 with a cloth dampened in milk. 



These plants like an open porous soil and good 

 drainage. As they grow and become root bound, 

 shift them into larger pots where they will have 

 room for development, and if the plants appear 

 to be going backward, and nothing else helps, 

 remove from the pots, shake off the old soil, and 

 repot preferably in a good light flaky leaf mould 

 secured from the florist, or in the woods under the 

 trees. 



If you would like to have a big showy lace-like 

 Fern that will become as large and graceful as a 

 Palm, I am going to suggest that you purchase 



