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CHAPTER XXXII. 



PLANTS MOST IN DEMAND FOR WINDOW DECORATION 

 IN WINTER. 



For this purpose most kinds of plants should be grown 

 in pots daring the summer ; it is more troublesome to 

 obtain good results by lifting plants in the fall that have 

 been planted in the open ground, although such plants as 

 Bouvardias, Carnations and Chrysanthemums, if lifted 

 carefully and placed in pots in September or October, and 

 shaded until they have taken root, will do quite as well 

 as if they had been grown in pots during the summer, 

 but Abutilons, Azaleas, Begonias, Cinerarias, Calceo- 

 larias, Chinese Primulas, Callas, Crotons, Camellias, 

 Daphnes, Dracenas, Fuchsias, Ferns, Geraniums, Genis- 

 tas, Heliotropes,, Impatiens, Jessamines, Libonias, Palms, 

 Salvias, Solanums, Tropseolums, and Roses, all of which 

 are suitable as decorative plants for greenhouse, parlor, 

 or sitting-room, m winter, had all better be grown in 

 pots during the summer, shifted, of course, as their 

 necessities require, into larger pots. On an average, six- 

 inch pots would be sufficiently large to flower them in 

 during winter, though strong growing species may be 

 grown to a size requiring eight or nine inch pots. All 

 the plants named above, with the exception of Bouvar- 

 dias, Begonias, Crotons, Dracenas, Ferns, Palms and 

 Salvias, will do well in a temperature of fifty degrees at 

 night, with ten to fifteen degrees higher in the day-time; 

 these last named will require about ten degrees higher. 

 Nearly all plants grown inside in winter, require great 

 care in watering. Very little injury can be done to 

 plants by being freely wateied when growing vigorously 

 in bright weather from May to October, but in the dull, 

 dark days from November to March, it is better to adopt 

 the safe old rule never to water a plant unless the surface 



