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window on shelves or stands, or shelves may be built 

 outside of the window and inclosed in glazed sashes. 

 The accompanying illustration gives an idea of such an 

 external window garden. 



The soil must be rich and loose. The best contains 

 some undecayed organic matter such as leaf mold or partly 



FIG. 246. FERNS FOR BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS 



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decayed sods and some sand. Raise your plants from bulbs, 

 cuttings, or seed just as in outdoor gardens. Some plants 

 do better in cool rooms, others in warmer temperature. 



If the temperature ranges from 35 to 70, averaging 

 about 55, azaleas, daisies, carnations, candytuft, alyssum, 

 dusty miller, chrysanthemums, cinerarias, camellias, daph- 

 nes, geraniums, petunias, violets, primroses, and verbenas 

 do best. 



