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plants are more liable to be injured by frost than plants in the ground, because 

 the fibres of the roots cling to the sides of the pots and are more quickly affected 

 by the chilling air. 7. The faster a plant grows, the farther apart are the 

 leaves, the more distant the side branches, and the more bare appears the stem. 

 Richness of foliage can never be attained when leaves become thus scattered. 

 By keeping a lower temperature, especially at night, there will be a slower and 

 more desirable growth, and conducive to compactness of habit in plants. 8. No 

 plants can bear sudden contrasts of temperature without injury, therefore bring 

 nothing directly from a heated room to the cool open air 9. By checking the 

 growth of leaves and branches you throw more strength into the flowers ; this 

 is why the terminal shoots of many plants should be pinched off to increase their 

 vigor. 10. Avoid excessive heat. Plants often languish in a hot temperature 

 while their owners cannot imagine why they do not grow, forgetting that the at- 

 mosphere is already too warm for even human beings. Suggestions like these 

 will show that although Window Gardens require some skill and experience in 

 good management, yet there is nothing abstruse or difficult to prevent any one 

 from undertaking the care of one which needs only a reasonable degree of thought 

 and attention to make it a constant delight. 



