Chapter TWENTY 



Care of House-plante 

 Winter 



PLANTS for winter blooming should be 

 brought into the house before the nights 

 get chilly. By becoming gradually ac- 

 customed to the air of the house before 

 the doors are closed and the fires started, 

 they will be less affected by the change. 



Do not crowd into the window more plants than it 

 can conveniently hold. Plants must have room to 

 breathe and grow, and abundant light. No plant 

 should touch its neighbours. Even with this amount 

 of room at the start they will be badly crowded before 

 spring, and it will probably be necessary to remove 

 some. 



Shelves, brackets, and stands should be in place be- 

 fore the plants are brought in, as changing about and 

 handling are bad for them. Plants with tender fo- 

 liage, as Cinerarias, Primulas, and the like, do best 

 on a window-bracket, and the capacity of the window 

 is greatly increased by the use of brackets. Plants 

 with drooping leaves should have single brackets, to 



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