Growing House Plants 



By W. D. Holley 



A large majority of the gardeners in the northern half of our coun- 

 try spend several months of each year gardening indoors. The ab- 

 sence of specific information on many of our common house plants has 

 led to the initiation of this work. 



Fig. 1 — Many successful growers keep their plants in deep saucers so 

 they can be adequate)" watered 



iMost of the material used in this publication has been obtained from 

 the only satisfactory house-plant laboratory — the home. With the co- 

 operation of housewives in Durham, and in other parts of New Hamp- 

 shire, many plants have been under observation. The study is still go- 

 ing on with kinds of plants not included here, the results of which will 

 be published at a later date. 



METHOD 



Briefly, the method of study on each kind of plant was as follows: 

 From 15 to 35 plants were placed in as many homes and left for two 

 months or longer. No instructions were given the co-operating grower 

 as to the culture of plants being studied. At the end of the period nec- 



Three 



