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however, be more valuable, from a sanitary stand- 

 point, than a few clean, healthy, and growing plants. 

 They use up the carbon gases, just as outdoor 

 plants do, and they give out, for our use, oxygen 

 and ozone. 



Next to shrubs for winter decoration and enjoy- 

 ment, I hold the most delightful house plants are 

 dwarf-growing oranges, lemons, and other fruit- 

 bearing plants. One of the best of these is the 

 Otaheite orange, a mere bush of three feet in height, 

 but constantly covered with oranges in all stages 

 of growth, and with exceedingly sweet flowers. 

 Unfortunately, this orange is worthless for eating. 

 Still better is the American Wonder lemon, bear- 

 ing a fruit four or five times the size of a common 

 lemon, and of the highest quality for use. The 

 flowers on this little tree, of three feet in height, are 

 twice the size of orange blossoms, and exceedingly 

 sweet. If confined to a single house plant, I 

 believe I would select this one. The Krumquat 

 orange is a beautiful small tree, of less than two 

 feet in height, very compact and handsome in 

 growth, bearing an edible fruit and giving us very 

 sweet flowers. You can also grow the guava in 

 pots, and will get from it a profusion of sweet 



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