XV 



THE SUMMER CARE OF 



HOUSE-PLANTS 



ANY persons who grow 

 house-plants are under 

 the impression that they 

 must be turned out of 

 doors during the summer. 

 Some turn them out of 

 their pots and plant them 

 in open ground. Others put them almost 

 anywhere, so long as it is out of doors, 

 sometimes to their benefit but more often to 

 their detriment, while others are content to 

 leave them on the veranda or in some other 

 semi-sheltered place. Some take just as good 

 care of them during the summer as at any 

 other time, while many neglect them shame- 

 fully, and have, as a natural result of their 

 inexcusable negligence, only a lot of inferior 

 plants to remove to the house when cold 

 weather comes. 



The fact is, all house-plants need care and 

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