SUITABLE PLANTS. 39 



of suitable plants. Half a dozen, well kept and thrifty, 

 will give you more satisfaction than a score in the con- 

 dition of invalids. Allow no plant to remain after you 

 have become convinced that it will not thrive or cannot 

 adapt itself to the place. 



11. Please keep a record of your plants, and in due time 

 report all that do well, or even "tolerably well." You 

 may thus contribute your share to the correction and en- 

 largement of lists of plants suitable for culture at home 

 in such winter greeneries as yours. 



After all these hints, perhaps you will be disappointed 

 unless I furnish some such lists for you. "Well, as your 

 experiments have had so recent a beginning, and as some 

 of your friends may emulate your example and need help 

 at the very beginning, I venture to suggest, chiefly from 

 my own experience, but partly on the authority of others, 

 a few 



SELECTIONS FOR SITUATIONS. 



As situations differ in respect to heat as well as light, I 

 append to the name of each plant the degree or degrees of 

 night temperature generally regarded as most suitable, 

 with the understanding that about 15 or 20 degrees 

 higher, according to amount of light, is the best for day- 

 time. Practically, there may be some variation either 

 way for both night and day; but you will find these de- 

 gree-numbers a very safe guide in making selections for 

 rooms of a given temperature, or for the higher and 

 lower positions in the room, whatever may be the differ- 

 ences of situation as to light. 



1. Shaded entirely from direct sunlight, whether in a 

 north window, or on the south-side of east and west win- 

 dows, a few kinds of plants will "do tolerably well" if 

 properly treated, such as : Ficus repens, 50 Ivies 

 (Hedera),'Uf to 50 Lobelia, 45 Madeira Vine, 50- 

 Tradescantias, 40 to 50 Ferns, Pteris Oretica alba 



