AUTHOR'S PREFACE 



In presenting this book to the public, it has been the 

 aim of the writer to give such cultural directions as will 

 enable the inexperienced to overcome most of the diffi- 

 culties which arise in the growing of plants in the win- 

 dow garden. An extended experience in the handling 

 of house plants has led to a recognition of the causes 

 underlying these difficulties, and an effort has been 

 made in the following pages to suggest methods of 

 treatment which will enable the grower to care for his 

 plants intelligently and insure a fair measure of suc- 

 cess. Of course, if the grower still insists upon dosing 

 his plants with castor-oil or watering them with boiling 

 water, or using various chemical nostrums, he need not 

 be disappointed if his attempts result in failure. 



As this book is intended for general use it must of 

 necessity be extremely concise in statement and some- 

 what restricted in scope, but, with a little thought, the 

 directions here given may easily be varied to fit any- 

 ordinary conditions. 



In the chapters on flowering and foliage plants, only 

 the more common and suitable forms are discussed. 

 Besides those enumerated, many other and rarer forms 

 may be found which are suitable for the window gar- 

 den, but these are so little used that they have been 

 omitted. 



The cultural directions given are equally applicable 



