INTRODUCTION 



The temperature and light conditions should 

 also be considered in the selection of plants. 

 If the rooms are so warm as to be unbearable 

 to the average human being, it is folly to expect 

 success with plants requiring a cool atmos- 

 phere. On the other hand, forms requiring a 

 rather high temperature will not do well in a 

 cool room. 



It should be remembered that where the 

 windows receive no sunshine, it is almost useless 

 to attempt to grow the ordinary flowering 

 plants ; it is far wiser to select shade-loving 

 foliage plants. Study the requirements of the 

 plants, study the exposure of the windows and 

 then select those forms which are suitable for 

 the conditions. 



In making a selection of plants it should 

 be taken into consideration that a number of 

 forms offered by the florist are merely tem- 

 porary additions to the window garden and that 

 when their flowering season is over they should 

 be discarded. They are intended to serve the 

 same purpose as a vase of cut flowers, having, 

 however, a much longer period of attractive- 



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