Foliage Plants for House Decoration 65 



dwelling house. Fortunately, young thrifty plants 

 of all the kinds mentioned can be purchased of any 

 local florist or secured from remote places by modern 

 express systems, in most cases at moderate expense. 



The Prime Object of Growing House Plants 



At the risk of being charged with sacrificing the 

 practical to the philosophical, the fact may well be 

 repeated here that unless the prime object of having 

 plants in the house is the pleasure of tending them, of 

 making them thrive in spite of unnatural conditions 

 and enjoying the success of it all, considering 

 the labor 

 well worth 

 while, the 

 time and 

 money de- 

 voted to the 

 enterprise is 

 practically 

 wasted. 

 Happily the 

 way is not 

 hard and 

 the desire so 

 universal as 

 to be almost 

 inborn, all 

 that is 

 needed be- 

 ing for those 

 who know 

 the truth to 

 teach It. Anthericutn as a bracket plant (see page 62) 



