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Milady's House Plants 



grace. They have little to do but just live and grow 

 and wait for better times, or slowly give up the fight, 

 if conditions are unbearable." The plant that has 

 started out to bear flowers, however, is quite a differ- 

 ent subject. It has undertaken the creative func- 

 tion and knows exactly what it needs in order that 

 ■ it may succeed, and the person who brings it into the 

 house should also know those needs and bend every 

 effort to supply them. 



GLOXINIA 



These warm house plants are noted for the gorgeousness and brilliancy of their 



flowers in many_colors (see page 66) 



