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GERANIUMS 



THE first plant that suggests itself 

 when the indoor garden is mentioned 

 is the Geranium. A collection of 

 houseplants without it would be very much 

 like a desert without an oasis, so necessary to 

 the fullest enjoyment of raising flowers in- 

 doors has this lovely queen of the window-gar- 

 den become. Though no houseplant gives 

 greater satisfaction, and is more easily grown, 

 the Geranium speedily resents neglect, and will 

 languish as quickly from inattention as any 

 other plant in the window. For this reason 

 these pertinent hints are given. 



First of aU it is well to have some definite 

 idea of the various kinds of Geraniums and of 

 their special characteristics. Horticulturists 

 are coming more and more to use the term 

 Pelargoniums for Geraniums, distinguishing 



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