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House plants should be turned around occasionally 

 so that all sides may have the benefit of the sunlight. 

 To leave them in one position will cause bushy- 

 plants to become one-sided, and plants of one 

 stem will bend toward the sun instead of growing 

 tall and straight, beside having the leaves on one 

 side of the plant a pale, sickly shade. 



House plants should be repotted several weeks before 

 cold weather in order that they may have plenty 

 of time to become thoroughly adapted to the new 

 soil conditions before winter arrives. Occasionally, 

 a plant will grow so rapidly during the winter that 

 it must be repotted at once, hence there should 

 always be on hand a good supply of soil for repot- 

 ting Or cold earth will have to be thoroughly 

 thawed out and warmed before the repotting can 

 be done. 



The Hotbed 



In order to have flowers early in the season, a hot- 

 bed should be provided. In severe climates, some 

 plants will not have a chance to get a good start 

 in flowering before time for the frost to appear 

 again, while with a hotbed, the plants can grow 

 to a fairly good size before warm weather actually 

 comes and if transplanted immediately upon the 



