TEN] AMONG THE FLOWERS 
however, be more valuable, from a sanitary stand- 
point, than a few clean, healthy, and growing plants. 
They use up the carbon gases, just as outdoor 
plants do, and they give out, for our use, oxygen 
and ozone. 
Next to shrubs for winter decoration and enjoy- 
ment, I hold the most delightful house plants are 
dwarf-growing oranges, lemons, and other fruit- 
bearing plants. One of the best of these is the 
Otaheite orange, a mere bush of three feet in height, 
but constantly covered with oranges in all stages 
of growth, and with exceedingly sweet flowers. 
Unfortunately, this orange is worthless for eating. 
Still better is the American Wonder lemon, bear- 
ing a fruit four or five times the size of a common 
lemon, and of the highest quality for use. The 
flowers on this little tree, of three feet in height, are 
twice the size of orange blossoms, and exceedingly 
sweet. If confined to a single house plant, I 
believe I would select this one. The Krumquat 
orange is a beautiful small tree, of less than two 
feet in height, very compact and handsome in 
growth, bearing an edible fruit and giving us very 
sweet flowers. You can also grow the guava in 
pots, and will get from it a profusion of sweet 
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