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On the General Care of Plants 



plants as close to the window as you can manage 

 without crushing them. Expose them freely to the 

 light, shading only when the sun is very warm. 

 Geraniums for instance never need any shade. Cine- 

 rarias, Calceolarias and some other soft wooded plants 

 require shading from a very warm sun. Ferns and 



CALOEOLAEIA HYSSOPIFOLIi. 



mosses again, always succeed hest if so placed that the 

 sun never reaches them, hut still near enough to the 

 light. A window that the sun does not shine on suits 

 them to a nicety. When plants are kept at a distance 

 from the light they get weak and sickly, throwing out 

 lean unhealthy branches and turning their leaves all 



