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face, or below. These should be given deep 

 pots. Others throw out a root-system which 

 never goes far below the surface. For these 

 shallow pots are best. Study the character- 

 istics of your plant in this respect, and en- 

 deavor to give them pots suited to their 

 peculiarities. 



Hanging plants in the living-room certainly 

 do best in glazed pots, because the tempera- 

 ture in w^hich they are suspended is always 

 several degrees higher than that at the window- 

 sill, and consequently evaporation takes place 

 much more rapidly. Were porous pots to be 

 used, from whose sides moisture could pass 

 off, as well as from the surface of the soil, it 

 would be necessary to apply water much 

 oftener than is the case where evaporation 

 can take place from the surface only. 



The fact is, it matters much less what kind 

 of a vessel a plant is grown in than most 

 persons imagine. I have seen as fine plants 

 growing in an old wooden box as I ever saw 

 in anything. It is the soil, and the care given, 

 that counts most of all. Therefore if you dis- 

 like the appearance of the ordinary pot, use 

 glazed ones — use anything that happens to 

 be convenient — but be sure to provide what 



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