CHAPTER XIV 
The Care of House Plants 
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. 
—Cowper. 
**TF you are one of those people who love flowers 
and can make them grow,’’ said a Fifth Avenue 
florist to me recently, ‘‘you can do almost anything 
you please with them, and they will thrive.’’ ‘‘So, 
then,’’ I laughed, ‘‘you think love has a great deal 
to do with the matter?’’ And he replied, ‘‘I most 
certainly do!’’ Therefore, if you love to see ‘‘the 
green things growing,’’ enough to give them the 
least bit of intelligent care, you can reasonably hope 
to raise all you have room for. 
The main points to bear in mind are light, heat 
and moisture. Flowering plants need sunlight at 
least part of the day, and generally do best in a 
south window. Most of the decorative or foliage 
plants, on the other hand, will keep looking well 
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