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  spider 
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   doing 
  them 
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  not 
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  on 
  hand- 
  

   atomizers. 
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  not 
  do 
  effective 
  work 
  

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  is 
  a 
  sprayer 
  by 
  which 
  a 
  

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  a 
  spray 
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  be 
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  at 
  will. 
  

  

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  safe 
  way 
  

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  so 
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  in 
  

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  least 
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  a 
  week, 
  

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  many 
  of 
  them, 
  

   from 
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  are 
  not 
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  and 
  vigor- 
  

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  impossible 
  to 
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  have 
  made 
  root-growth 
  by 
  

   this 
  time, 
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  can 
  begin 
  to 
  bring 
  them 
  to 
  

   the 
  windows. 
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  away 
  from 
  strong 
  

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  if 
  you 
  want 
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  secure 
  the 
  best 
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   from 
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  too 
  high 
  a 
  temperature, 
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   are 
  likely 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  rapid, 
  weak 
  growth, 
  and 
  

   their 
  flowers 
  will 
  be 
  short-lived. 
  

  

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  correspondent 
  writes: 
  "Last 
  winter 
  I 
  had 
  

   the 
  misfortune 
  to 
  have 
  my 
  plants 
  frozen. 
  I 
  

   did 
  not 
  know 
  what 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  them, 
  What 
  

   is 
  the 
  right 
  kind 
  of 
  treatment?" 
  

  

  As 
  soon 
  as 
  you 
  find 
  that 
  your 
  plants 
  are 
  

   frozen, 
  remove 
  them 
  to 
  a 
  cool 
  room 
  — 
  not 
  a 
  

   cold 
  one 
  — 
  and 
  shower 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  cool 
  wa- 
  

   ter. 
  This 
  will 
  extract 
  the 
  frost 
  from 
  them 
  so 
  

   gradually 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  prevent 
  a 
  rupture 
  of 
  their 
  

   cells, 
  and 
  the 
  probabilities 
  are 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  

   them 
  can 
  be 
  saved. 
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  this 
  must 
  be 
  done 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  any 
  warmth 
  gets 
  to 
  them. 
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  they 
  wilt 
  

   before 
  they 
  are 
  showered, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  

   die. 
  

  

  Another 
  correspondent 
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  "I 
  am 
  very 
  

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  of 
  flowers, 
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  I 
  haven't 
  a 
  good 
  place 
  for 
  

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  On 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  our 
  house 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  long, 
  wide 
  veranda. 
  Do 
  you 
  think 
  I 
  could 
  

   make 
  a 
  plant- 
  room 
  out 
  of 
  it? 
  How 
  could 
  I 
  

   heat 
  it?" 
  

  

  Yes, 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  very 
  success- 
  

   ful 
  plant-rooms 
  made 
  by 
  enclosing 
  verandas 
  

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  I 
  do 
  not 
  need 
  to 
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  you 
  how 
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  this. 
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  space 
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  a 
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  tight 
  

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  it. 
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  know 
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  large 
  panes 
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