January, 1906 
AMERICA 
NeeEOwWrE Ss: -AcNDY GARDENS 53 
anything, but in the living-room a fine spray 
instead of a stream must be depended on. 
There are sprayers now on the market operat- 
ing automatically by air pressure that do most 
excellent work, and do it in such a manner that 
there is little likelihood of injury to anything 
in the room. Such a spraying outfit ought to 
be owned by every amateur gardener. 
Tue plants in the window ought to be 
shifted from time to time, that all of them may 
have an equal chance at the sunshine. If not 
turned frequently they become one-sided, as 
their branches and leaves will always reach out 
toward the light. An unsymmetrical plant is 
never pleasing. 
Do not overcrowd your windows. Have 
only as many plants in them as you can find 
ample room—and that means elbow-room— 
for. No plant can do itself justice if it is not 
given an opportunity to develop itself natu- 
rally, and that it can not do if crowded. Keep 
in mind the fact that one really fine, sym- 
metrical specimen will afford vastly more 
pleasure than a score of dwarfed ones, and 
thin out your collection until those that re- 
main have all the room they need. 
Avo frequent and great alternations of 
temperature. Seventy degrees by day is quite 
enough heat for your plants, and you will be 
all the healthier if you do not let the living- 
room temperature go above that figure. At 
night it may go down to fifty-five, or even 
fifty. But do not let these changes take place 
abruptly. A great change of temperature hap- 
pening suddenly will often injure a delicate 
plant almost as much as a touch of frost. 
Ir your plants become frozen move them at 
once to a cool, dark room and shower them 
promptly with cold water. If they are allowed 
to wilt before removal you will hardly be able 
to save the tops of them, but their roots may 
come out of the ordeal with but little injury. 
Keep them in the dark until you are able to 
tell what the result of the freezing and the 
after-treatment is likely to be. “Tender plants 
often survive quite a severe freezing when 
treated as advised as soon as their condition 
is discovered. On no account let warmth get 
to them before showering. The frost in them 
must be drawn out by cold instead of heat 
—not a degree of cold equal to frost tempera- 
ture, of course, but one that ranges only a 
few degrees above that point. 
A Lapy writes as follows: “I have several 
fine palms. “They are in ten and twelve inch 
pots. These pots, I am quite sure, are full 
of roots. Other plants, in a similar condition, 
would need repotting, and I suppose these do, 
but I do not want to put them in larger pots 
if I can avoid it, because large pots are so dif- 
ficult to handle. Is there any method by 
which I can keep my plants healthy without 
putting them in tubs?” 
Yes; by the use of liquid fertilizers. Guano 
is soluble in water, and this manure is rich in 
many elements of plant food. Most florists 
sell “flower foods’ that are said to be re- 
liable, but many kinds on the market I have 
found unsatisfactory. The liquid manure pre- 
pared as advised in a foregoing paragraph is a 
most excellent plant food, as I have proved by 
many years of use. If either this or a solution 
of guano is applied once a week in such a quan- 
tity as to reach all the roots in the pot your 
plants will be likely to receive all the nutri- 
ment they require and remain in perfect health 
so far as root action is concerned. I have in 
my greenhouse a plant of Aspidistra which has 
not been repotted for eight years. This plant 
has been fed wholly on liquid food, and a finer 
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