WINDOW GARDENING. 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF HOUSE- 

 PLANTS. 



Soil — Pots and Potting — Watering — Temperature and 

 Atmospheric Moisture — Propagation — Situation and 

 Sunlight — Ventilation— Cleanliness — Insects — Fer- 

 tilizers — Pruning. 



So general is the desire for window plants at the 

 present day that their cultivation is almost univer- 

 sal, and they have become, in a measure, a popular 

 necessity. 



Plant life is a never failing source of interest. It 

 provides a diversion for the mind in leisure hours 

 or from vexatious cares. Indeed, the mysterious 

 principles of life and growth it presents, furnish 

 physical and moral lessons of the most healthy 

 character. 



But, while house plants have been introduced into 

 almost every home, and some succeed well in their 

 cultivation, many meet a greater or less degree of 



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