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HOUSE PLANTS 



cannot grow it in a south window where it 

 will receive direct rays from the sun for the 

 greater part of the day, flowers need not be 

 expected. Seeds sown in July or August 

 in two-inch pots, from which they are shifted 

 to four-inch, and later to six-inch pots, will 

 flower some time about Thanksgiving or 

 Christmas, and will continue flowering the 

 rest of the winter. A six-inch pot is suffi- 

 ciently large for one plant, but very pretty 

 effects can be made by growing six or seven 

 plants in a larger pot, say nine- or ten-inch 

 and training them over a trellis. 



VINES GROWN FOR FOLIAGE 



The smilax of the florists (Asparagus 

 medeoloidesy also known as Myrsiphyllum 

 asparagoides) is also one of the best vines 

 for the amateur's window garden. Planted 

 in boxes, it can be trained to the window 

 cases. The shaded places in the window 

 garden are admirably adapted to its neces- 

 sities, so it can be used where other green 

 plants refuse to grow. The plant will 

 make a growth ten feet long, and must have a 

 string to climb upon. The foliage is a dark, 

 glossy green, and there are single white 



