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HOUSE PLANTS 



attain to the proper conditions, the better and 

 surer the results. 



Although every cultural statement made 

 is based on my own practical experience as 

 a grower, yet the experiences of successful 

 amateurs (as told in several numbers of the 

 Garden Magazine) have been draw^n upon 

 in order to give encouragement to beginners. 

 Particularly must I acknowledge having 

 made extracts in Chapter I. from the writ- 

 ings of Mrs. M. K. Farrand, who created 

 the piazza conservatory, and whose calendar 

 of operations forms Chapter XVII., the 

 cellar door conservatory was originally 

 described by Mrs. Edith L. Fullerton; the 

 gas stove heating arrangement was invented 

 by Mrs. E. A. Eames, and Mr. Leonard Bar- 

 ron's ideas are embodied in Chapter VI. 

 The home propagating box and the home 

 fumigator described are original with Mr. 

 L. J. Doogue. I also wish to thank Mr. J. 

 D. Eisele, Mr. Peter Duff, and Mr. A. J. 

 Manda for suggestions and assistance. 

 New York, 1909 P. T. B. 



