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HOUSE PLANTS 



roots develop. A cool room, ha^/ino; a 

 temperature of 35 degrees to 40 degrees at 

 night, and not higher than 50 degrees dur- 

 ing the dav, will be excellent. From here 

 they can be brought into the window of the 

 living room as wanted. 



The ease with which the oxalis and freesias 

 can be grown, and their beautv, are cer- 

 tainlv attractions enough to induce an^\"one 

 who has inclination to grow flov-ers to try 

 them in the window. 



The ixia and sparaxis, however, are seldom 

 met vrith even at the florists. Both are 

 cool-loving plants. The ixia does best vv-hen 

 grown in a night temperature of 35 degrees 

 or 40 degrees, with a rise of 10 degrees 

 or 15 degrees during the dav. It sends up 

 long, grass-like leaves, and finallv a long 

 flower stalk, sometimes eighteen inches high, 

 w^hich ends in a spike three to eight inches 

 long, of red, white, or blue flowers-, according 

 to the variety-. The spikes contain six to 

 twelve flowers, each of vrhich is anw.vhere 

 from one to two inches in diameter. If 

 successfullv flowered thev are worth all the 

 time and trouble vou have gone to to produce 

 them. 



