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HOUSE PLANTS 



full blown, and hung there, unchanging, to 

 the last day of the month. 



"We have different things to say of Charles 

 X. The person who christened it must 

 have known what the history books say of 

 that French Charles X: 'His policy was 

 bigoted and reactionary. Tt excited much 

 discontent.' Of no Charles X. was this 

 remark ever more true than of the one who 

 occupied our sunny window after November 

 1 2th. It came into leaf, but the flowers 

 never developed. 



"The deutzias remained unpromising until 

 about December 3rd, when a faint show of 

 green could be detected along the branches 

 of the plant that had had two treatments. 

 The other remained dormant. By Christ- 

 mas Day all the lower flowers were in full 

 bloom, while those at the tips of the branches 

 were still tiny buds. The leaves did not 

 grow much until the flowers were out. The 

 photographs were taken at Christmas time to 

 showthe relative condition, (see plate). 



"All the plants had the same treatment 

 from the time the dopes ended. They were 

 taken to the third floor, where the hall widens 

 out into what we call the sun parlour. Here 



