VEGETABLE PLANTS IN THE HOUSE 



conditions and grow really good plants from 

 seed in the living-room, but it cannot be 

 done unless the amateur gardener is suffi- 

 ciently interested in the undertaking to give 

 his plants all the attention they need. 



Instead of keeping them in the living- 

 room — which in most instances will have a 

 temperature of 79 or 80° — I would advise 

 giving them place in a room opening off the 

 sitting-room, where the temperature can be 

 so regulated that it will not go above 65° 

 at any time. There is far less danger of 

 plants suffering from a low temperature 

 than of their being injured by an excess of 

 heat. If the room in w^hich they are kept 

 has snug windows, in most instances it will 

 get all the warmth that is needed by leaving 

 open at night the door which connects it 

 with the living-room. If the weather is 

 very cold, the plants can be removed, tem- 

 porarily, to the living-room, or they can be 

 covered with newspapers. Thick paper 

 shades at the windows will do much to keep 

 out cold and prevent draughts. Storm- 

 sash will do this most effectively, but it 

 interferes with giving the young plants the 

 fresh air they need. Therefore I would pre- 

 fer the shades, and depend upon removal to 

 a warmer place on extra-cold nights. 



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