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fuchsias with their gracefully drooping flowers, will do 

 best in the east window. > 



WHAT TO GEOW. 



As you have probably not had much experience in 

 growing plants indoors, it will be wisest not to attempt 

 too much the first season. Crowded plants do not thrive 

 so well as if they have plenty of room in which to develop 

 and you may become weary of caring for too large a fam- 

 ily of plant children, since it will be an unfamiliar task 

 at first. 



I would suggest that you start your collection with 

 one or more geraniums. ' These are old fashioned flowers, 

 it is true, but they are liked by all and bloom freely with 

 ordinary care. Geraniums that are to bloom during the 

 winter should be taken from the garden early in Septem- 

 ber, if you wish to use old stalks. Shake the earth all 

 away from the roots, prune the plant into good shape and 

 then pot with fresh soil and keep your plant shaded for a 

 week or so. Then let it have sun and water, and in two 

 or three months it will be ready to reward you for your 

 care. If you prefer to start a new plant from the garden 

 geranium stalks, cut a firm young shoot or stem so as to 

 leave one or more buds on the cutting, set it deep in sand 

 and in a few weeks it will be ready to pot. 



I think you will enjoy making the acquaintance of 

 the bright faced Chinese primrose. This cheery plant 

 with its spring-like fragrance will probably give you flow- 

 ers larger than any other one in your window. It requires 

 constant moisture, but not muddiness. If the drainage 

 in your pots is poor so that the water stands in the soil, 

 the primrose will die off. It will probably be best for 

 you to buy the seed if you wish to attempt to grow prim- 

 roses. For choice plants in next winter's window garden 



