CHAPTER XIV 



The Care of House Plants 



Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. 



— Cowper, 



*'If you are one of those people who love flowers 

 and can make them grow/' said a Fifth Avenue 

 florist to me recently, '^you can do almost anything 

 you please with them, and they will thrive. ' ' ' ^ So, 

 then," I laughed, *^you think love has a great deal 

 to do with the matter?'' And he replied, ^^I most 

 certainly do!" Therefore, if you love to see 'Hhe 

 green things growing," enough to give them the 

 least bit of intelligent care, you can reasonably hope 

 to raise all you have room for. 



The main points to bear in mind are light, heat 

 and moisture. Flowering plants need sunlight at 

 least part of the day, and generally do best in a 

 south window. Most of the decorative or foliage 

 plants, on the other hand, will keep looking well 



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