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plants are more liable to be injured by fi-ost than plants in the ground, because 
the fibres of the roots cling to the sides of the pots and are more quickly afiected 
by the chilling air. 7. The faster a plant grows, the farther apart are the 
leaves, the more distant the side branches, and the more bare appears the stem. 
Richness of foliage can never be attained when leaves become thus scattered. 
By keeping a lower temperature, especially at night, there will be a slower and 
more desirable growth, and conducive to compactness of habit in plants. 8. No 
plants can bear sudden contrasts of temperature without injury, therefore bring 
nothing directly from a heated room to the cool open air 9. By checking the 
growth of leaves and branches you throw more strength into the flowers; this 
is why the terminal shoots of many plants should be pinched oflFto increase their 
vigor. 10 Avoid excessive heat. Plants often languish in a hot temperature 
while their owners cannot imagine why they do not grow, forgetting that the at- 
mosphere is already too warm for even human beings. Suggestions like these 
will show that although Window Gardens require some skill and experience in 
good management, yet there is nothing abstruse or difficult to pi-event any one 
from undertaking the care of one which needs only a reasonable degree of thought 
ftud attention t*^ make it a constant delight. 
