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WINDOW GARDENS AND OTHER BITS 
OF GREEN 
I ^HE common white petunia makes a 
really charming plant to use in a 
shady window. It is one of the most 
easily cultured plants. 
Lime will drive insects out of pots 
when everything else has failed. Be 
sure to use fresh lime. 
Do not let the plants in the window 
garden become one-sided by being 
drawn toward the light. Turn them 
about at least once a week that all sides 
of them may have an equal chance at the 
sunshine. 
It is a good plan to arrange the smaller 
ones in front near the glass, and the 
larger ones at the sides and rear. This 
enables all of them to get the benefit of 
the light, as they would not if the larger 
ones were given places near the glass, 
with the smaller ones tucked into the 
shady places between. 
Be sure that plants in hanging pots 
and baskets get all the water they need. 
Because they are near the ceiling, where 
the temperature is much higher than at 
the window sill, they will dry out much 
more rapidly than ordinary plants. 
They are also exposed on all sides, and 
this accelerates evaporation. 
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Rubber plants constantly require 
nourishment, and a simple fashion of 
filling this want is occasionally to pour 
a tablespoonful of castor oil into a little 
gully dug close around the stalk. Cover 
the oil with a light layer of earth and you 
will find that the plant soon greedily 
absorbs the unpleasant medicine. 
The most inexpensive plants for a 
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