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ton. (this would be Mealy bug.) 
If the blooms are of good size and the leaves are glossy and vibrant 
looking, you can be safe in feeling you do have a good healthy plant, and 
have nothing to fear. 
While on the subject of purchasing, take the time to ask the grower if 
this particular plant is being sold under any other name. By so doing 
you can avoid duplicating a plant that you may already have. 
PROPER LOCATION 
The best location in your home might be in any window, but the ten- 
dency seems to lean to either a North or a East exposure. This is due 
to the fact that most of the year the rays of the Sun are entirely too di- 
rect in the South and in the West. This is because the African Violet 
(or Saintpaulia) did come from the shaded jungle hillsides, and to get 
the most from our plants, both in growth and bloom, we should try to 
reproduce these conditions as near as is possible. There was also sub- 
dued Sunlight that filtered through to the plants, but these were defin- 
itely not strong direct rays. 
If you have no alternative other than a South or West exposure, you 
can overcome this obstacle in the following manner; First of all make 
a shadow test. This can be done by placing your hand between the noon- 
day Sun’s rays coming through the window, and the plants, trying to 
keep the hand approximately 18" ahead of the plants. If you can see only 
a blurred shadow of your hand, you have about the proper light inten- 
sity, if the shadow is sharply outlined you have entirely too much direct 
Sunshine striking your plants and this will cause the leaves to turn a 
pale Tan color. This is what is known as leaf scald or burn. 
To remedy this situation you can do one of several things, place a 
piece of paper between the window and the plants in the heat of the day, 
