Show Plants in Picture Window Call for Special Care A Winter Window Garden Makes Spring Come and Teaches Many Popularity of picture have caused some readjustment In the rules for winter window A north window of normal proportions has not been considered a good location for flowering because of insufficient But a picture window facing north which is not shaded from reflected of the northern is a preferred location for most of the plants which are easy to grow in the The light which such a window admits is adequate and it has the aci vantage of an even and cool In a room varies between 70 and 80 degrees In daylight the temperature close to a north window will often be 10 to 20 degrees A picture window facing on the other which gets the full impact of the winter sun will usually be subject to extreme variations of If you place a thermometer between a south and storm on A a sunny yon may get read er ings up to when the outside temperature is below East and west picture windows are likely to be more favorable to plants one faring but the northern exposure is even more easily and favors wider variety oi Cyclamens bloom in this location White narcissi do much better than in a sunnier where the temperature range is much may be injured by too much sun do It is an ideal spot for African calla and all the hardy bulbs will and of course the foliage points and florists' green An arrangement by which a shade or curtain can be low red between the plants and the g ass on sub-zero nights will protect from injurious provided the window is of the double pane or has a tightly fitted storm Automatic watering for indoor plants will save lots of and may save your Trays or saucers in which two inches of coarse sand can be cod should be the pots on this and keep water in the sand just below tho bottom of the This water be drawn into the pot as needed to keep the soil without danger of Evaporation from the trays will also help humidify the which is usually too methods of humidifying th may be available will te Those who live with picture win-downs soon learn that the or glare they is not alwa s It is easily softened by a gauzy and in the case of plants excessive variations in temperature may be lessened by shading with such a or a screen of similar |