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Show " . "sH 'I forVuntTovers.. I CHARACTER AND HABITS OP R HOUSEHOLD ORNAMENTS. Hi Different Specimens Vry Greatly In HJ Their Requirements Not AH Need HJ Eunllght to Attain Perfection of HJ Growth Care of Palmt. IBG Man) do not think It la wise lo HJ have plants In Ihilr living rooms dor- J Ing Hie winter, while others ale rare- JM lees of the wisdom of It. hut nimbi M mil be happ) unless the) bad urnn H and diiwerlng plunls In one or iwue H looms of Ihelr houiea Tn se Iho H pains housewives lake to havo plani- H lu llieli hollies, ofleu under the idcmI kH adverse ellninislanri's. Iiwils inn In H believe thai the love ot nature and of M Hie beautiful Is deeply planlid with H In Iho rharailer or luimt woini n jH If vou ate going to have planli.. iB lloweilug and olbernlse, In )ooe 99 Inline, II Is of the utmost Imporlann IH In know Iho ehaiailcr and hablln of IHJ each plant. If )oii wish lo eiilllvioi- HB and have them flowi-r sin reasfull) HE Home shoulil bo plated where Diet Hjl get ihe direct ni)s or the sun hi mid' HJ da, while olbers, like snlnmandir. H will stand an) ninount of heat and do Hja bi-st al a siuitli window Few plant. ILBjl will grow und bloom without tun- sVJ shine, but theie lire n few whlrli Hja make a lovely show even In the norllt JM window All kinds of ferns love jnL H such a slliiallon, sweet violets will H grow nmoiiK Ihe ferns nnd bloom H fml). tilling Ihe riHim wllh ilulr tM aw eel odor The vnrlettes of Iiikoii- H las whlrli depend for their beaul .ii H tallage rather than rioweis do welt H without sun We have even seen lo H gonlas covered wllh IJonm nnd irr H fi-ct inasseti or folia go which bait Hjja leached Dial stale of perfection wllh H out a ray of sunshine H For soiilli windows geraniums, focb H slss, sweet nl)ssum, hellotruprs, rnr H nslloiis and oitnlla will give perfect H sallsfaclloii und a mass of bloom They H can also bo grown In an east or wirl H window, but geraniums particularly H will not do so well any place as In ii H south window llegonlas, caltss. fuch H alas, reverruw, mignonette, all do well IH where Ihey get sun hut part of Ihn H day H Any ol Iho following plauts air tr H lie relleil on either for bloom or foil- H age, as staled. They are particularly H sulteil lo the furnace-healed, dual- H tadened air of our dwellings, and do- Hja not neeil much attention: IHJ Tho India rubber tree (Pens rlns- HJ Ilea) stands at Ihn bend of ileroratlvo HJ house plunls which will stand n hoi. HJ dry atmosphere A large, well grown HJ SK-cliuen wilt have leaven lour or five H Inches wide nnd nenrly u foot lung HJ It doea no) ilrop lis lenves easily. H some remnlnlng on several years Thu HJ irnTes-Tlhmnri-vie-nnMeei-freMrBiMVr.. HJ The plant requires plenty nf light. anil H water, nnd makes a betler growth if H supplied with plant food once n week H I)racoenn lermlimtla Is another very H ornamental, long leaved pauut l.lkn H Ihe flcus, It will stand n dry nlini- H phern Its leaves are a dark crimson HJ marked lenglhwlse wllh a llghlir H pink The plant needs repotting H spring and rail Dining the winter H Ihn liMies must bn wiped off wllh n HJ dump sKnge na often na Ihn dust ar HJ cuiuulatcti on Ihem It requires fomo H sunshine nnd consldernble wuler H Another plant which wilt thrive In H Ihe same situation Is the screw plm H (paudnmiia Javaniicus) I' vnrlcgatti H Is parlleularly diwlrahlu It baa luiit H narrow, drooping leaves, vnrleaalei) H with lighter green, almost while It H will do well with but llttlo sunshine M hut needs plenty of light. It requires. H but a moderate quantity of wntci HJ Most of the palm family are sulleii HJ for Hit iiilliire, und do well whin H given a place where I hey mo secure H from free ting They will do wllh HJ II I He light, nnd for Ihla reason nro di H slrublu ornaments for the hall or Ihe H stairway landing The) do not, how H ever, object lo sunshine, nud nre it H handsome addition to nuy colli ctlon H or plains They shoulil bo kept In IH rather small pol They nqiilm ti H peaty soil, mixed with sand, nml plentv H or water l.lvlslonu ehlnensls Is one- HJ of Ihe most elegant varieties but H latanla boiirboulcu and Ihu dwarf pal ImM metlo isnbnl iiilainsoull) are also vi r HJ goo.1 HJ Other auiiiuls well worth) or pot HJ culture nro sweet ul)sum, mlgnourlle hHJ and morning glories. Tho latter at" HJ line for hanging haskela and for A HJ When grown In a it on a trellis a Hi fiHit high, Ihey will show a 'lfeet HJ mas or flowers In thu houro lh 3 flowers remain out nil day nud nn M about half tho usual site HI |