Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1911 — A Houseplant Item. [ARTICLE]

A Houseplant Item.

Houseplrats of any kind that seem to need more life and energy will thrive by submitting It to a course of ammonia water applications, that is, the soil. Ammonia when diluted in the proportions that one makes it to wash windows is a fertilizer. Soapy water Is quite as good and a combination of soapy water and ammonia is still better. Give the poor houseplants a drink that is also food to them when you are about to throw into the drain a material which they actually require to appear at their best.