Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1877 — House Plants. [ARTICLE]

House Plants.

It may not be generally known among the would-be lovers of nice plants, that the east or south window is just the best place about the house to keep them. I dp not believe that flowers are aristocratic and like to be set up in the parlor, tq be seen only on reception days, or fora moment when one takes a Imrried-’trip to this best room, where the atmosphere is as dry as a*closest, and aluiost as dusty— not dirt,,hilt carpetswucp-. ings. House plants need a little atmospheric moisture—-in fact, must have it, or become sickly, and eventually die. Iu the kitchen Where the daily ineal is prepared,' this needed moisture can be supplied without a single extra step—an item Of no smali account to the tired housewife. If the floor is bare, so much the better, for its frequent washings 'prevent,much dust and keeps a cool, moist atmosphere for a time.j'OtnKhingakinto tliemighty dues so kindly provided for in the creation. — Rjcchauge.