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Example sentences for "house plant"

  • It is a hardy green-house plant, and usually propagated by cuttings.

  • I cannot, however, conscientiously recommend it as a house plant.

  • Gloire Cincinnati is a splendid begonia of very recent introduction and it is claimed to be much hardier than Gloire de Lorraine, but whether it will prove satisfactory as a house plant I cannot say.

  • And now that sweet-smelling plants are under consideration, may I not give you the details of an experiment with the common lilac as a house plant?

  • The canna thrives admirably as a house plant, and has a happy way of accommodating itself to circumstances, which makes it especially desirable for decorative effect.

  • It has been usual to treat this species as a green-house plant, or at least to shelter it under a frame in the winter; probably it is more hardy than we imagine.

  • It is a hardy green-house plant, and readily propagated by cuttings.

  • You may consider it either as a stove or a green-house plant, the former is more congenial to it in the winter season.

  • As a green-house plant, this small and delicate species has long been cultivated[5], and still continues to hold a place in all collections of note.

  • It is a hardy green-house plant, requiring a dry rather than a moist regimen.


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