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PLANTS IN AN ATTIC APARTMENT, by                    
First Line: Yes, we are a trifle crowded, our furniture lines the walls
Last Line: And we'd live in a veritable jungle if half of the slips took root.
Subject(s): Greenhouses


Yes, we are a trifle crowded, our furniture lines the walls,
But that leaves window spaces, and the heart within me calls
For growing things, for greenery, for trailing, festooned vines,
For saucy home-grown blossoms, for even cactus spines --
So jardiniere and fernery, and basket, pot and urn
Fill sill and spill rich chlorophyll just everywhere we turn;
True, some of the plants are pallid, a little inclined to mope,
But with plants, you know, as with people, as long as there's life there's hope.
I never can bear to part with one that shows a sign of a shoot,
And we'd live in a veritable jungle if half of the slips took root.





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