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WHEN GROUPING plants in a hanging basket, it is useful to have one larger central plant surrounded by smaller-growing kinds, but planting several of a single kind can be equally effective. The side plants in a basket will usually be trailing types, with taller, bushier plants set in the top so that the finished planting creates a ball of color.

The task of growing house plants is much simplified if the gardener thinks of groups of plants that require certain conditions with a certain environment and appropriate treatment for each group. Simple grouping of such plants is (1) warm, desert type, requiring full sunshine, warmth and moderate watering; (2) cool moist conditions, either with bright sunlight or half-shade; (3) plants needing considerable heat and high humidity, either with full or slightly modified sunlight.

This method requires skillful reading t who plan efficiently and organize well. R tional reading periods in which no diagn skill-development activities take place ca considered to be individualized reading. In conclusion, evidence indicates that tl to good grouping practices is flexibility, different types of grouping—whole class, by ability, by skill, and by interest—sh alternated throughout the year. No single grouping can meet all the reading needs group of pupils.