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CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 15, 1895. 



Single Copy 



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10 CENTS. No. 77. 



MR. CHAS. T. LOGUE'S HOUSE AND VERANDA PLANTS 



House and Window. 



fl VERflNDfl DECORATED WITtl PLANTS. 



The illustration herewith presented is 

 from a photograph taken on the 20th of 

 September last. The veranda is in the 

 rear of the residence and faces north, and 

 is shaded about two-thirds of the day. I 

 have found this to be a good place to 

 grow a great variety of tropical plants, 

 etc., as it is protected somewhat from 

 high winds. As a rule the plants and beds 

 are arranged differently each year. This 

 makes it attractive rot only to myself 

 but to all lovers of the beautiful, .\mong 

 the cycads and palms used for this out- 

 door decoration I have found the follow- 

 ing to do well: Cvcasrerohita (see large 

 plant near "Paul") which recently made 



a growth of 37 leaves 41/2 feet long at one 

 time ( under glass). Cycas circinalis is a 

 beautiful plant, but it should be in a some- 

 what protected place. The palms used 

 are Areca lutescens, Carrnta urens, 

 Chamwdorea elegans, Kentia lielwore- 

 ana, Latania Borbonica and several 

 varieties n( Pbccnix. I have tried several 

 small plants of Seaforthia elegans and 

 have had nothing but failure with it. I 

 use quite a variety of ferns, Aspleniutn 

 Mdus (or the bird's nest fern) is a won- 

 derful plant, it never knows when to stop 

 making fronds, and large ones at that (see 

 plant in picture at corner of house). 

 Among other varieties used are a few 

 nephrolepis, pteris, etc. The banana trees 

 shown are Hart's choice and Cavendishii. 

 They are very easily grown, all they 

 need is a rich soil and plenty of water. In 

 the hanging baskets I use a few large 

 bromeliads and variegated pine apple 



plants. And they seem to stand almost 

 everj'thing in the way of neglect. On the 

 right of the steps there is a bed of hardy 

 ferns of about twenty-five varieties, which 

 came from the mountains in this vicinity. 

 They are planted in good soil about one- 

 third leaf mold, and for the first year have 

 done remarkably well, and the next 3 ear 

 I expect to see something fine from them. 

 The vines on the brick wall are the well 

 known Ampelopsis Veitchii-and are two 

 years old, they were raised from seed, 

 which was sown where the plants are 

 row growing. To grow this vine quickly 

 1 find that it pays to spray thebrick wall 

 every few days with water. I have done 

 this and can easily see agreatdifferencein 

 growth as compared with others not so 

 watered. The other plants used in front 

 of the verarda were several varieties of 

 dwarf cannas, alocasias, caladiums, aspi- 

 distra, cyperus, etc. We water them 



