FOLIAGE PLANTS OTHER THAN PALMS I9I 



grass-green and the branches are produced 

 in regular whorls of five at short but regular 

 intervals, making a very pretty and symmet- 

 rical plant. It is one of the most popular 

 house plants and is the best formal plant for 

 house decoration. The Norfolk Island pine 

 will stand a great deal of neglect, so long 

 as it is in a cool place and the soil about 

 its roots kept moist. 



One of the easiest grown foliage plants 

 is the canna; of course it will flower, but, 

 primarily, when grown in the window garden 

 it is a foliage plant. The best one to grow 

 is Black Beauty. Outdoors, this canna 

 grows five to six feet high but in pot culture, 

 it will reach only two or three feet in height. 

 The leaves are rich, glistening, bronzy 

 purple, shaded black and the margins of 

 the leaves are crimped or wavy. The 

 flowers are small and not to be considered 

 in house culture. The bulbs can be bought 

 from the seedsmen, but an easier way is 

 to dig up the bulbs which have flowered 

 in the garden during the summer, dry them 

 oflT and then pot them up in six or seven 

 inch pots and start them growing. The 

 plant will make a good show all winter 



