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desirable kinds. A. Lophanta has very large doubly pinnate 
leaves, and is quite ornamental as a small plant. 
Achimenes are small plants of the Gloxinia family, with 
tender trailing stems and very pretty flowers of all colors. ‘They 
are very floriferous, of a herbaceous habit and tuberous-rooted. 
The tubers should be planted in March or April in light sandy 
soil. After planting and thorough watering the plants should 
be brought into a pretty warm room and kept in a shady posi- 
tion until started. In two months the plants will bloom freely. 
When stems and flowers decay store the pots in a cool, dry place 
till the following spring. 
Agathea. ‘This is a shrubby plant with blue aster-like 
flowers. Propagate by cuttings under glass, if handy. To 
form bushy specimens pinch often. Grows quickly and will do 
well in ordinary soil and in a cool place. 
Ageratum. An almost hardy plant of a neat compact 
habit, producing numerous blue flowers. Useful for baskets 
and window-boxes. Cuttings root freely. 
Alyssum maritimum. ‘This is a plant commonly known 
by the simple name of Sweet Alyssum. It is a low, compact 
plant, producing dense racemes of small, white, sweet-scented 
flowers. Propagated by brittle cuttings in sand in a warm, 
shady place; it will grow well in any ordinary soil. Useful for 
planting in baskets and window-boxes. 
Azaleas are beautiful evergreen shrubs of a bushy habit. 
There are double and single varieties, crimson, salmon-col- 
ored, white, one-colored or striped. Azaleas are very florife- 
rous and, when brought into flower early in spring, very use- 
ful and beautiful plants. They should be kept in a cool 
and somewhat shady position in summer, and must never be 
allowed to get dry. Soil composed of fibrous peat and sand 
