FLOWERING PLANTS 61 
monious contrasts of color, and the most delicate 
blendings of rare shades, such as snow white and 
lilac. Unfortunately, these marvelous blossoms re- 
main but a few weeks at most, and then there is a 
year’s care and waiting. As with the fantastic 
cacti, all their blossoming energy and beauty seems 
to be concentrated into one brief but glorious effort. 
It certainly is to be hoped that the new strain, men- 
tioned on a former page, will successfully be de- 
veloped. Pelargoniums are propagated by cuttings, 
and cared for as the ordinary geraniums, except 
that they should be kept very cold and dry during 
their winter resting spell. Cut back after bloom- 
ing. 
Heliotrope 
The heliotrope has long been the queen of 
all flowers grown for fragrance. It is grown 
readily from either seeds or cuttings; the lat- 
ter generally rooted in the spring. For bloom- 
ing in winter, start young plants in February, or 
cut back old ones after flowering, and keep growing 
but pinched back and disbudded, in partial shade 
during the summer. 
There are several varieties, from dark purple to 
very light and white. Lemoine’s hybrids have the 
largest flowers, but are not so fragrant as some of 
the smaller sorts. 
By pinching off the side shoots and training to a 
single main stalk, the plants may be grown as for- 
