62 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
mal standards, with the flowering branches several 
feet from the pot, like the head of a tree. For 
certain uses they are appropriate, but I think not 
nearly as beautiful as when well trimmed to shape 
and grown in the ordinary way. 
The heliotrope objects to any sudden change, 
whether of temperature, watering or soil, and will 
readily turn brown and drop all its leaves. Giving 
it proper care and cutting back, however, will quickly 
bring it into good humor again. 
Petunia 
The petunia is one of the most easily grown 
and generous bloomers of all house plants. It 
is, however, a little coarse and some people object 
to its heavy odor. The flowers are both single and 
double, each having its advocates. Both have been 
vastly improved within the last few years. Cer- 
tain it is that some of the new ruffled giant singles 
are remarkably beautiful, even as individual flowers; 
and the new fringed doubles, which come in agree- 
able shades of pink, variegated to pure white (in- 
stead of that harsh magenta which characterized 
the older style) produce beautiful mass effects with 
their quantities of bloom. 
They are grown either from seed or cuttings, the 
latter frequently blooming in the cutting box, if 
allowed to. In raising seedlings, be sure to save 
all the slowest growing and delicate looking plants, 
