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pots. Give either cuttings or divisions about sixty 
degrees at night after potting, which should be in 
spring, until put outdoors. Keep pinched to 
shape. Then bloom from late fall to February. 
Browallia—A very attractive flowering shrub, 
easily grown in a cool room, with plenty of sun- 
light. Sow seeds in 4-inch pots in August, thinning 
to three or four. Repot to 6 inches. Cuttings 
make good plants. Best grown as standards. 
B. elata is especially valuable because of its deep 
blue flowers. B. Jamesonii is orange. Roezlii and 
Grandiflora, blue or white. 
Daphne—D. odora is easily grown and very fra- 
grant. As ornamental as orange or lemon and very 
free flowering. Give almost no water in winter, 
or store incellar. Plants good for many years. 
Genista—A_ beautiful evergreen shrub, bearing 
freely in spring clusters of pea-shaped yellow 
flowers, richly fragrant. Cut back after flowering, 
and in fall put in a cold room, forty degrees, or a 
frame, giving several weeks rest. Cuttings may 
be rooted readily in spring, when pruning the 
plants. 
Grevillea robusta—The Silk Oak is grown with 
the greatest ease and makes an extremely graceful, 
beautiful plant, either by itself or as a center for 
fern dishes, etc. Sow in March and grow on with 
frequent shifts. 
Aibiscus—One of the most brilliant flowering 
