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OTHER DESIRABLE PLANTS 

 FOR AMATEUR CULTURE 



CONTINUED 



ARFUGIUM.— Farfugium 



grande, better known as 

 Leopard Plant, has long 

 been a favorite with those 

 who admire variegated 

 foliage. It has large cir- 

 cular leaves of dark green 

 spotted with yellow. The leaves are sent up 

 directly from the root. Therefore it is not a 

 plant of tall growth. Give it a soil of loam 

 and muck, equal parts. See that it gets all 

 the water it needs. 



Sometimes the mealy-bug attacks it. Be 

 on the watch for it. 



Genista. — A beautiful plant, blooming with 

 great profusion in early spring. Its flowers 

 are pea-shaped, borne in clusters all over the 

 plant. In color they are a bright yellow. De- 

 lightfully fragrant. Foliage as fine as the 



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