OTHER DESIRABLE PLANTS 



This plant likes more heat than most plants. 

 It must have plenty of sunshine. It has very 

 fine roots, therefore it must be watered freely, 

 and with great regularity. Allow the soil to 

 become dry and the plant will almost always 

 drop its leaves. The same thing will happen 

 if it is exposed to coal-gas. Give it a soil half 

 loam, half turfy matter, with considerable 

 sand worked into it. 



Drain the pots well. Use considerable fer- 

 tilizer when the plant comes into bloom. 

 Make cuttings of the old plants in spring, for 

 use in the outdoor garden later on. 



Lantana. — Plants of shrubby habit, bloom- 

 ing freely and continuously throughout the 

 entire summer, and again in winter if cut back 

 and made to renew themselves. Colors range 

 from pure white, through pink to red, yellow, 

 and orange. Flowers borne in clusters, all 

 over the plant. Can be made to grow to large 

 size, but this is not desirable unless you have 

 a room solely for flowers, where large plants 

 will not be crowded. Does well in any good 

 soil. Is seldom attacked by insects. Grows 

 readily from cuttings. Equally at home in a 

 pot or in the garden. 



Pelargonium. — A member of the Gera- 



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