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plant which ought to occupy a prominent 

 place in your plant-room, where it will be 

 found much more effective than in the window, 

 as the latter place does not afford it an oppor- 

 tunity to display its beauty effectively. 



It is of easy culture. Give it a soil of garden- 

 loam made friable by the addition of sand. 

 Water it regularly, but do not keep it wet. 

 Shower it all over as often as possible — this to 

 keep it clean, and prevent the red spider, its 

 only enemy, from doing it harm. It likes 

 plenty of good light, but does not seem to care 

 for sunshine. Apply a fertilizer whenever a 

 new whorl of branches is being produced. It 

 is so entirely different from the Palm in all 

 respects that those who have grown that plant 

 for some time will appreciate its decorative 

 ability, by way of change. 



The Pandanus, or Screw Pine, is another 

 extremely beautiful plant for decorative pur- 

 poses, especially the variety catalogued as 

 P. Veitchii. This has a stripe of white run- 

 ning the entire length of the leaf. The leaves 

 are long, and narrow, and curve gracefully 

 out from the center of the plant, thus making 

 it very effective for the center of a group. The 

 edges of the leaves are thickly set with saw- 



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