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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



it one of our most desirable decorative 

 plants for the window. It loves a warm 

 shady position and a moist soil. There are 

 two variegated varieties of this easily grown 

 plant, but Anthericum vittatum is not as 

 pretty as the picturatum. Young plants 

 are produced, as seen in the picture, on the 



Sanseviera Zeylanica 



stolons or flowering stalks, and can be easily 

 removed and potted. 



Belonging to the same family as the com- 

 mon garden balsam, islmpatiens Sultani or 

 Zanzibar Balsam, often erroneously called 

 the Patience Plant. It takes its generic 

 name, "Impatiens," from the fact that like 

 the garden balsam it bursts its seed-pods in 

 a very impatient manner before the pods are 

 really ripe. Anyone who has attempted to 



])ick a pod of balsam seed in the garden be- 

 fore it seems to be mature can testify to the 

 hasty impatient manner in which the seed 

 pod bursts, scattering the seed in all direc- 

 tions. Unlike most common or local names 

 the name " Patience Plant " is not at all 

 appropriate. 



A warm sunny position in the window 

 gives the greatest profusion of the pretty 

 rose-scarlet flowers. The magenta and 

 salmon colored varieties of this plant also 

 are very pretty and attractive. Under suit- 

 able conditions new plants are frequently 

 obtained from self-grown seed. 



Green Fly and Red bpider are the worst 

 foes of this desirable window plant. To- 

 bacco water for the Green Fly and a good 

 sprinkling of clear water on the under side 

 of the leaves for Red Spider are the most 

 approved remedies. 



Another pretty window plant seldom seen 

 is the Peperomia. Its pretty silvery marked 

 leaves look very effective in winter time. A 

 warm shaded position in the window suits it 

 best. 



One of the best gas resisting plants we 

 have for the house is the Sanseviera Zeylani- 

 ca, or Bow-string Hemp plant. Although not 

 of a graceful habit its tall spire-like silver- 

 barred foliage is very effective in a collec- 

 tion of window plants. It will succeed 

 best in a warm situation in the house away 

 from the window, as its tough leathery 

 leaves do not show the effects of dry atmos- 

 phere like other plants. It must be watered 

 very sparingly, as over-watering or too fre- 

 quent waterings will kill it unless it is kept 

 in a very high temperature. It is a slow 

 growing plant and requires very little pot 

 room but plenty of drainage. 



In the fall I always plow to the rows of 

 small fruit bushes and grape vines to shed 

 water away from the roots. In low ground 



the frost is liable to heave the plants out in 

 case this is not done. — (A. W. Peart, Bur- 

 linerton. 



