66 Growing Flowers 



and plenty of sunlight. In the South they stay 

 outdoors year after year and grow to be small 

 trees, but in the North they should be potted in 

 large bucket pots, to give plenty of room for the 

 roots to spread, and should be brought indoors 

 in the fall. In planting out the next season, plant 

 the bucket with the plant. 



Gardenias are really more satisfactory as garden 

 plants than as house plants as the extremely fra- 

 grant odor becomes rather pungent when in a close 

 room. The flower is very delicate regardless of its 

 heavy waxlike appearance, and turns brown where 

 bruised. 



Gentian 



The gentian is a more or less fickle plant. It 

 grows and flowers successfully at times under cer- 

 tain conditions, while at other times under the 

 same conditions it not only refuses to flower but 

 refuses to attain a good growth as well. 



The gentian is most likely to thrive in a rich, loamy 

 soil, which has some stones in it, and which is very 

 moist. If the plants are protected in the winter by 

 a pane of glass, they will be benefited. 



