WINDOW-GARDEN 



readily than almost any other plant I have 

 knowledge of. And it requires very little 

 care. Its ability to take care of itself is 

 one of the strong arguments in its favor, 

 especially with the amateur who is distrust- 

 ful of his skill in the management of plants 

 that insist on having their peculiarities 

 humored. It has little to boast of in the 

 way of attractive foliage, though a plant 

 well set with vigorous, healthy foliage is far 

 from being unhandsome, but it has a right to 

 pride itself on the beauty of its flowers. Some 

 of the scarlet varieties are so exceedingly bril- 

 liant that they- actually seem to impart a feel- 

 ing of warmth to the observer. The little child 

 who declared that auntie's Geraniums were 

 " on fire " was conscious of this suggestion of 

 heat in the intensity of color which character- 

 izes some of the most richly colored sorts. 

 Others are extremely delicate in color and tint. 

 Some are pure white. All the recently intro- 

 duced varieties have large, wide-petalled flow- 

 ers, borne in trusses of good size, on long 

 stalks. A well-developed plant, symmetrical 

 in shape and properly furnished with foliage 

 to serve as a background against which to dis- 

 play its blossoms effectively, is a magnificent 



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