GROWING PLANTS FOR 



"kills two birds with one stone" she beauti- 

 fies the window and her table at the same time. 

 Care must be taken to get the plumosus nanus 

 variety. There is another variety often worked 

 off on the unsuspecting amateur as equally 

 desirable. This is A. tenuissimus. It is a 

 pretty plant, but it is a vine, therefore it lacks 

 the upright, spreading habit which admirably 

 fits plumosus nanus for table use. 



\ NOTHER fine decorative plant that is 

 -Z~JL not at all common is Begonia aurea varie- 

 gata. While small, this Begonia has large 

 foliage, shaped something like that of the Rex 

 section, very heavy and thick in texture, of a 

 dark-green, glossy ground, blotched and mar- 

 bled irregularly with creamy white, deepening 

 to soft yellow, often with streaks and dashes of 

 rose blending into the other colors most charm- 

 ingly. Young plants have a large quantity of 

 foliage which almost entirely hides the pot, but 

 older plants lose most of their early leaves and 

 exert their energies in the development of 

 gnarled and twisted stems which unfit them for 

 table use. This is a plant that comes out well 

 under artificial light. It needs no flowers to 



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