108 PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 



Mexican Sage (S. splendens), introduced from Mexico about 

 forty years ago. It is a rank growing shrub, with long, 

 jointed stalks, crowned with rich, scarlet flowers. The best 

 way to grow it is to set the plant in rich soil in the garden 

 in spring. . It will grow vigorously. About the last of 

 September pot it (it transplants easily), shade it for a few 

 days, then remove it to a sunny window, where it will 

 delight you with its brilliant blossoms for two months. 

 Then keep it cool until spring, and repeat the operation 

 until the plant becomes so large as to be unmanageable ; 

 then spring cuttings must be taken off and rooted. 



The proper soil is, three parts loam, one leaf mould, 

 one manure, with a sprinkling of sand. 



Salvia patens is an exquisite blue flowered variety. It 

 blooms well in the garden in summer, and the fleshy roots 

 may be preserved like a dahlia through the winter. 



There are many other fine varieties. 



THE TROP^OLUM. 



This flower, from its earliest discovery and introduction, 

 has been a popular favorite. As year by year newer varieties 

 have been discovered, or finer seedlings raised from old 

 favorites, it has steadily advanced in favor, till now, the 



