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Canna, Coleus, Lemon-verbena, any of the scented Geraniums, 

 in short, any plant that you may be growing to form a show of 

 leaves, like the Ricinus or those already mentioned, then dig 

 deep and use fertilizer almost without limit. But should you 

 attempt to get bloom under such conditions (except the "flower- 

 ing Cannas") you will fail, because such high feeding produces 

 the same effect on all plants heavy foliage. For all flowering 

 plants, one would select a medium quality soil. About what 

 you find in the average vegetable garden is just right. Such 

 soil is usually rich enough to produce a healthy growth, and at 

 the same time not so rich as to force it all to top. 



Photo 144 

 Orchids and Tropical Plants. 



