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3. Plants for the Class Room. 



The "Fern Dish," so-called, may be any glass dish with a glass 

 top. On the bottom are placed various mosses, ferns, partridge 

 berry, possibly a pitcher plant, and other bog members. The bog 

 is then saturated with water. The moisture evaporates, collects 

 on the glass cover and falls back into the swamp. New plants 

 spring up from the seeds that were in the moss. The "fern dish" 

 presents an interesting center and requires little care. 



The following list was worked out by a girl in the Senior nature- 

 study class: — Miss Susie Cooper of Newport, R. I. : 



Plants suitable for sunny places 



1. Geraniums: old plants or cuttings. 



2. Petunia: stalks of old plant cut nearly to ground, plant 

 potted, put in cool place to sprout, then in window. 



3 . Pineapple : grown by breaking top from pineapple, putting 

 the top in water or sand until rooted. 



4. Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum Melvim) decorative. 



5 . Plants from seed. 



Marigold, "Dwarf French." Bloom after 5 or 6 weeks. 

 Sweet Pea, "Earliest of All." Bloom after 10 weeks. 

 Sweet Alyssum. Bloom after 6 or 8 weeks. 

 Candytuft. 



Lobelia : Plant seeds in spring, excellent for borders of gardens 

 of window-boxes. Transplant strongest of seedlings. 



6. Beet, Carrot, Parsley: Ornamental as well as useful. 

 I. Plants requiring a medium light {north, east or west windows). 



1. Begonia, rubra: bloom for several years; new plants or 

 cuttings. 



2. Abutilon: bloom when quite small. 



3. Pandanus: decorative foliage. 



4. Coleus: decorative foliage. 



5. Sedum, stonecrop. 



6. English and German ivys, wandering jew. Suitable for 

 edges of window boxes, or training branches over wire. 



7 . Cyclamen ; bloom best if not kept in very warm place. 



8. Cactus. 



9. Ferns: dwarf ones preferable. 



10. Dracaena: ornamental. 



11. Pepromia: ornamental. 



