SCHIZANTHUS, SEDUM 



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INDOOR CULTURE 



The variety used for 

 indoors is S. Wiselonensis. 

 This is best adapted for the 

 purpose and produces long- 

 stemmed flowers in shades 

 of white, pink and lavender. 

 For December flowering sow 

 seed in late September and 

 transplant the seedlings into 

 pots. Give those in 2^s a 

 shift into 4s by the middle 

 of November; pinch them 

 back once or twice, but not 

 later than the middle of 

 November. As soon as the 

 plants become potbound, 

 they will set buds and start 

 to bloom, and you can have 

 nice flowering plants for 

 Christmas in a 48-deg. house. 



Those intended for later 

 flowering should be kept 

 shifted and pinched. You 

 can, by giving that treatment systematically, produce specimens 

 three feet in diameter by Spring. 



For cut flowers to bloom during the latter part of February 

 and later, plant 2^-in. stock out on a bench in December. Another 

 way is to sow on a solid bed; this will give you fine flowers during 

 March and April. Always grow in a cool house and if you want 

 plants in pots, shift when necessary, unless you should want the 

 plants to come into flower early, as in the case of the ones wanted 

 for Christmas. 



SEDUM (STONECROP) 



There are quite a number of attractive Sedums for the rockery. 

 They are all dwarf sorts and not of much value to the florist. In 

 fact, even among the tall ones, there are hardly any we can call 

 money makers; yet Sedum spectabile "Brilliant," the red-leaf form of 

 S. spectabile, is really a most attractive border plant. Its healthy, 

 thick, bronze-red foliage always looks well and the plants are 

 covered in late Summer with a mass of tiny pinkish flowers, borne 

 in large heads, a foot or so above the leaves. 



They are perfectly hardy and are easily divided in Spring or 

 Fall. If you handle perennials it won't hurt to carry a few, 



Fig. 266. SCHIZANTHUS. For both indoor and 

 outdoor growing Schizanthus is a source of desir- 

 able cut flowers 



