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singaultia), Senecio mikanioides and S. macroglossus (parlor 

 ivies). See also list below. 



Low -growing, trailing, or drooping plants. These maybe 

 used for baskets and edgings. Flowering kinds are: Sweet 

 alyssum, lobelia, Fuchsia procumbens, mesembryanthemum, 

 Oxalis pendula, O. floribunda and others, Russelia juncea, 

 Mahernia odorata or honey-bell. 



Foliage plants o f drooping habit. Vincas, Saxifraga sar- 

 mentosa, Kenilworth ivy, tradescantia or Wandering Jew, 

 *Festuca glauca, othonna, *Isolepsis gracilis, English ivy, 

 Selaginella denticulata and others. Some of these plants 

 flower quite freely, but the flowers are small and of sec- 

 ondary consideration. Those with an asterisk (*) droop but 

 slightly. 



PLANTS FOR AN AVERAGE NIGHT TEMPERATURE 

 OF 50 



Upright flowering plants. Azaleas, cyclamens, carna- 

 tions, chrysanthemums, geraniums, Chinese primroses, 

 stevia, marguerite or Paris daisy, single petunias, Anthemis 

 coronaria, camellias, ardisia (berries'), cineraria, violets, 

 hyacinths, narcissus, tulips, the Easter lily when in bloom, 

 and others. 



Upright foliage plants. Pittosporum, palms, aucuba, 

 euonymus (golden and silvery variegated), araucaria, pan- 

 danus, dusty miller. 



Climbing plants. English ivy, maurandia, senecio or 

 parlor ivy, lygodium (climbing fern). 



Drooping or trailing plants. Flowering kinds are : Sweet 

 alyssum, Mahernia odorata, Eusselia and ivy geranium. 



Bulbs in the Window -Garden. The single Roman hya- 

 cinth is an excellent house plant. Its flowers are small, but 

 they are graceful and especially well suited for cutting. The 

 bulbs are easily forced, and are managed like other hya- 

 cinths. The secret of forcing the Dutch bulbs and most 

 others is to pot them and then, after watering the pots, 



