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This indicates a desire to rest. Cut off the top and 

 withhold water for two months. Then shake the 

 roots out of the old soil, repot, give more water and 

 it will soon begin to grow again. As growth becomes 

 active, give plenty of fertilizer. A very useful plant 

 for cutting for decorative purposes, as it lasts well. 



Abutilons with Attractive Foliage 



The flowering varieties of this plant are better 

 known than the sorts having variegated foliage. But 

 there are several varieties whose foliage is quite as 

 fine as that of most plants described in these chapters. 

 Souvenir de Bonn is a strong, upright-growing kind, 

 having large leaves of a light green, edged with white. 

 Savitzi is more bushy and compact. Its foliage has a 

 variegation of creamy white, the two colors being 

 about equally divided on each leaf. Eclipse is of 

 drooping habit, and is fine for growing on brackets. 

 Its leaves are long and pointed, and have a mosaic-like 

 variegation of yellow on a green ground. A. Thomp- 

 soni is of sturdy, upright growth and has a variegation 

 similar to that of Eclipse, but its leaves are broad 

 and large. 



