66 VASE AND BASKET PLANTS. 



Othonna crassifolia ("Little Pickles")— This plant will stand full sun- 

 shine with very little water. It is of procumbent growth with, small 

 yellow flowers. Lift a few old plants before frost, and merely lay them 

 on the front of a sunny bench. A dozen or two nice little tufts may be 

 potted up from a single plant. 



Lysimachia nummularia, the Money Wort, will thrive in shade or 

 sun. There is a pretty variety with yellowish leaves. , 



Ipomaea Tubiculata— With small star-shaped leaves, throws out quan- 

 tities of hanging growths. Every bit of stem with a leaf attached will 

 root either in Fall or Spring. 



Vinca major var. elegantissima comes in very serviceable, not only for 

 vases and baskets, but for indoor decoration. Specimens for this pur- 

 pose should be in 5-inch pots, or even larger. Plants rooted early in 

 the Fall and kept growing will, in course of time, make very long 

 growths. A good place for them in this condition of growth is on the 

 front of a sunny bench, where the growths are allowed to hang over the 

 side. This plant does not show the effects of neglect as quickly as most 

 other things. 



For Indoor Boxes for Windows or other places where there is not 

 much light the following plants will be found useful, as they are almost 

 hardy, and, with ordinary care, they will last a long time in a presenta- 

 ble condition: Eohdea japonica and the variegated form will stand in 

 the coldest places. These plants, by the way, are perfectly hardy here, 

 the foliage being but slightly browned during the coldest weather. 

 Aspidistra elatior and A. e. variegata, together with the spotted leaved 

 species called A. punctata, while not so hardy as the Eohdea, yet they will 

 stand a good deal of cold. Of course, the plants will have to be small, 

 in 5 or 6-inch pots. Old plants broken up for this purpose and immedi- 

 ately used are not to be depended upon, as the principal roots are apt to 

 get severed in the operation. Many of the New Zealand Cordylines, 

 with narrow green leaves, can be utilized for drafty places; they will 

 stand considerable frost without hurt if they have been grown cool. 

 Farfugium grande, a broad-leaved composite with yellow spots, is 

 another well-known plant which comes through zero weather all right. 

 Niphobolus lingua corymbifera, a tough leaved crested Fern, can be got 

 up in quantity for use by division of the stems which grow near the 

 surface of the soil. Lastrea prolifica, a dwarf dark green leaved species; 

 Lastrea opaca, Pteris serrulata, and Adiantum Capillus- Veneris are all 

 pretty hardy, as well as ornamental species of Ferns good for the 

 purpose. 



