MANAGEMENT OF HOUSE PLANTS. 267 



PLANTS FOR GROWING IN THE HOUSE. 



The choice of plants will depend somewhat upon 

 the surroundings and the conditions under which they 

 are to be grown, as kinds that would succeed well in a 

 parlor conservatory, or that would be appropriate for the 

 decoration of a drawing room, would not be desirable 

 and might be out of place in the kitchen or sitting-room 

 window of a cottage. 



For the small window, and in a bay window con- 

 servatory, such well known plants as begonias, flower- 

 ing and foliage ; abutilons, white, red and yellow ; cal- 

 las ; cyclamen ; fuchsias ; geraniums, zonal, scented 

 and ivy ; heliotrope, lantanas and oleanders, can 

 always be used to advantage. In addition, we can add, 

 for fall and early winter flowering, a sufficient number 

 of chrysanthemums to afford a variety of colors, and in 

 the spring the Chinese primrose, cinerarias and calceo- 

 larias, with their bright flowers, are always attractive. 

 The azaleas do not thrive well during the winter in a 

 dwelling, but when in bloom in the spring will be very 

 ornamental if they can be added. Eupatoriums, ste- 

 vias and ageratums are also excellent house plants. 



Of the flowering bulbs, the hyacinth, tulip, cro- 

 cus, narcissus, scilla, and lily of the valley, are most 

 commonly grown and with but little attention add much 

 to the effect. For house use, the hyacinth may bo 

 grown in water in hyacinth glasses. The oxalis, in 

 some of its varieties, such as Bowiei, cernua lutea, or ver- 

 sicolor, is an excellent pot plant, while for basket pur- 

 poses it has few equals. 



The lilies are also very desirable for spring and sum- 

 mer blooming. Lilium candidum and L. Harrisii 

 flower in March and April, or with Lilium elegans, L. 

 auratum and L. speciosum album and rubrum, can be 

 brought into flower during the summer months. 



In addition to the above list, there are many flowers 



