RAISING PLANTS FROM SEEDS 55 



three inch pots. They will not need another 

 shift until the middle of summer when I 

 should put them into four inch pots. In 

 September shift them to five or six inch 

 pots, in which they will flower. The best 

 soil is a good fibrous loam and leafmould, 

 well-decayed horse manure, and sand in 

 about equal parts. 



Directions for raising cactus, etc., are 

 given in the chapter specially devoted to 

 that class of plants (see page i66). 



Other plants which may be grown from 

 seed successfully in the house are: 



Flowering maple, Abutilon striatum; 

 Floss flower, Ageratum Mexicanum; Ame- 

 thyst, Browallia demissa (elatd); Chimney 

 bell flower. Campanula pyramidalis; Cigar 

 plant, Cuphea platycentra; Trumpet flower, 

 Datura cornucopia; Dragon plant, Draccena 

 indivisa; Balsam, Impatiens Balsamtna; 

 Cypress vine, Ipomoea Quamoclit; Mina, 

 Ipomoea versicolor (Mina lohata); Lemon 

 verbena. Lip pi a citriodora; Ice plant, Mes- 

 emhryanthemum crystallinum; Wax plant, 

 Mesemhryanthemum tricolor. Another wax 

 plant, Hoya carnosa, is propagated by 

 division or by cuttings. Fig marigold. 



