The Handling of Stove Plants 235 



plants previously mentioned will make any un- 

 sightly corner very attractive. 



Many of the stove house plants do well bedded 

 out in summer — mixed beds of colored leaves 

 certainly are very effective. Crotons, Cala- 

 diums, Marantas, Phryniums, Dieffenbachias, 

 Ficus, Pandanus Veitchii, Acalyphas, and Pepe- 

 romias if used with some of the hardier Palms 

 which stand sunlight and green Dracaenas will 

 make a splendid tropical bed. 



For window and piazza boxes and vases the 

 same plants answer well, but must be kept well 

 supplied with water at the roots. 



Outdoor beds are benefited by a hosing each 

 evening in hot weather. All thin and forlorn- 

 looking plants should be planted out. In fall 

 strong cuttings will be procurable and should be 

 inserted in moist, warm sand to root; this is better 

 than potting the old plants. 



There are some very beautiful flowering stove 

 plants aside from the climbers already named. 

 Foremost among them are the various forms of 

 Anthurium Andraeanum; Eucharis amazonica 

 (which will flower twice a year if given as many 

 rests); and Clerodendron, which produces bril- 

 liant scarlet hydrangea-like heads of bloom. 

 Plants of this sort may be started from seed sown 

 in brisk heat in January or February. Medi- 



