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plantsman's disposal. Besides those plants al- 

 ready alluded to as suitable for indoor and pot 

 culture, recourse may be had to Gloxinias, Tuber- 

 ous Begonias, bulbs, and summer-flowering plants 

 without number. Interspersed between the ver- 

 dure of Palms, Ferns, and the nobler species of 

 decorative plants, or suspended in baskets from 

 the roof, clambering over trellises or covering 

 with a mantle of bright blossoms nooks and 

 walls, they lend life and color to the scene. 

 Here, then, good culture and effective array go 

 hand in hand to render the glass house as much 

 of an enticingly charming retreat during the 

 warm days of summer as it never fails to be in 

 the days of bleak winter. 



Bedding Plants 



Although all the many kinds of truly meritor- 

 ious bedding plants are easily raised from seeds 

 or by rooting cuttings, it is onlj^ when a start 

 is made quite early so as to have strong, robust 

 plants by the time outdoor operations begin, 

 that satisfactory results, faultless outline of beds 

 or borders, uniformly good growth, or an appre- 

 ciably long season of bloom may be expected. 

 While some of the varieties extensively used for 

 bedding, for the filling of vases, veranda boxes, 

 and urns are started in the fall from seeds or 



