Herbaceous and Bedding Plants 



March or April, from tops of the young growths, inserted in 

 sandy leaf-mold and placed in a hotbed or warm greenhouse 

 where they will root in about ten days and be ready for potting. 

 Impatiens Sultani makes an elegant pot plant, useful for decorat- 

 ing the greenhouse or for placing on a warm veranda. 



IRESINE. 



This very useful ornamental-leaved bedding plant is much 

 used in outlining formal figures in carpet-bedding and ribbon 

 borders and is considered an indispensable plant for Summer- 

 planting. It is easily propagated by cuttings inserted under glass, 

 in September or October, or by cuttings in the Spring, inserted in 

 sand in a hotbed or warm propagating pit. As soon as they are 

 rooted, plant the young plants, three inches apart in light rich 

 soil, in pots or boxes, returning them to a warm frame or green- 

 house until they take root in the soil, when they may be removed 

 to a cold frame and gradually hardened by exposure to the open 

 air. They should be planted out in their permanent quarters 

 late in April or early in May. 



LOBELIA. 



This genus comprises about two hundred species, a few 

 shrubby, many herbaceous and a large number annuals. The 

 dwarf annuals are very useful for bordering flower-beds and for 

 forming a ground-work for tall-growing specimens, for instance, 

 a bed of the tall-growing scarlet-flowered Lobelia cardinalis 

 with a carpet or ground-work of the dwarf blue Lobelia speciosa, 

 making a charming combination. 



They are all easily grown and thrive in any garden soil. The 

 cardinalis type should be planted about one foot apart and the 

 speciosa six inches apart. 



The annual species are raised from seeds sown under glass; 

 the seeds should be sown, in February, in soil composed of half 



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