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CHAPTER VIII. 

 PLANTS ER WINDOW GARDENING, CONTINUED. 



ABCTILON : New Varieties. CALLA LILY : Growth in Cases in the Window. OXALIS : 

 Description. Soil. Species. CDPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA. CHBYSANTHEMDM : New 

 Varieties. LILY OP THE VALLEY : Forcing in House Culture. 



THE ABUTILON. 



rilHE past few years have given us some new varieties of 

 Abutilon which are very valuable as window plants. 



As we have before remarked, all the Abutilons are of very 

 easy culture, thrive well in the close, dry atmosphere of the 

 house, flower freely, and are not liable to the attacks of in- 

 sects, and in all these good qualities the new varieties are in 

 no respect inferior to the old. 



Abutilon vexillarium is a charming, small-leaved species, 

 of which the variety with the foliage beautifully marked with 

 gold is most common in cultivation. The habit of the plant 

 is trailing, the shoots weak and drooping, which fits it for car- 

 pet bedding in the garden, or for window culture in hanging 

 baskets. 



