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CHAPTER XXXIII. 

 FLOWERS WHICH WILL GROW IN THE SHADE. 



THERE are few plants that will flower in places from 

 which sunshine is entirely excluded. Some plants will 

 grow well enough, developing shoots and leaves, but 

 floioersoi nearly all kinds must have some sunshine. Of 

 those that do well and flower when planted out in the 

 open ground where sunlight only comes for two or three 

 hours during the day, may be named the following : 

 Calceolarias, Fuchsias, Lobelias, Herbaceous Phloxes, 

 Pansies, Forget-me-nots, Lily of the Valley, and other 

 herbaceous plants and shrubs whose native habitat is 

 shady woods. Perhaps a better effect is produced in 

 such situations by ornamental leaved plants, such as 

 Coleuses of all kinds, Amaranths, Achyranthes, Caladi- 

 u ms, Cannas, and other plants with highly colored or 

 ornamental leaves. With these may be combined the 

 different styles of white or gray-leaved plants, such as 

 Centaureas, Cinerarias, and Gnaphaliums, plants known 

 under the general popular term of ' Dusty Millers." 

 For our own part, we much prefer to devote shaded situ- 

 ations to such plants, rather than to see the abortive at- 

 tempts to produce flowers made by plants in positions 

 where there is no sunshine. It may be here remarked, 

 that the cultivator of plants in rooms should understand 

 the necessity of sunlight to plants that are to flower, and 

 endeavor to get them as near as possible to a window hav- 

 ing an eastern or a southern aspect. The higher the 

 temperature, the more plants suffer for the want of light. 

 Many plants, such as Geraniums, Fuchsias, or Roses, 

 might remain in a temperature of forty degrees, in a 

 cellar for example, away from direct light, for months 

 without material injury, while if the cellar contained a 



