TERRACES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



Those who have traveled in Spain and Italy 

 will remember the eflFeetive use made by 

 gardeners in those countries, of potted plants 

 upon terraces, verandas, on doorsteps, and in 

 courtyards, and also that only the red earthen 

 flower-pot, or the simple, dull green-glazed 

 Italian or Spanish pottery are used, — elabo- 

 rate pots and jars which detract from the 

 beauty of the flowering plants being avoided. 



A few plants well suited for terrace or 

 veranda where there is partial shade are: the 

 old-fashioned fuchsias which bloom contin- 

 ually; gloxinias; any of the lilies which may 

 be carefully lifted from the garden when about 

 three inches high, potted, two or more in a 

 pot according to size, and the pots sunk to 

 the brim in the ground, to be brought forward 

 on the terrace as they come into bloom, and 

 asters and salvias which may be treated in 

 the same way. A decoration of several pots 

 of white ostrich-plume asters followed by pink 

 ones is always admired. Schizanthus or but- 

 terfly flower, and the new yellow or pink 



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