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ANTHiiRICUM IN 2^-IN. POIS 



Propagation. The suckers may be rooted in sand, not too 

 moist, but very warm. After being potted and growing a little they 

 wiU stand full sunHght without injury. 



ANTHERICUM (St. Bernard's Lily). Anthericum Liliago is a 

 good all-round plant for vases, bedding, or potted for window 

 decoration. For the last-named purpose A. media picta is the best 

 variety. 



Culture. Large clumps of ^ . Z. var. variegatum, which have been 

 hibernating under benches, should be broken up about the end of 

 January and potted in 3- and 4-inch pots. They may be placed 

 under benches where the light will strike them for at least a portion 

 of the day. 



Propagation. If the plants which were lifted in the Fall are 

 allowed to bloom, and the flower stalks remain on the plants after- 

 ward, a good opportunity to increase the stock of plants presents 

 itself during February. All along the flowering stems will be found 

 a crop of small rosettes of leaves which, if cut off, stems and aU, 

 and laid on the sand in the shaded part of a warm house, wiU send 

 out roots in a short time. 



ANTHURIUM. The species of this genus are grown either for 

 foliage or flower. None of them has handsome foliage and showy 



