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PLANT CULTURE 



RUSSELIA. Russelia juncea is an old plant but too seldom 

 seen; it is probably the most useful of all our basket or vase plants. 

 It sends out long arching branches of rush-like growths with flowers 

 of an intense scarlet. Planted singly in vases there are few things 

 to equal it in appearance. R. Lemoinei and R. elegantissima are both 

 good. The flowers are smaller than those of R. juncea, but more 

 of them are produced. The two latter are better Winter flowering 

 plants than if. juncea. 



Culture. They are of easy cultivation. 



Propagation. To propagate, take a handful of shoots at a time 

 and cut them into lengths of from 4 to 6 inches. In this way 200 

 cuttings may be made with two strokes of the knife, and every one 

 will root. 



Fig. 17.— Leaf Cutting of»Sansevieria 



