292 PLANT CULTURE 



Its treatment should be similar to that given thp Coleus, so far as 

 wintering and propagating are concerned. When planted out in 

 the full sun, the leaves are apt to have a washed out appearance, 

 especially on old plants. A situation having partial shade is best. 



VINCA (Periwinkle). V. rosea, the Madagascar Periwinkle, 

 comes in three forms known as V. rosea, the pink; V. r. var. alha, the 

 white; and V . r. var. oculala, a white with a pink center. They are 

 very satisfactory bedding plants and come true to seed. V. major 

 var. elegantissima comes in very serviceable, not only for vases and 

 baskets, but for indoor decoration. Specimens for this purpose 

 should be in s-inch pots, or even larger. The leaves are green 

 mottled and blotched white or yellow. 



Propagation. V. rosea does not grow readily from cuttings, 

 but seed should be sown about the beginning of January, to have 

 fair sized plants by the beginning of May. Sow the seed thinly, 

 and when large enough prick off into boxes. From these the seed- 

 lings may be shifted into 3-inch pots, from which they are trans- 

 ferred to the open ground. V. major is mainly propagated by cut- 

 tings. Plants rooted early in the Fall and kept growing will, in 

 course of time, make very long growths. A good place for them in 

 this condition of growth is on the front of a sunny bench, where the 

 growths are allowed to hang over the side. This plant does not 

 show the effects of neglect as quickly as most other things. 



