Flowering Plants for House Decoration 73 



Geraniums Indoors 

 Geraniums require special mention because, while 

 being most desired, they are so little understood. 

 Seeiag that they are the most common of bedding 

 plants, it is taken for granted that they will thrive 

 under any treatment. The fact that they flower so 

 bravely with scarcely any care through the Summer 

 leads many to suppose that they will thrive equally 

 well without care in the Winter. This inference is 

 entirely wrong and is proved so by the annual Winter 

 disappointment with them as house plants. Con- 

 sidering that all the conditions under which these 



The popular pink Begonia Cloire de Lorraine. Lasts well in bloom indoors 

 (tee pages 72 and 78) 



