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baskets. Others are of upright habit with ornamental 

 flowers ranging through white, yellow, bronze and 

 striped. 



Heliotrope 



Can scarcely be called everblooming, as it insists 

 on going to rest in the darkest days of Winter. For a 

 long time in the Fall, however, and again in the 

 Spring, it may be induced to yield its delicious blooms, 

 provided it be given the sunniest niche in the sunniest 

 window. 



Roses 



Of the Tea and Hybrid Tea varieties will grow and 

 flower in the house during Fall and Spring under ex- 

 ceptionally good conditions (which always means 

 abundant sunlight). The same preparation and care 

 as recommended for the Geranium will suit them 

 admirably. The old-fashioned Teas, Bon Silene and 

 Safrano are good varieties to experiment with. 



The Beautiful Cyclamen 



The above comprise a first choice among the ever- 

 blooming plants that are suitable for house culture in 

 this climate. Fortunately, we are not dependent 

 wholly on this class for flowers in Midwinter, but 

 have, as before explained, a wealth of bulbous and 

 shrubby plants that have prepared their flowers in 

 Summer and stand ready to produce them at almost 

 any time to man's reasonable order. First among 

 them is the Cyclamen and well it deserves this dis- 

 tinction, for nothing is more gorgeous iFor its size 

 than this compact, shapely plant, covered with some- 



