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objectionable, for, while their perfume is pene- 

 trating, it is delicate. In this class of house- 

 plants may be listed the Hyacinth, the Nar- 

 cissus, the Rose and the Lemon Verbena, 



When choosing plants for indoor use it is 

 well to select some that will bloom continually, 

 so that there will not be the unhappy contrast 

 of a long no-flowering period following luxuri- 

 ous bloom. Many houseplants are chosen for 

 the beauty of their foliage alone, and when this 

 is the case they should be displayed in the most 

 effective manner possible. They should not 

 be so placed as to screen the clusters of a Ge- 

 ranium, the blossom of a Rose or the flower of 

 a Camellia. It is also a great mistake to so 

 arrange indoor plants that, though possessing 

 a decorative appearance from the outside, they 

 present anything but an attractive note as re- 

 gards the decorative scheme of the interior. 



Broadly speaking, plants for indoors may be 

 divided into two classes — ^flowering plants and 

 plants selected for the beauty of their foliage. 

 Occasionally beautiful flowers and foliage are 

 offered by the same plant, as, for instance, the 

 lovely waxen-leaved and pink-flowered Be- 

 gonia. 



