DECORATIVE PLANTS 41 
Tuberous begonias have large, bright-colored flowers 
during the summer and fall months. They are excel- 
lent plants for window or porch boxes or for bedding 
in either school or home yards. In school yards they 
Fig. 27. Begonia Rex 
may be planted in tulip beds after the tulips have been 
taken up. The plants are reproduced by means of corms. 
The corms may be started in any kind of soil that is 
porous. Place them in three-inch pots, barely covering 
the crown. Keep in a warm place and give them a 
scant supply of water until they begin to grow; then 
water liberally. Plants started the first of May will be 
