OTHER DESIRABLE PLANTS 



Marguerite Carnation. — This variety of 

 Carnation is grown from seed each season. It 

 is primarily intended for the decoration of the 

 outdoor garden, but repeated trials of it in the 

 window-garden have proved it to be an ex- 

 cellent winter-bloomer, and I would advise 

 potting strong plants of it for that purpose 

 each fall. While its flowers are not as large 

 as those of the greenhouse varieties, many of 

 them will be quite as rich in color, and as 

 double, but few of them, however, having the 

 fragrance of that class. For house-culture I 

 find it preferable to the latter, as it has a much 

 stronger constitution, and a more profuse 

 flowering habit. Wait until your plants blos- 

 som before selecting any for the house. Some 

 of them will give single flowers, and others will 

 be poor in color, though quite up to the stand- 

 ard in other respects. It is not worth while to 

 make use of inferior kinds, since there are sure 

 to be good ones in all collections grown from 

 seed. Wait to make sure which are the good 

 ones before potting any. 



Give the treatment advised for the green- 

 house sorts. If possible keep them in rooms 

 in which there is no fire heat. 



Ficus. — This is the well-known and always 



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