FOR AMATEUR CULTURE 



Soil required — sandy loam. 



Look out for scale. 



This is one of the plants that requires con- 

 siderable room to develop in. Therefore give 

 it a place in the plant-room if possible, if winter 

 flowers from it are desired. 



Calla. — Another old favorite, and justly 

 so. On account of its large, tropical foliage it 

 is very attractive when not in bloom. When 

 it sends up flower-stalks three and four feet in 

 length, crowned with what are generally con- 

 sidered to be flowers of ivory-white, it is a most 

 ornamental plant. What most persons take 

 to be a flower is really a spathe, enclosing a 

 spadix along which the true flowers are borne. 

 These are so small as to be unnoticeable. 



Plant in rich, mucky soil. Have the pots 

 well drained, and then use a large amount of 

 water. In June put the plants out of doors, 

 turning the pot down on its side under a tree, 

 or alongside a fence. Apply no water and give 

 no attention during the summer. Of course 

 the soil will become perfectly dry, and all the 

 top will die off. But no harm is done, if this 

 happens. The plant is a native of Egypt, 

 growing along the Nile where, during a good 

 share of the year, there are floods, and during 



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