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honor to them. Several 

 sorts will stand the full 

 glare of the sun. Of those 

 of shrubbery growth, Coral - 

 lina is the best of all for this 

 purpose, the only effect of 

 the hot sunshine being to 

 make its bright flowers still 

 more intensely brilliant. It 

 grows rapidly, attaining a 

 good height and remaining 

 a mass of bloom all Sum- 

 mer long. It also makes a 

 fine border for Geraniums 

 of such colors as will har- 

 monize with its intense 

 florescence. Other fine sorts 

 for this purpose are Vernon, 

 pink and white; Red 

 Erfordia, Luminosa, Zulu 

 King and Vulcan, the most 

 intensely fiery of all of this 

 type. For borders in par- 

 tially shaded locations, such 

 as along porches, or in the 

 shade of other plants, the 

 tuberous-rooted sorts are 

 without a rival among any 

 class of flowers. Not only 

 is the general decorative ef- 

 fect splendid, but the in- 

 dividual flowers themselves, 

 especially in the new 

 fringed doubles, are as 



handsome as roses and last 

 a long time on the plant, a 

 very desirable characteristic. 



PROPAGATION AND CARE 

 It is an easy matter to 

 maintain a supply of your 

 favorite Begonias, as cut- 

 tings root readily, especially 

 when a little "bottom heat" 

 can be provided. All the 

 shrubby, fibrous-rooted 

 sorts, like Corallina, should 

 be handled in this way. 

 The dwarf bedding sorts, 

 such as Vernon, Erfordia, 

 and the others in that class, 

 are easily raised from seed, 

 if one has a warm place in 

 which they can be started in 

 January for the Summer. 

 The large Rex Begonias 

 are propagated in a most in- 

 teresting way. Take an old 

 leaf and cut it into triangu- 

 lar pieces about three inches 

 each way and with a part of 

 one of the thick main ribs 

 at one corner of each 

 piece. This is the corner 

 to put into the sand. 

 These — seven or eight of 



which can be made from one 

 Rhododendrons, being evergreens, retain their foliage throughout the j £ a f should be inserted 



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Winter 



Trees in Winter add interest to the line of the landscape, a fact worth remembering in planning landscape effects 



