USEFUL FLOWERING SUBJECTS 89 



the fragrant bright-scarlet flowers of this rather slow- 

 growing shrub will be produced in December. 



Saintpaulia 



A dwarf plant with small violet-coloured flowers. 

 For winter plants, sow seed in the middle of May, and 

 give stove treatment in summer. When in flower, keep 

 in an interniediate house. There are several colour 

 forms. 



Salvias 



Salvia splendens and its varieties such as Triumph, 

 Glory of Stuttgart, Splendissimum (!), are scarlet- 

 flowered and scarlet-bracted. Plants for December and 

 January should be inserted as cuttings in the middle of 

 June, and all the shoots up to the commencement of 

 September should be pinched above the third joint. 

 Keep in greenhouse when in flower and when in summer 

 growth, unless the locality is warm, then outdoors up to 

 September. 



5. Heerii^ scarlet, S. involucrata Bethelliiy rose-crimson, 

 S. rutilans, scarlet, scented foliage, are all well worth 

 growing, but two or three years old plants are better 

 than those younger. 



Salvia flowers soon drop when cut. Plants are not 

 seldom seen destitute of their lower leaves. This may 

 be caused by neglect of watering, but quite as likely by 

 starvation. Pot plants are useful for decoration, and 

 associate well with foliage plants or with cut branches 

 of hardy evergreens. 



SCHIZANTHUS WISETONENSIS 



This delightful annual should be sown in early June 

 for winter work, the plants flowering in 5"iJ^ch pots. 



