90 THE BOOK OF THE WINTER GARDEN 



Place seed pots in cool greenhouse, and prick off and 

 repot carefully — one plant per pot. If crowded in shoot 

 or root, poor plants and flowers produced before a 

 wanted time will be the result. 



Senecio Galpini 



A dwarf succulent, with heads of showy orange 

 flowers — a colour that is much wanted among winter 

 flowering plants. Pot in early April, or take cuttings, 

 allowing these to lie a day on a dry bench before 

 inserting. Place the cutting pots on a shelf in the 

 warm house, and water sparingly. Do not pinch the 

 shoots of cuttings if flower is wanted the same year. 

 Good batches of this plant are attractive when inter- 

 mixed with Crassula lactea. 



Stocks (Winter) 



A good deal depends on the seed : only the best 

 varieties procurable should be obtained. Sow in June, 

 and keep in frames till October, potting as required. 

 Winter in greenhouse. Very fragrant and useful for 

 cut flower as well as for long flowering pot plants. 



Scarlet Chain Flower 



{Thyrs acanthus Schomburgkianus ^ T, rut Hans), — Before the 

 advent of Acalypha hispida this was the only plant pro- 

 ducing drooping red winter flowers. In the Thyrsa- 

 canthus these are sometimes 1 8 inches in length, 

 and to display these well the plants should be elevated 

 above the rest of the bench plants. Propagate every 

 year in May, and grow three plants together in a 5-inch 

 pot. A stove or an intermediate house is required in 

 summer and winter, but the latter house is quite warm 

 enough when in flower. 



