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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



imparted by Montbretias, Scillas, the scarlet Schizostylis rocdnea, 

 early-flowering Gladioli, like the charming G. insig?iis (Fig. 518), 

 Watsonias, Zephyranthes, and the dwarf Iris species. 



Tuberous plants are almost as numerous as the bulbous ones, 

 and they moreover include some of the best window-plants that 

 can be named for furnishing plenty of flowers. Anemones like 

 A. coronaria (both single and double) are easily grown and flowered 



by planting them in 

 autumn in w^ell-drained 

 ' .J. , 1 \ >' ' pots or boxes, watering 



them sparingly until the 

 spring, when the flowers 

 are showing. 

 After the leaves 

 turn colour the 

 tubers should be 

 gradually rested, 

 shaken out of 

 the soil, dried, 

 and then stored 

 till next autumn. 



Tuberous Be- 

 gonias (Fig. 519) 

 are so well 

 known as win- 

 dow-plants that 

 little need be 

 said in their 

 favour. They 

 should be 

 potted in 

 spring 

 in equal 

 parts fibry 

 loam,leaf- 

 mould, 



Fig. 519.— Begonia Miss Griffith. and sand, 



providing 



efficient drainage, as they are thirsty plants when growing. 

 When the flower-stems appear, the plants should be assisted with 

 weak manure-water : in fact, this may continue periodically until 

 the flowering season is past, when watering generally must be 

 gradually withheld as the ripening process is complete. The 

 tubers should then be stored in a frost-proof cellar, keeping 

 them in the pots until required to start them the next 

 season. 



Cyclamens of the more robust kinds should be included in a 

 collection of window-plants, as they are grown very readily, and 



