as looking like the formal, decorative flowers on old English 

 porcelain. Their round flower umbels are about two inches wide 

 and the individual flower tubes are each one a perfedt little 

 trumpet. Some are clear gold at the base, gradually changing 

 to a pink and mauve at the top of each trumpet, the very 

 round flower assuming a cushion form with many flower 

 cushions on every branch of the fifteen inch high plants 3S 

 There are many shades and interminglings of shades among 

 them and they are all of the fine^ and lovelier blends. A 

 pearly flower will have a copper and rose tinting, while a 

 pure white one will show a vivid orange glow, and a pale 

 mauve will combine a pearl and rose-gold and orange that is 

 quite indescribable. Though brilliant they are one of the 

 mo^ refined of all the flowers. 



^ Lantanas when grown where low-growing bedding plants 

 are desired, and bordered with violas of mauve and gold and 

 with ^andard plants, each placed a foot in, on the corners and 

 the dwarf varieties filling the bed, produce a satisfying effecft. 

 Lantana ^andards are so very dignified and stately that 

 perhaps you think they are difficult to train into that form, 

 but they are not. Of course you mu^ begin with the bush 

 type and it is very simple. Ju^t rub off the young side shoots 

 or branches as they appear, leaving only a tuft of foliage at 

 the top. The ^tem will lengthen and ^rengthen quickly and 

 you will soon have to tie it to a slender ^ake, and let it be a 

 ^ake at lea^t three feet tall, for your ^andard will grow that 

 tall and more, if you allow it to. When it has reached the 

 required height, then all the vitality of the plant mu^ be 

 permitted to go into the produ(ftion of a fine bushy head, 

 open and round, and laden with flowers. 

 ^ Start your plants now from seed or cuttings (if you can 



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