RAISING PLANTS FROM SEEDS 



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three inch pots. They will not need another 

 shift until the middle of summer when I 

 should put them into four inch pots. In 

 September shift them to five or six inch 

 pots, in which they will flower. The best 

 soil is a good fibrous loam and leafmould, 

 well-decayed horse manure, and sand in 

 about equal parts. 



Directions for raising cactus, etc., are 

 given in the chapter specially devoted to 

 that class of plants (see page 1 66). 



Other plants which may be grown from 

 seed successfully in the house are: 



Flowering maple, Ahutilon striatum; 

 Floss flower, Ageratum Mexicanum; Amie- 

 thyst, Browallia demissa (^elata); Chimney 

 bell flower, Campanula pyramid alis; Cigar 

 plant, Cuphea platycentra; Trumpet flower. 

 Datura .cornucopia; Dragon plant, Draccena 

 indivisa; Balsam, Impatieijs Balsamina; 

 Cypress vine, Ipomoea Quamoclit; Mina, 

 I pomes a versicolor (Adina lobata); Lem.on 

 verbena. Lip pi a citriodora; Ice plant, Mes- 

 emhryanthemum crystallinum; Wax plant, 

 Mesemhryanthemum tricolor. Another w^ax 

 plant, Hoya carnosa, is propagated by 

 division or by cuttings. Fig marigold, 



