FOLIAGE PLANTS OTHER THAN PALMS I95 



A much better plan is to buy an Otaheite 

 orange from the florist. The fruit is small 

 and of no value for food, but the plants are 

 dwarf — they grow only fifteen to eighteen 

 inches high — and a well-grown specimen 

 is usually covered with reddish orange 

 coloured fruit. The flowers are pinkish 

 in colour. Even if the plant has no fruit, 

 the deep green of its foliage is always attrac- 

 tive. These little orange plants seem to 

 stand the wear and tear of house culture 

 most satisfactorily. 



If a lemon is more to your taste, get the 

 American Wonder or Ponderosa lemon. 

 That is the one which most of the florists 

 are handling nowadays. It is a rapid grower 

 and bears large, white flowers which some- 

 times are as big as a tuberose, and they are 

 as fragrant as orange blossoms. 



Although I have never eaten it, the fruit, 

 which is large, — sometimes weighing one 

 and one-half to two pounds — is said to be 

 good for domestic use. The plant itself 

 without fruit or flower is worthy of a 

 place in the window garden on account 

 of its deep green foliage and fairly sym- 

 metrical habit, 



