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HOUSE PLANTS 



seen a whole bay window festooned with 

 them, strings being fastened for them to 

 grow on. 



Other foliage plants well worth trying in 

 the house are: Fragrant dragon tree, 

 (Draccena fragrans;) Spotted dragon (Dra- 

 ccena Godseffiand); Dracena (Cordyline 

 australisy but known in the trade as Dra- 

 ccena indivisa); Curmeria (Homalomena 

 Wallisii); Umbrella plant (Cyperus alterni- 

 folius); Japanese Daphne {Daphne odora); 

 Camellia (C. Japomca); Bay tree (Laurus 

 nohilis). 



