April, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XXV 



year around and will prove perfectly hardy 

 as to the roots, though the tops do die down 

 during winter, springing up afresh each 

 spring. 



Tliis and other species of the bamboo arc 

 for this reason good for base planting along 

 the foot of the terrace as they make a thick, 

 fringy growth each year that is pretty and 

 feathery and has the charm of novelty. 



Another desirable tub plant for the terrace 

 is found in the lantanas. These may be 

 grown from seed or from cuttings or from 

 plants purchased from the florist but the seed 

 grown plant, it seems to me, gives better satis- 

 faction, blooming when very young and small 

 and producing an astonishing profusion of 

 bloom when fully grown. I have grown from 

 March sown seed, plants that by mid-summer 

 were three and four feet in diameter and one 

 solid mass of flowers. The growth of the 

 plants is naturally symmetrical — being usually 

 as great in diameter as in height and needs 

 no pruning or trimming to keep it within 

 bounds. There are shades of red, yellow and 

 pure white and one and all are most florif- 

 erous. 



Then there are always the palms, than 

 which there is nothing more beautiful, but 

 care should be taken not to place a valuable 

 palm where the hot afternoon sun will burn 

 the foliage. For terrace planting our na- 

 tive palms will, doubtless, prove the more 

 satisfactory; the Washingtonia — a native of 

 the Colorado and Arizona desert — should stand 

 the sun of our northern summers without 

 serious damage; then there is the cocoanut 

 palm, which, although not a native, is so long 

 acclimated to our southern states that it can 

 scarcely be considered in the nature of an 

 alien, and the Sabal Palmetto — another na- 

 tive species, makes attractive plants when 

 young. 



Then we have always with us the rubber 

 plant, some well grown specimens of which 

 are really beautiful. 



The magnolias, when successfully grown, 

 are very beautiful and in the single brug- 

 mansia we frnd a most desirable terrace plant, 

 though the leaves lack the waxy beauty that 

 characterizes the most of the plants already 

 cited. This plant is very easily raised from 

 spring planted cuttings and requires little care 

 beyond good soil and water ; in partial shade 

 the great creamy, fluted, satiny flowers remain 

 open all day, but in full sunshine they remain 

 partially closed during the day, opening softly 

 towards evening and flooding the air with 

 the wonderful fragrance. The blossoms are 

 from nine inches to a foot in depth and seven 

 or eight inches in diameter when open. 



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