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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, ign | 
Important to those 
Who expect to build 
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just what one wants. If care is taken in 
description and an intelligent and trust¬ 
worthy dealer resorted to, one may select 
flowers of great assistance in rounding out 
the garden scheme. 
One in particular is very desirable. This 
is the California variety of Rubro Caeru- 
lea, called Heavenly Blue, which is es¬ 
pecially useful and most beautiful. It 
was once thought to be a cross between 
I. Lcari and I. versicolor, but is now con¬ 
sidered a form of I. rubro-caerulea, but 
not to be confused with the ordinary “ru¬ 
bro.” Its color is a vivid sky blue, except 
at the heart, which is a delicate shade of 
cream. Each flower grows on a long, 
graceful stem, while the “rubro” has 
flowers in clusters, 4-6 blossoms—in pur¬ 
plish blue, sometimes spotted and streaked 
with reddish shades. 
The most common manner of planting 
the Heavenly Blue is for a climbing vine. 
So rapid is the growth that it takes but a 
short time before there is a thick screen 
of smooth, silky, transparent leaves form¬ 
ing a perfect background for the brilliant 
blossoms. When so employed it is best 
to plant the seeds about two feet apart. 
In growing, plant the seeds inside early 
in the season, after first soaking in warm 
water to give them a start. When they 
have become large enough, transplant and 
allow to become well root-bound. Plant 
out in settled spring weather. If it is de¬ 
sired to shade a porch or screen a build¬ 
ing, plant in rich soil and water freely— 
but if a thick and clustered mass of blue is 
wanted, plant in the hardest and least 
cared for spot of the garden and water 
occasionally. Under these last conditions 
the vine often blooms when only a foot 
high. One need not wait for spring; 
seeds, four in a pot, may be planted in the 
fall or early winter. The dwarfed plants 
will produce flowers measuring four 
inches in diameter and. as house plants, 
stay in bloom for several weeks. It is an 
excellent plant for the greenhouse and is 
especially valuable for cut flowers. 
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Any American family can live comfort¬ 
ably, but not ostentatiously, in any of the 
suburbs to our larger cities, or in many of 
the cities of ten thousand inhabitants, on 
an income of twenty-five hundred dollars. 
(Continued on page 128) 
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