Do they grow in sand? 9 


This collection of plants boxed for sale contained 1 dead plant (the Semper- 
vivum, second from the left in the bottom row). The plants were also 
infested with mealy bugs and scale and most of the plants had made an 
unhealthy, colorless, stringy growth called etiolation. Buy healthy plants. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
When you buy plants, whether they come from a store display or 
through the mail, they are more tender from lack of sunlight than 
when they were removed from the field or from a growing house. 
The roots have been disturbed and have a tendency to rot if watered 
too freely. Or the growing center has started to lose its color and 1s 
easily burned if subjected to direct sun. Follow instructions carefully 
to get them re-established and then healthy growth will result. 
Cacti and the other succulents may be rooted in sand but they 
never grow in pure sand as is sometimes believed. They must have 
food or they will become yellow and die. Even the arid desert 
regions are rich in decomposed vegetation which becomes quickly 
