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Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi makes a good house plant and in the summer the 
pot can be plunged into the ground to color up for winter. 
A potted plant is more delicate than one grown out-of-doors and 
its root system 1s more restricted. Thus, a potted plant will not sur- 
vive the extremes of heat and cold and should be treated with con- 
sideration. Plants grown in the ground are more vigorous because 
they can supply their own requirements. 
Mote succulents are doomed by improper potting than by any 
other cause except possibly over-watering of the desert types. There 
are a few simple rules that should be followed. 
Most instruction sheets will advise the use of only terra cotta pots 
and never glazed pots. However, many growers do not agree with 
