FLOWERING AND DECORATIVE PLANTS 
Decorative plants have steadily increased in popula 
interior decorations. The conditions under which they must be grown are very trying, 
rity during the past few years, and today play an important part in 
and success cannot be expected 
unless the plants used are particularly adapted for the purpose. The following list of plants contains many sorts 
selected with the idea of meeting these unfavorable conditions. 
AGLAONEMA commutatum (Chinese 
Evergreen). Beautiful indoor plants with 
long, thick, green foliage, usually mottled 
lighter green. Very effective and attractive. 
A warm-climate plant. 
ARALIA balfouriana. Upright-growing 
plant; rounded, coarsely toothed leaves, 
blotched white at margins. Grown in pots 
or outdoors in South Florida. 
ARDISIA crenulata. Compact, evergreen 
shrub with thick, dark green foliage and 
bright red berries in winter. Resembles 
American holly but is very dwarf in habit 
of growth. Excellent for shady places and 
also as a pot-plant for Christmas. 
ASPIDISTRA lurida. 
for house conditions. 
leaves. 
variegata. Leaves striped green and white. 
Most satisfactory 
Large, dark green 
BELOPERONE (Corsican Shrimp Plant). 
An unusually attractive flowering plant, 
suitable for pot-culture, also outdoor 
planting in the central and southern parts 
of Florida. It will grow to a height of 
34% feet, and has drooping racemes of 
cream and purple flowers, enclosed in rosy 
copper bracts. Bloomsalmost continuously. 
longispicua. A very low, spreading varia- 
tion of the above. 
CLERODENDRUM thomsone. A twin- 
ing evergreen plant with long, ovate leaves 
and small flowers which have a white calyx 
and brilliant crimson tips. For pot-culture, 
except in the South. 
DIEFFENBACHIA baumannii. Suitable 
for pot-culture indoors or can be grown in 
the open in South Florida. Leaves a foot 
or more in length, 3 to 4 inches wide, 
yellowish green spotted with white. 
DRAC/ENA godseffiana. A very attrac- 
tive variety with smooth, glossy green 
leaves irregularly dotted with white. It 
stands house temperatures remarkably well. 
Mme. Eugene Andre. This is one of the 
finest fancy varieties with heavy bronze 
pink foliage turning bright crimson at 
maturity. Easy to grow and a decidedly 
novel decoration. 

Draczeena massangeana. This fine va- 
riety of D. fragrans has leaves up to 3 feet 
long and 4 inches across. Each leaf is 
decorated with a broad yellow stripe down 
the center. A choice variety. 
sanderiana. Long leaves with broad mar- 
gins of white. 
ERANTHEMUM nervosum (Dedalacan- 
thus; Blue Sage). A native in India, this 
compact, large-leaved plant grows 2 to 
4 feet high. Deep blue flowers are borne on 
dense, bracted spikes. Thrives on light, 
rich soil with plenty of sun and water. 
FICUS elastica (Rubber Plant). This va- 
riety has large, roundish oblong leaves. A 
very desirable house-plant. 
nitida (retusa). An attractive thick- 
topped evergreen which will grow into 
a large tree in South Florida. The 
leaves are 2 to 4 inches long and rather 

broad. The small fruits are reddish 
yellow. 
GARDENIA florida (Cape Jasmine). The 
well-known Gardenia of the South. Its dark, 
shiny foliage and white, sweet-scented flow- 
ers have made it a favorite for many years. 
Field-grown, Balled & Burlapped. 
veitchi. This fine variety is the one used 

for greenhouse forcing. Its pure white, 
wax-like flowers are perfectly formed and 
it ranks in popularity with the camellia 
for boutonniéres. 
MALPIGHIA coccigera. A very attractive, 
low-growing, well-branched evergreen 
shrub, with an abundance of oval, prickly 
dark green foliage and clusters of small, 
distinctive white flowers. Both foliage and 
flowers are shining and look as if varnished. 
Well suited to border uses and for indi- 
vidual specimens. 
MARICA gracilis. This plant belongs to 
the Iris family. It grows in clumps or 
tufts, with dark green foliage that bends 
at the tips. The flower-stalks are like the 
leaves, and the flowers are produced from 
the edges, near the tips. Flowers white, 

blue and brownish within. Very interest- 
ing and valuable. 


PANAMIGA (Pilea involucrata). A dainty 
new house-plant from South America, 
where it grows in the tropical woods. It 
has metallic green leaves changing from 
olive-green to purplish bronze, crinkled 
and hairy. Fine lacy flowers are borne at 
the ends of the branchlets and partly 
cover the upper leaves. Grows in light soil 
and prefers shade. 
PANDANUS veitchi. One of the finest 
decorative plants, with sword-like, sharp- 
pointed, green foliage; striped with creamy 
white. 
| PEPEROMIA obtusifolia (Baby Rubber 
Plant). A popular indoor plant. Compact, 
with leathery, dark green, oval leaves. 
sandersi. Closely resembling Obtusifolia 
but with attractively striped leaves. 
POINSETTIAS are among the most colorful 
subjects for use as Christmas decorations. 
SAINTPAULIA, Blue Boy (African Violet). 
Satisfactory as a pot-plant, in window- 
boxes, or in the open if planted in shady 
spots. Deep violet. Hardy in south 
Florida. 
SANSEVIERIA laurenti. Creamy yellow 
markings or bands along the leaf-margins. 
parva. A dwarf type having very narrow 
green leaves with cross-wise bandings 
of a darker green. 
zeylanica. Leaves sword-shaped, dimly 
variegated with transverse bands of dark 
green and grayish white. Sansevierias are 
probably better adapted for growing in- 
doors than any other plant. 
SERISSA foetida variegata. A low, much- 
branched border or bedding shrub with 
clusters of dark green, yellow-margined 
leaves placed thickly along its many 
branches. Its white, star-shaped flowers 
stand out from its stems and _ foliage 
prominently. May be grown into very 
unusual specimens. 
grandiflora. Similar to Variegata in 
growth habit, but much larger and with 
leaves of solid green. 
Reading from left to right: Pandanus veitchi, Kumquat, Dracena massangeana, Dracena godseffiana, Saintpaulia Blue Boy, Phoenix 
roebelini, Aglaonema commutatum (Chinese Evergreen), Dracena, Mme. Eugene Andre, Dieffenbachia baumannii 
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