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‘A Southern Garden, by Elizabeth Lawrenée, a handbook for the Middle South. 
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Enjoy Your House Plants. Excellent handbook of window gardening by 
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Begonias And How To Grow Them. Bessie Raymond Buxton. Invaluable in 
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American Orchid Culture. Edward A. White. This is a complete handbook of 
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Greenhouse Gardening For Everyone. Ernest Chabet. Important factors are 
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Bulbs For Beauty. Charles H. Mueller. 296 pages, illustrated. Experienced 
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How to Grow Orchids. By Cecil Houdyshel. A 12-page pamphlet, no illustra- 
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BULBS AND ORCHIDS AS POT PLANTS 
Bulbs and orchids are most desirable as pot plants. They may be grown in 
the living room, kitchen, a light basement room or in a small greenhouse quite 
as well as in a large commercial greenhouse. 
The following bulbs are recommended for growing or forcing in pots. 
Agapanthus, Amarcrinum, Amaryllis, Clivias, Crinums, (rather large and require 
space), Elisena, Habranthus, Haemanthus, (especially Katherinae and next 
coccineus), famous Blood Lilies of South Africa, Ismenes, Nerines, Sprekalia, 
Tulbaghia. All the above are in Amaryllis family. Then there are the Marica, 
Orchids, Oxalis, all the Araceae including Zantedeschia or Calla Lilies, Amor- 
phophallus, Arums, Sauromatum and Fancy Leaf Caladiums; also Gloxinias, 
Achimines, Saintpaulias, Tuberous Begonias and Billbergias. 
Nearly all bulbs may be grown in pots. Crinums do well but require large 
pots and a wide space for the foliage. Crinum Cecil Houdyshel will often give a 
half dozen or more scapes of flowers scattered thruout the year. It would 
probably require a space of two feet on every side and an 18” tub for top size 
bulb. , 
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