SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIAL USE OF CERTAIN PLANTS 
We are listing below, for your guidance, certain plants that are particularly well suited 
for specific purposes. 
than many others that are listed in the catalog. 
We selected items that we thought were qualified for such use more 
For instance—All agapanthus may be grown 
in pots, but some are so large and robust that within one season they will require tubs instead 
of pots; Dianella can be grown as a house plant but it blooms too late in the season; and 
all billberias will 
thrive 
in hanging baskets but 
most have 
upright 
growth. In other 
cases the plants grow far better in the ground so why grow them in pots? 
For house culture we selected plants with long lasting ornemental 
these should be grown 
habit and convenient size. 
All or most of 
weather permits and brought indoors only during the winter. 
Plants Recommended for Culture In 
Achimenes 
Aechmea 
calyculata 
Oretgiesi 
Agapanthus 
Africanus 
Africanus 
intermedius 
My Joy 
Peter Pan 
Mooreanus 
Mooreanus minor 
Amaryllis 
Anigozanthos 
Anthurium 
Billbergia 
Bletilla 
Caladium 
Calanthe 
Cattleya 
Chlorophytum 
Clivia 
Cryptbergia 
Cymbidium 
Dianella 
Eucharis 
Eucomis 
Gladiolus 
Haemanthus 
Iris 
Nada 
Darjeeling 
Fairyland 
Plants Recommended for Use In the 
Aechmea 
Ortgiesi 
Amaryllis 
Giant Hybrids 
Oakhurst Hybrids 
Anthurium 
Billbergia 
Bletilla 
Chlorophytum 
livia 
Cryptbergia 
Haemanthus 
puniceus 
H yacinth 
Iris 
Nada 
values, winter blooming 
out of doors when the 
Pots 
Lachenalia 
Laelia 
Liriope 
Marica 
Neoregelia 
Oncidium 
Odontoglossum 
Ornithogalum 
Oxalis 
Quesnelia 
Rohdea 
Saxifraga 
Spathogottis 
Spathiphyllum 
Tulbaghia 
Veltheimia 
Zantedeschia 
House 
Laelia 
Ligularia 
Neoregelia 
Oxalis 
Rohdea 
Spathiphyllum 
Tulbaghia 
fragrans 
Plants Recommended for Use In Hanging Baskets 
Achimenes 
Arrhenatherum 
Asparagus 
Begonia 
Lloydi 
Sutherlandi 
Billbergia 
euphemiae 
Theodore L. Mead 
Chlorophytum 
Commelina 
Cryptbergia 
Iris 
Nada 
Uwodu 
Laelia 
Marica 
Odontoglossum 
Oxalis 
Quesnelia 
species 
Stanhopea 
