. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists^ Review Mabch 1, 1917. fl a^^c 3c=ac aac ic=c a^^c ^L SEASONABLE jur Mt SUGGESTIONS ac^c ai=3C acac a^^c ac^zic I Trailing Plants. Seeds of such plants as thunbergias, Maurandia Barclaiana, Lobelia speciosa, Linaria Cymbalaria and Lophospermum scandens should now be sown in a warm house. Sow them thinly and pot off before the seedlings become crowded. The lobelias take a longer season than the others, but there still is time to se- cure plants of a suitable size. Senccio scandens, or German ivy, is another plant which should be prop
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists^ Review Mabch 1, 1917. fl a^^c 3c=ac aac ic=c a^^c ^L SEASONABLE jur Mt SUGGESTIONS ac^c ai=3C acac a^^c ac^zic I Trailing Plants. Seeds of such plants as thunbergias, Maurandia Barclaiana, Lobelia speciosa, Linaria Cymbalaria and Lophospermum scandens should now be sown in a warm house. Sow them thinly and pot off before the seedlings become crowded. The lobelias take a longer season than the others, but there still is time to se- cure plants of a suitable size. Senccio scandens, or German ivy, is another plant which should be propagated now, while that easily grown jjlant, Trades- cantia zebrina multicolor, as well as the ordinary green form, grows so rapidly that it will be of ample size if cuttings are put in a month from now. This common plant is quite suitable for use in window and porch boxes and it will grow and thrive where other plants would fail. Do not overlook the droop- ing forms of coleus and abutilons, which are well adapted for trailing purposes. Variegated Vincas. Variegated vincas, to be at all serv- iceable, should be thick and heavy and have long, trailing shoots. The proper place for them is along the sides of carnation benches, where the shoots can hang down. Water and feed them well for the next three months and you will have splendid plants. Propagation from either divisions or cuttings is easy. Remember that if you sell all your siz- able stock you will need a good batch to follow them for another season, and these smaller plants should have a sea son in the field to give them size and vigor. Vincas like a rich soil and an abundant water supply. .\t this sea- son they bloom freely in a sunny house. It is too bad they do not flower through the summer also. The blue flowers and variegated foliage make n charming combination. English Ivies. Englitili ivies make splendid basket, vase and piazza box plants. They are good for fovering walls in some of the colder states where the mornin
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