. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 768 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. better plants for the purpose, as they will resist the noxious fumes of gas. Fatsia japonica (Aralia Sieboldii) is robust of con- stitution and decorative to a degree, and ought not to be for- gotten. It bears large, digitate, shining green leaves, while there are two varieties with white or yellow variegation, even more decorative. No special treatment is necessary beyond keeping them freely watered from late spring until late summer, and affording them a shady position. The- genus Cordyli
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 768 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. better plants for the purpose, as they will resist the noxious fumes of gas. Fatsia japonica (Aralia Sieboldii) is robust of con- stitution and decorative to a degree, and ought not to be for- gotten. It bears large, digitate, shining green leaves, while there are two varieties with white or yellow variegation, even more decorative. No special treatment is necessary beyond keeping them freely watered from late spring until late summer, and affording them a shady position. The- genus Cordyline also furnishes several good plants for rooms, C. australis and C. indivisa (Fig. 508) being the best. Ficus elastica (India- rubber Plant) is one of the most popular room plants in culti- vation. The only drawback to the plant is the habit it has, for no apparent reason, of shedding its lower leaves, when it is far from present- abl-e. Sometimes, however, this arises from errors in treat- ment — over - water- ing, dust, draughts, a very foul atmosphere, and not providing it with a light position. Alaranta major (Fig. 509) is a dis- tinct-looking plant that deserves to be recorded. It is easily managed if given a position where it does not get the direct rays of the sun. An abundance of water in the growing season, and a loamy soil, are what it likes. Other plants whose merits are but imperfectly known are Eurya japonica, and its variegated variety. It is an evergreen shrub, and one delighting in a peat soil. Bold of habit, and stout-textured as to foliage, these Euryas are most useful and long-suffering to a degree. Their chief enemy is dust. One hears so much of the merits of Grevillea robusta, and sees it so often recommended, that perhaps it would be best to state at once that no more unsuitable plant for rooms could be named, although there. Fig. 508.—Cordyline Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitall
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