. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 136 FAJIILIAE GAUDEX FlOJI'SliS. should be nipped out to prevent floweriiiL,'' until the plants are strong. To flower them well in the winter they must be in the full light in a warm house^ for cold and damp will kill them. The robust kinds of the holhlnnuui section^ such as Ball of Fire^, make fine balcony plants for the sunny side (jf the house^ but for the shady side there are no creepers to equal the Virginian vine and the ivy. The tul)erous-r(ioted species make fine trellis plants, and are occasionally grown (in wire b
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 136 FAJIILIAE GAUDEX FlOJI'SliS. should be nipped out to prevent floweriiiL,'' until the plants are strong. To flower them well in the winter they must be in the full light in a warm house^ for cold and damp will kill them. The robust kinds of the holhlnnuui section^ such as Ball of Fire^, make fine balcony plants for the sunny side (jf the house^ but for the shady side there are no creepers to equal the Virginian vine and the ivy. The tul)erous-r(ioted species make fine trellis plants, and are occasionally grown (in wire balloons in pots to adorn the conservatory. All these require a sandy S(.iil, and during winter should be protected from damp. The hardiest of this series are T. eilnle, a strong growing jilaut with orange-coloured flowers, and T. inherosum, with flowers yellow and red. If planted on a dry sandy soil near the shelter of a warm wall, these endure the winter without harm; luit where the soil is loamy, or the situation cold aud damji, the roots should be taken up and away in sand for the winter. The destrucfion of the tops by frost should be the signal for lifting Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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