. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON ROOM PLANTS. 781 after flowering. Coronilla glauca is another pretty evergreen, with yellow flowers: the shoots of this should be pinched in spring, and a mixture of loam and peat should be used as compost. The majority of these and similar subjects are best ,o;iven a sheltered position outdoors in summer. The well-known Dicentra {Bielyfra) spedabilis (Fig. 521), Avith its rosy-pink flowers, must not be omitted from any collection of room plants. It should be potted up from ^ theopen - .JM^ ground in November, and
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON ROOM PLANTS. 781 after flowering. Coronilla glauca is another pretty evergreen, with yellow flowers: the shoots of this should be pinched in spring, and a mixture of loam and peat should be used as compost. The majority of these and similar subjects are best ,o;iven a sheltered position outdoors in summer. The well-known Dicentra {Bielyfra) spedabilis (Fig. 521), Avith its rosy-pink flowers, must not be omitted from any collection of room plants. It should be potted up from ^ theopen - .JM^ ground in November, and to get the best results fresh batches should be employed each season. As tilde {Spi- rced) japonica is another old favourite, re- quiring prac- tically similar treatment ; it likes plenty of moisture when growing. Unco m m o n but beautiful subjects for windows are Fra?icoa ra- mosa (Bridal Wreath) and F. appeiidiculata. Their long flower- stems are crowded with blossoms in late summer if they receive plenty of water when growing, and a little help from artificial manure when about to blossom. Potting is best done in April. A list of flowering plants might loe extended almost indefinitely, and all that has been aimed at here is to give a selection of well-tried subjects, leaving the individual to experiment further for Fig. 521.—DiCEXTRA (Dielytra) spectabilis. Ferns. The kinds available for use as pot-plants for indoor decoration are fairly numerous, but care must be taken in their selection, or disappointment will ensue. ^Maidenhair Ferns, beautiful as they undoubtedly are, cannot be recommended as room plants. The genus Pteris furnishes many kinds suitable for the purpose under consideration, and some of them are amongst the finest to be found in the large and varied order. P. cretica albo-lhieata is a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these i
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