. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. tion. Cuttings should be put in during the first halfof October; they will root in a coldframe. SAXIFRAGA (Aarons Beard). 6. sarmcntosa is a very hardyspecies with ornamental flowers and foliage suitable for baskets,vases and boxes. There is a variegated form with showy thrives out of doors all the year round in positions partly shadedfrom the sun. By the first of March fair sized plants may be putin 3-inch pots. Propagation. By natural oflsets, wh
. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. tion. Cuttings should be put in during the first halfof October; they will root in a coldframe. SAXIFRAGA (Aarons Beard). 6. sarmcntosa is a very hardyspecies with ornamental flowers and foliage suitable for baskets,vases and boxes. There is a variegated form with showy thrives out of doors all the year round in positions partly shadedfrom the sun. By the first of March fair sized plants may be putin 3-inch pots. Propagation. By natural oflsets, which are abundantly pro-duced. BEDDING, VASE AND WINDOW BOX PLANTS 291 SENECIO. S. mikanioides, the German Ivy, is a useful, soft-growing vine with leaves the shape of the English Ivy (Hedera).Propagate a few plants in the Autumn, and from these a greatnumber of cuttings may be taken off early in Spring. The plants areprincipally used for growing over the sides of baskets, vases, and alsofor twining to supports. STROBILANTHES. S. Dyerianus, especially in a youngstate, has foliage suggestive of some of the highly colored Bertolonias. ViNCA ROSEA, WITH CLEMATIS IN BACKGROUND 292 PLANT CULTURE Its treatment should be similar to that given the Coleus, so far aswintering and propagating are concerned. When planted out inthe full sun, the leaves are apt to have a washed out appearance,especially on old plants. A situation having partial shade is best. VINCA (Periwinkle). V. rosea, the Madagascar Periwinkle,comes in three forms known as V. rosea, the pink; V. r. var. alba, thewhite; and V. r. var. oculata, a white with a pink center. They arevery satisfactory bedding plants and come true to seed. V. majorvar. degantissima comes in very serviceable, not only for vases andbaskets, but for indoor decoration. Specimens for this purposeshould be in 5-inch pots, or even larger. The leaves are greenmottled and blotched white or yellow. Propagation. V. rosea does not grow readily from cuttings
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