. American homes and gardens. center making a very pretty contrast;it is one of the very best, both for indoors and for de Lorraine, although one of the most beautifulof all flowers, is frequently not satisfactory as a house plant,because of the very careful attention it must receive. PinkLorraine is objectionable on the same grounds. The newLorraine, Glory of Cincinnati, is, however, much morerobust in constitution and holds its flowers better, so that,as the color is as good and the individual florets even larger,it is likely to supersede the older Lorraine types. The RexBegon
. American homes and gardens. center making a very pretty contrast;it is one of the very best, both for indoors and for de Lorraine, although one of the most beautifulof all flowers, is frequently not satisfactory as a house plant,because of the very careful attention it must receive. PinkLorraine is objectionable on the same grounds. The newLorraine, Glory of Cincinnati, is, however, much morerobust in constitution and holds its flowers better, so that,as the color is as good and the individual florets even larger,it is likely to supersede the older Lorraine types. The RexBegonias, like most of the others, do best out of the full,direct sunlight. If too far from the window, or in tooshaded a place, however, the full coloring of the leaves willnot be developed. As the Rex Begonias last a long timeand grow to a large size they will eventually fill very largepots, and special care must be taken to see that the drainageis kept perfect, not only by using light soil, but by the use(Continued on page 32). A fine specimen of the Gloire de Loraine Begonia. This species requires careful culture January, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 15
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