The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-09-13
VOL. XXH---NO. sc.
farMers' Golnmn.
"Spee6 the IIOsU."
Foliage Plants for Window Culture.

fOllaSe PlantS Tor window Culture.
A correspondent of tho Gardeners Month
ly says:
Promising that among the readers of the
Monthly there are some who like to turn
aside from the beaten track, wherein grow
callas, geraniums, abutilons, &C., to "rarer
fields and pastures new," give herewith
brlcf sketch of my success with some of the
less commonly grown window plants. And
for ease of culture and showiness of foliage,
| consider the Croton at the head of the
list. have. Croton interruptum, which
bought OF Mr.. Saul one year ago last May,
then very small plant, and to-day it is
thirty inches high by as many broad, finely
branched and richly colored. I do not,
however, think interruptum nearly as
handsome as some of the others indeed,
pictum, though an old variety, is more
snowy. l have one of the last, which is
very lovely, with its gold and crimson
markings. OF the newer varieties, Young
hi, Veitchti and andulatum are splendid
species. In my opinion the latter is the
prettiest, though all are magnificent Gro
tons require strong sunlight, and the
warmest place at command | shower
mine daily with warm water, and keep
them on the highest shelf; and they will re-
pay this slight care with their brilliantly
colored leaves, more ornamental / think,
than flowers DracBnas are also both Or
namental and easy of culture, and give
nice look to stand of plants. But for
north window, and cooler location, |
thing AspidtstrG 0ariegata the finest thing |
have ever tried. | have one that has over
thirty of its long, broad, glossy leaves, from
four to six inches across, each elegantly
striped with white, and gracefully recurv-
ed. 1t is never troubled with insects of
any sort, and ought to be more often seen
than it is. 1t requires liberal supply of
water, both over the foliage and at the root.
Or rarer plants, | have grown with good
success palms, Pandanus, Marantas, Till
andsia and Dieffenbachia maculata, the
latter an especially fine, free growing plant,
with broad green leaves, prettily spotted
with white. 1t is recommended for war
dian cases, but | have had no trouble with
1t IN my sitting-room. OF course these
more delicate plants require thought and
care in their treatment, but they amply re-
pay the extra trouble by the elegant effect
they give to stand of blooming plants
think we might grow many more of what
are classed as "stove" plants in our rooms,
by proper attention to cleanliness and mois-
ture in the air. In addition to water on
the stove, | keep large sponges, constantly
wet, lying among my plants. have, in
this room a maiden-hair fern, which has
thrown up between thirty and forty ironds
some of them two feet high, and the mass
more than that across.
will stop to mention but one blooming
plant, as this article is already too long
One year ago last spring, in looking over
Mr.. Sauls catalogue for something new for
winter blooming, | came upon the Rogiera
| sent and got one by way of experiment.
And wish to testify my extreme satiafac-
ton with this pretty fragrant plant. The
variety had bore plnkish-white flowers,
in heads like the B0uoar1ia, only the clus-
ters were three times as large, and the fra
GRANGE is peculiar and exquisite. # needs
heat and sunshine, and grows freely with
out farther trouble.