Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-24
TRAILING PLANTS.
By JOHN LEWIS cHILDs.
Floral Park, NetO York.

The beauty and value of trailing
plants for window, veranda or conserv-
atory decoration is everywhere ar
preciated. For hanging baskets, vas
and bracket pots they are indispensa-
BILE, and no window or conservatory
can be properly fitted up with plan
without them. In olden times tie
well known Wandering Jew or Trades
cantis was the plant principally used
for Hanging Baskets, etc. This is now
rapidly disappearing and its place is
being filled by nearly dozen new In-
PRODUCTIONS of far greater beauty and
usefulness. We must not, however,
overlook the newer variety of Wander,
ing Jew or Tradescantia Multicolor-
with its beautiful leaves of dark bronzy
green, silver, pink and white all beau.
tifully intermixed and variegated. II
is a charm ng trailing plant, especially
for positions out of the reach of tie
snn, for it does we'll in shaded corners
where but few other plants will
hrive.
Among the succulent plants, there
are Mt least three which are very de.
sirable aud worthy of general cultiva-
ton. They are: Othouua Crassifolia,
heautIful with its slender vines, round
tieshy leaves and abundance of golden
daisy like blossoms; Sedum Pulchel-
lum, beautiful both in foliage and
flower and blooming profusely in win
ter " hen flowers are most needed ;Cereus
Floggelliformis, a member of the great
and Interesting Cactus family, wi h
long, dropping, rattail-like branches
aud an abundance of bright scarlet
blossoms.
Among recent introductions there are
some grand trailers, among them Abu-
tilon Eclipse, with slender, wavy
branches which grow downward and
are clothed with a profusion of dark
green leaves thickly and distinctly
spotted with yellow. Its blossoms are
also beautiful and are produced all the
year round.
The plant known as Parrots Feather
tMyrIophyllum proserpinacoides) is q
brand new basket or vase plant OF
great beauty. Though properly an
aquatic it will grow freely in pots or
vases of soil if kept sbundantly wet.
1t succeeds best, however, in q water
tight hsnging-pot, which should be
filed with equal parts of soil and
wster. Its long, graceful vines covered
with a dense growth of feathery
foliage is exceedingly beautiful and OF
easy and rapid growth, even in shade d
situations. The species of Fuchsls, r.
Procumbens, which was introduced q
few ears ago is an elegant trailer. Its
growth of vine and foliage is delicate
and graceful and Its flowers, though
small, are very pretty and produce
freely during the summer, being fol-
lowed in Autumn with large red Der
ries which remain on the vine nearly
| all winter and are very attractive.
The large-howered trailing Fuchsia
"TraIling Queen" which we are fortu
/ pate to be able to introduce this year
is IA novelty of great Importance mas
much rs it is the first trailing form o
our common arge-howered Fuchsia
The plant instead of growing upright
like other sorts, lends it branches on
to the edge of the pot, or whatever 1t j
growing In, from which point the,
grow directly downward. Its profusiol
of large, green leaves are when Jount
rayed and ribbed with dull scarlet O
red and are very handsome. Its grea
blossoms are produced in clusters 6
the ends of the branches at all times o
the year and are very snowy, scarle
and purple. This is really the quee
OF trailing plants, and is one of the mos
important introductions of recen
years. The charming Mexican Prim
rose makes lovely trailing llan
when grown in hanging pot O
basket. Its abundance of large bio,
SONS which are unsurpassed in tru
loveliness make it a plant of the creates
attraction for any position.