The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-27
The Wax Plant.

1HlS, the most Deautltul OF all vine
plants, is thus written of by Success
With Flowers" This plant has lovely
thick, waxy green leaves, of a deep,
dark green color very family splashed
with a gray white. They are ovate in
shape and make a very odd floral all
bum. Take sharp pin and puncture
very tiny holes close to each other in
form of letters, until you have your
name and address carefully written on
single leaf. Always be very care
full to never puncture one bit deeper
than just the outside skin of the leaf
II you get them punctured too deep
the air will burn holes clear through
the leaf and spoil it very much. AS
these leaves are evergreen and remain
on the plant for years, they make
unique albums. Never allow every
Tom, Dick or Harry to scratch their
names on it. for many people are very
careless and puncture too deep, even
after you do explain to them just how
to do the work. The writer has found
out to her sorrow more than once,
that there are people nearly as bad
as dog to spoil plants. In fact, l
often long for a good Newfoundland
dog to sic, sic, sic, after some who
have had less sense than many a mis-
behaved dog. l love dogs as we'll as
years. / bought a fine specimen here
which died soon after coming Nobody
here keeps anything but fox hounds
and few collies. like Newfoundland
and old style bulldogs best, but they
can't be gotten here at any price. Co,
dear, how | got off of my subject! but
l do love dogs) 1 once Scw of one
of these plants which had a leaf on
for seven years when l first saw it. A
Mnfhn6iGf feNiC ta,- I.aI
name on 1t seven years before, with
his address and date. How long
1t remained / cannot tell, or
If 1t is on the vine yet But
this goes long way toward showing
that the leaves cling to the vine in
definitely. The single f1orets are small
but very beautiful and strangely odd
in formation. They grow as many as
twenty in a cluster and are each shap-
ed like a star with five points. The
color is pure white in the house, or
flesh white where it can have plenty
of sun. with a brownish red center.
They are as thick and waxy-like in
texture as the leaves, and it Is no Won
der that 1t is often called wax-vine
Tor 1t seems much more appropriate
These flowers remain perfect from IL
to 25 days, according to the amount of
sun they get. They are very fragrant
L ne stem OF STUDS on which the flowers
grow should never be cut off after the
flowers drop off. as these same stubs
bloom year after year, getting better
and larger for several years. OF course
new stubs or flower stems will grow
on the vine. as the vine grows until il
is nearly bouquet In itself, and a
beautiful one at that. Quite often an
other or second crop of buds will start
on the same stalk, while the first is
blooming, and when the old flowers
drop or the second are about ready to
take their place, making it seem as if
II were really the first crop still in
nloom. These plants can be propa ga ted
Dy cuttings or from a single leaf with
It's stem placed in ground. The cut
lungs root and grow usually very fast
nut the leaf is slow in starting all
though 1t roots very soon under the
proper amount of heat, which should
be quite tropical as they are a front
cal vine. These plants do much bet
ter IN Conservatives than under house
culture But the writer has seen very
me specimens grown in the house in
the state of Kansas. The finest one T
ever saw was grown in a large drv
goods store in the summer and kent in
the nNlnS rooms over the store dur-
ing the winter. Verify, it was a SIGHT
worth going to see. 1t was so large n
was grown in a half-barrel and fool.
TOUR men to get 1t up and down stairs
rms plant has grown in a rich. light
SOIL, ana watered with weak fertilizer
water once a week, while growing n,
the summer time. During the winter n
grew slower and got no stimulants Tn