The Garden Under Glass

THE BEST FLOWERING PLANTS 75 produced now, and I doubt if any of my readers could find space for them. During the winter-time fuchsias may be stored away on a shelf, beneath the greenhouse staging, or in any shed or room from which frost can be kept, though really a few degrees will not seriously harm them. This, of course, rneans that the plants should be dried off in the autumn and stored away, either with or without their pots. In February these pots may be brought out of store and started in a warm house. As soon as the young growths appear the shoots may be cut back to within a few inches of their base, and may then be shaken out from the old soil and put into other pots. Any good potting soil will do, as fuchsias are not fastidious subjects. I would recommend the follow-ing varieties Fulgens, Phenomenal, Mrs Hill, Ballet Girl, Rose of Castile, Charming, Countess of Aberdeen and a very pretty little plant of the fulgens type known as Little Mary. The Glorious Gloxinia This is one of the finest plants that could be grown in a warm house for flowering during the summer months. It is a special favourite of mine and will, I hope, occupy the same position in the affections of my readers. It is remarkably free flowering, has great brilliancy and a wide range of colour, responds readily to good treatment, is remarkably effective as a pot plant and the flowers will last for a considerable time in water. It is easily grown from seeds, from leaves, or from old corms, all of which courses are advised. My conception of an ideal gloxinia flower may not accord with the rigid rules of the old florists, but will, ven ture to think, merit repetition. The flower should