The Garden Under Glass

 THE BEST FOLIAGE PLANTS 109 filled the pot with roots and made several side growths, be moved into a 6-inch. This will probably not be needed until the turn of the year, it being usually better to avoid doing much potting during November and December, when growth seems so difficult. The 6-inch pots should last until May, when a further and final shift into 9-inch pots will enable huge plants fourfeet high and three feet through to be formed. Several pinchings of the growths will bring about a nice bushy shape, and in summer, if three of these plants are banked up together they fill a very large space. Some forms of coleuses damp off in the leaf a good deal. These should be eliminated from the stock as early as possible. Flower buds should be pinched off as they appear, for they are by no means ornamental. Any good so il will suit, pro vided it be made open. When cuttings are taken the old plants may be thrown away. Croton This is a highly ornamental foliage plant which relishes a close atmosphere and a brisk heat and cannot be grown to any good standard of success in the cold greenhouse. Few amateurs grow it on account of its requiring too much heat but it is well worth all the care bestowed on it. For a table plant, for grouping, or for the use of its beautifully marked and oft-times curly leaves in flower glasses and bowls, it serves very useful purposes. Ihe usual method of propagation is by notching the stem in the same manner as described for the aralia. They root quite easily from cuttings, but the notching and mossing is done to ensure the leaves being quite close to the pot. It is a fault of great magnitude to have crotons with bare stems. Cuttings may be taken whenever available, but the notching is