The Garden Under Glass

130 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS baskets. Start in spring, dry off af ter flowering. Eight or nine corms to 6-inch pot. Cool house. Well worth growing. Agapanthus.—Usually grown in tubs for standing outside during summer. May be grown in large pots. Keep free from frost, feed well, and divide the plant every fourth year by chopping or sawing them apart. Aloysia Citriodora.—Sometimes called lemon-scented verbena. Practically hardy, but sometimes grown in a cold house for mixing with cut flowers. Propagated by cuttings put in in spring or practically at any time. Allamanda.—Astove house climber with pretty yellow flowers. Sometimes grown as a bush plant. Propagated by spring cuttings. Being grown under warm conditions, is subject to attacks of mealy bug. Anthurium.—Stove plants belonging to same order as Calla lilies and ha ving coloured flowers resembling them, but with ornamental and richly veined leaves. Relish a peaty soil and plenty of drainage. Propagated by division. The bright small-flowered and green-leaved A. scherzerianum is most commonly grown. Araucaria Excelsa—A pretty pot plant for a vase in the house. Amateurs are advised to buy their plants, though cuttings may be taken from the top growth. Grow under cool conditions and be careful not to overpot it. Balsams.—Known to gårdeners as impatiens. Sow seeds in warm house in spring and grow along under cool conditions. There are many pretty colours among them. Boronia.—Propagated—often with difficulty—from short growth in summer or autumn, and grown along in a somewhat peaty so il.