The Garden Under Glass

WORTHY PLANTS FOR GREENHOUSE 135 to cool greenhouse in December and flower in May and June. Glorxosa.—Pretty climber for the warm house. Propagated from offsets. Prefers a peaty so il. Habrothamnus.—A cool-house climber propagated from cuttings. Hedychium.—Grown in same way as cannas by division of roots. Dry off after flowering. Humea Elegans.'—Often used as a dot plant outside. It has a graceful grassy flower. Sow in summer and prick off, keeping young plants on dry side during winter and free from aphides. They are sometimes difficult plants to do well. Ipomea.—A beautiful climber of the convolvulus family which does well on a greenhouse pillar. Sow seeds, prick off, pot on and train up the pillar. Isolepsis Gracillis.—A pretty grass, used often as an edging to a staging. It may be used in a warm or a cold house. Propagate by division of old dumps. It likes plenty of water. Ixias.—Pretty bulbs gi ving a variety of colours. Grow from offsets and keep in a frame as long as possible. Like other bulbs, they require drying off. Ixora.—A warm-house plant valued alike for its flowers and foliage. Propagated by cuttings put in a brisk bottom heat. Lachenalia.—A very pretty subject for a basket as well as for pots. Pot up bulbs in autumn and grow along under cool conditions. Leaves are distinctly pretty. Offsets form in abundance and may be grown on to form flowering bulbs. Lantana.-—Grown much in the same way as heliotrope by cuttings rooted in autumn and spring and from plants cut back. Grows well in a cold house.