The Garden Under Glass

138 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS Can be propagated byleaves cut off and put in any moist, open material in a warm propagator. Sibthorpia Europea.—A pretty little evergreen creeper, useful for edging the staging or covering the floor in either warm or cold house. Easily propagated by division. Requires renewing occasionally. Does well also in a window as a hanging plant or for covering the soil of plants in tubs, boxes or large pots. Smilax.-—Best grown from seeds and trained up straight pieces of cotton or thread, one piece of smilax to each thread. Most useful for table decoration. It may be had with small or large leaves. Solanum Capsicastrum.—An ornamental plant grown for the beauty of its berries. May be propagated from seeds and grown along three in a pot. Must not be allowed to flag. Sparmannia Africana.—A cool-house plant propagated from cuttings. Very easily grown but only ornamental when grown well. Stephanotis.—A very fragrant climber for the warm greenhouse. Is often a prey to mealy bug. Propagate in brisk heat from cuttings in spring. Swainsonia.—Can be very effectively used for clothing the rafters of a greenhouse. Grow in a cool house and propagate from cuttings. Sometimes used for flowering outside. Torenia.—A pretty plant for the cool house, grown from seeds or cuttings. Trachelium Cceruleum.—Well worth growing under cold conditions. It can easily be grown from seeds sown early in the year. Flowers are very graceful. Tradescantia.—Often used as an edging plant, a basket plant, or for growing on a mossed wall or beneath