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COLEUS , a genus of herbaceous or shrubby See also:

PLANTS

plants belonging to the natural See also:

order See also:

LABIATAE (i.e. " lipped," Lat. labium, lip)

Labiatae, chiefly natives of the tropics. They are very ornamental plants, the See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of their leaves being exceedingly varied, and often very brilliant. They are of the easiest culture. The cuttings of See also:

young shoots should be propagated every See also:

YEAR

year, about See also:

March, being, planted in thumb pots, in sandy See also:

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam, and placed in a See also:

close temperature of 70°. After taking See also:

root shift into 6-in. pots, using See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

LIGHT

light loamy compost, containing abundance of See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-See also:

MOULD

mould and See also:

sand, and keeping them near the light. They may be passed on into larger pots as often as required, but 8-in. pots will be large enough for See also:

general purposes, as they can be fed with liquid manure. The young See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring-struck plants like a warm growing See also:

ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere, but by midsummer they will See also:

bear more See also:

air and stand in a See also:

green-See also:

house or conservatory. They should be wintered in a temperature of 6o° to 65°. The stopping of the young shoots must be regulated by the See also:

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration whether bushy or pyramidal plants are desired. Some of the varieties are See also:

HALF

half-See also:

hardy and are used for summer bedding.

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