PROPAGATION. Seeds, cuttings.

SPECIAL USES. Good house plant, miniature gardens.

Koellikeria erinoides Gesneriaceae

This one is a gem—clusters of pert green-velvet leaves with indented veins and sprinkled with silvery star dust; on short stems, tiny two-lipped bell flowers of creamy white and red, in summer.

CARE. Warm, humid, humusy soil, filtered sun, moist.

PROPAGATION. Seeds.

SPECIAL USES. House plant.

Lantana camara Verbenaceae

Here is a plant I have long enjoyed around the greenhouse. It is a small hairy shrub with angled branches and rough bristly leaves and is sometimes prickly.