Crossword-Solution: ZEBRINA 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 18

The pies,--oh, what pies Mother makes; no dyspepsia in 'em, but good-nature an' good health an' hospitality! Pumpkin pies, mince an' apple too, and then a big dish of pippins an' russets an' bellflowers, an', last of all, walnuts with cider from the Zebrina Dickerson farm! I tell ye, there's a Thanksgivin' dinner for ye! that's what we get in old Belchertown; an' that's the kind of livin' that makes the Yankees so all-fired good an' smart.

The pies--oh, what pies Mother makes; no dyspepsia in 'em, but good nature an' good health an' hospitality! Pumpkin pies, mince, an' apple, too, and then a big dish of pippins an' russets an' bellflowers, an', last of all, walnuts with cider from the Zebrina Dickerson farm! I tell ye, there's a Thanksgivin' dinner for ye! that's what we get in old Belchertown; an' that's the kind of livin' that makes the Yankees so all-fired good an' smart.

There are several varieties, among them being _discolor_, a variegated leaf, and _Zebrina multi-color_, the leaves of which give almost a rainbow effect in their wonderful diversity and blending.

The soil for this family should have a generous amount of sand] [Illustration: The rubber plant (_Ficus elastica_), perhaps the most popular of all formal decorative house plants] _Zebra Plant_ (_Maranta zebrina_)--This is another easily grown decorative plant with tropical looking, large leaves.

While usually listed as _Maranta zebrina_, it is really a calathea and the plants of this genus show a variation in their markings unsurpassed by any.