. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BEDDING modem, large-flowered types around the edges or in ^ont Frequently, massing with a single variety of eanna is practiced.' Next to cannas i>i PoP"l^"ty P™}"- ablv come the crotons or codiieums,-the broad-leaved types, as Queen Victoria, being better for this purpose large class of tende
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BEDDING modem, large-flowered types around the edges or in ^ont Frequently, massing with a single variety of eanna is practiced.' Next to cannas i>i PoP"l^"ty P™}"- ablv come the crotons or codiieums,-the broad-leaved types, as Queen Victoria, being better for this purpose large class of tender material-as palms, screw-pmes, the coarser ferns, dracaenas, araucarias-a class of foil aee plants which really does better outdoors during summer in a shady and sheltered position than indoors the. more formal styles of orna- ttis often form the nucleus of mi,, ,,1 ilir imlms being hid- I, ., in I i;n, or whatever t ban the narrower - leaved or simply cu- iious kinds, as Codimim interruptum md G. OTiutem, which belong to fan tiers' collections, i'or carpeting the ground in a croton bed, two variegated Trailers can be used with good effect the wandering .jew or tradescantia and Op Ukmemts Burmanni, which is famil lar to gardeners as Panicum laiiega turn The large leaves of bananas give d\ery rich tropical effect, especialh if i they can be so sheltered that the wii 1 198. -will not split them. One of the v i Typical Snap, or best plants for encircling a pul 1 String Beans fountain is the huge-leaved eleph u t (XK) (Seep 136.) ear caladium. For interesting pcmts * concerning its culture, see (, /o_ranthes, r the kens n the n 1 ook on the o a book p b- Ma s Th s g ee of tech- } the Gernans, ore n portant than the t pU t that are used. garden ng as o]posed lit tal garde ng makes no object on to leds n 1 en el b t 1 ke their usual pos t on Tl ey are co no ly g ven the no t con- spc OS places where the> t be seen whether peo- X like them or not. They should be m a place by Fh
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