. Ornamental cacti : their culture and decorative value . Bui. 262, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate < o _i < ~. 2 en < £ o S 5 2< a. o ~ DECORATIVE VALUE OF CACTI. 21 A pretty and interesting display may be had by arranging theplants in groups on benches, on window sills, or on bracket shelves oneither side of a window. Pots of individual plants of various sizeslend themselves very readily to artistic arrangement. In any bankingeffect the larger and taller ones should be placed in the background,and the rest graded down to the front according to th
. Ornamental cacti : their culture and decorative value . Bui. 262, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate < o _i < ~. 2 en < £ o S 5 2< a. o ~ DECORATIVE VALUE OF CACTI. 21 A pretty and interesting display may be had by arranging theplants in groups on benches, on window sills, or on bracket shelves oneither side of a window. Pots of individual plants of various sizeslend themselves very readily to artistic arrangement. In any bankingeffect the larger and taller ones should be placed in the background,and the rest graded down to the front according to the size of theplants. Should the plants be too uniform in size for such arrange-ment, those in the background may be elevated on inverted pots orblocks of wood of suitable height. GROUPINGS. Pleasing effects may be obtained by placing a number of plants inone pot or small box. For this purpose it is necessary to choose smallplants, preferably the low-growing globular or short, cylindrical formsof Mamillaria and Echinocactus. With a little care in the selectionof perfectly symmetrica] plants with well-developed spines, and somet
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