. The book of water gardening;. Aquatic plants. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK Oh WATER GARDENING ceeds well in the border and frequently bears fruit. At the approach of frost the plant should be potted and brought into the greenhouse or dwelling. It makes a fine house plant for Winter decoration. Musa Ensete, the Abyssinian banana, is one of the best tropical plants to use for this purpose. It is a noble subject, easily raised from seed, which should be sown in the greenhouse or hotbed. The young plants grow rapidly, and within three years will attain a height of ten feet, with leaves eight fee
. The book of water gardening;. Aquatic plants. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK Oh WATER GARDENING ceeds well in the border and frequently bears fruit. At the approach of frost the plant should be potted and brought into the greenhouse or dwelling. It makes a fine house plant for Winter decoration. Musa Ensete, the Abyssinian banana, is one of the best tropical plants to use for this purpose. It is a noble subject, easily raised from seed, which should be sown in the greenhouse or hotbed. The young plants grow rapidly, and within three years will attain a height of ten feet, with leaves eight feet in length and two feet wide. Musa sapientum is another banana that is very interesting; it o-rows to a. FATSIA PAPYRIFERA-Aralia Musa rubrum in the upper left height of twelve feet, the old plants flowering and bearing fruit which, however, owing to our short Summers, will not reach maturity in the Northern States, Musa Martini is similar to the preceding; the veins and stems are generally tinted red, while the leaves are thick and not easily broken by the wind. [141]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bisset, Peter. [from old catalog]. New York, A. T. De La Mare printing and publishing co. , ltd.
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