. 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. 1600. Lace- help to keep the plant in good health by furnishing oxygen. (Hee Aquarium.) The plant should be potted, and plunged not more than 18 inches below the .sur- face of the water. For potting soil use a rich compost, such as is recommended for Nymphseas. The water should bo kept clean and sweet, and a te
. 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. 1600. Lace- help to keep the plant in good health by furnishing oxygen. (Hee Aquarium.) The plant should be potted, and plunged not more than 18 inches below the .sur- face of the water. For potting soil use a rich compost, such as is recommended for Nymphseas. The water should bo kept clean and sweet, and a temperature of 65*^ to 7~i° provided. Avoid direct sunlight. In Madagascar the streams often dry up, and the tubers carry the plant over the dry season. In imitation of nature some cultivators take the tubers out of the soil, and leave them on a shelf in a hothouse during the month of February. It is doubtful whether this is necessary. Potting should be done while the plant is in active growth, not dormant. Prop, by division. fenestrilis, Poir. (AponogHon fenestr&le. Hook.). Pig. lliOO. The fls. are small, and consist of 6 stamens, 3 pistils and 2 white petal-like bodies. The fls. are numerous, and borne in 2 spikes, each about 2 in. long, which are united at the base, and borne on the top of a scape a foot or so long. 7:67. :169. 4894. 38:830. Gn. 30, pp. 344, 345. Mn. 6, p. 231. 11:1107. 8:300. (h lifmieriana, Decn©,.differs in having smaller open spaces in tiio and pinkish 4-parted spikes. Wm. Trickeb and W. M. 6XALIS {sharp ; referring to the usual acidity of the foliage). Geruniicea, sometimes treated as a fam- ily, Oxatiddcea. Over 200 species, mostly of South Africa and tropical and subtropical America. A few are weeds or woodland plants through the northern countries of both hemispheres. Mostly bulbous or tuberous herbs, with clover-like Ivs., cultivated in bor- ders and rockeries or especially as hanging-basket or window plant
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