. 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. 1508 RESURRECTION PLANTS plant could be grown in a window-garden. For his spe- cial purpose the writer has been accustomed to sow seeds in Feb. in 4-inch pots, using a light, sandy soil, in a house with a temp, of G0° F. As soon as the seed- lings are large enough they are transplanted into other 4-inch pots, 3
. 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. 1508 RESURRECTION PLANTS plant could be grown in a window-garden. For his spe- cial purpose the writer has been accustomed to sow seeds in Feb. in 4-inch pots, using a light, sandy soil, in a house with a temp, of G0° F. As soon as the seed- lings are large enough they are transplanted into other 4-inch pots, 3 plants to a pot. As to the vitality of the seed the writer can only say that the seeds of Cniciferfe, being mealy, not oily, often retain their vitality for five years < Selagmella lepidophitll i rarely cultivated in ^ evergreen kmds It or by fanciers of fei i I I nnial plant It is iraent, like the I tame gardens IS it is by no 1 e genus The 1 irs and once saw I pi lut which through a stem almost a foot e tiee fern, except of ged m a dense rosette :her than a pendulous writer grew a j 1 t at one of tli. I long cultn in 1 high. It lo I 11 course that th I in which give the ti ii Is i 11 it i i( appearance Whether the plints reef ived d Texas have a crop of spoies on thi m is a question The spores do not discliii.^e when the plants ire wetted Many extravagant stati iiients ire made about the Bird's-nest Moss. The dried plants offered by the trade will turn green and grow unless they are too old or have been kept dry too long. They would probably not grow if kept over more than one season. They cannot be dried again and again indefinitely. If aplant has been grown in a pot for three or four years and is then dried off it will die. Most people who grow these pla. place them in a bowl of water with perhaps a little sand and a few pebbles. The water causes thera to turn green and they will grow for a time. Then if taken out of the water they may be kept dry for a time and the pr
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