. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . aronAlstroemer, friend of Linna-us).A marylliddcese. and stove plants,?with tuberous
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . aronAlstroemer, friend of Linna-us).A marylliddcese. and stove plants,?with tuberous roots, treated asbulbs; and some of them alsogrown in the open for sum-mer bloom. Showy tall or slender plantswith the red, purple or yellow^ blossoms in simple or com-pound umbels terminating the st.: (2 in. or less long), comparativelynarrow, with 6 segms., parted nearly orquite to the ovary, often irregular; stamensmostly declined; stigma 3-cleft; sts. slenderand leafy, weak, or even disposed to climb,arising from a root of thickened fibers.—Perhaps .50 species in S. Amer. There aregarden hybrids. The alstremerias are notnow very much grown. Monogr. by Baker,Handbook of the Amaryllidea-. Some of the alstremerias have survivedthe winters in Washington of late yearsonly when a heavy mulch has been given,as A. nurnnliaca and its form A. aurea, and its forms. Evidently amongthe hardiest are A. bra-nliensis and , although some of the others have. ALSTRCEMERIA ALTAMIRANOA 267 not been tried. For outdoor planting, alstrenierias areat their best in a partly .shaded position, and atall times during their growth the roots must have anabundance of water. In fact, there is little use inattempting their cultivation out-of-doors when theseconditions cannot be given.—In colder climates, the al-strenierias can be grown very successfully by plantingout in spring, and, as soon as they die down, lift, andkeep o\-er winter in a place from which frost is exc
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