. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iSSg. Til E A ME R r CA N F LORIS T. 441. PkU ^RR^^^Gtv^tv^T 0^ Orch\o5. Dr. Eagleman, of St. Louis, bestow upon my pet. But now think of my chagrin as I behold a stack of plants of it. plump, fresh and spotless, dry as a chip, piled up on a bench in Childs' packing room, newly in from their native wilds. And Cerkus giganteus too! Al- thou£;h this cactus becomes a timber tree n Arizona to Sonora, and may be well remembered by those who saw the fine specimens sent to the Centennial exhibi- tion at Philadelphia, we
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iSSg. Til E A ME R r CA N F LORIS T. 441. PkU ^RR^^^Gtv^tv^T 0^ Orch\o5. Dr. Eagleman, of St. Louis, bestow upon my pet. But now think of my chagrin as I behold a stack of plants of it. plump, fresh and spotless, dry as a chip, piled up on a bench in Childs' packing room, newly in from their native wilds. And Cerkus giganteus too! Al- thou£;h this cactus becomes a timber tree n Arizona to Sonora, and may be well remembered by those who saw the fine specimens sent to the Centennial exhibi- tion at Philadelphia, we can only expect to grow it successfully by beRinning with small plants, say about 12 inches or less in height. Large specimens may keep plump and green after being brought here for a year, or rarely two, but I do not know of an instance where they have become established, fresh, full rooted plants. Achillea Ptarmica fl. pi. —One would think that ere now the people would have got surfeited with this plant, but no, they haven't. Mr. Miller tells me that they have already this season sold 10,000 plants of it. Figs.—He had a lot of them raised for him in Florida. The stems had been brought down flat to the ground and were rooting all along, but the stock was far too large for mailing. Noticing this when he got them last fall, he cut up the naked root)- stem into oneeye pieces and laid these thickly in flats filled with earth in the greenhouse. Every eye has started into growth. He will;plant them out over summer and lift them next fall. A in Yucatan.—Mr. ."Miller tells me that Mr. Hogg (of Jap- anese fame) was telling him of a hand- some yellow ipomiia he saw growing plentifully in Yucatan. Years ago he sent home some plants which he gave to Isaac Buchanan, but, so far, he has not heard of their blooming in cultivation. JIESKMBRVANTHKMI'MS.—Mr. Miller asks: Where can we get a set of these ? A few species, notably M. spectabile, are common in cultivat
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