. 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. ^^0^ A bearing: Banana plant. SO much more cheaply in Central America and the West Indies. Small Banana plantations are common in south- PTISIA 131 0 the Pacific coast. The plants without injury. A frost of 5 h'lives, but if the plants are tiiiH-. new foliage may appear till- entire top is killed, new sucker
. 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. ^^0^ A bearing: Banana plant. SO much more cheaply in Central America and the West Indies. Small Banana plantations are common in south- PTISIA 131 0 the Pacific coast. The plants without injury. A frost of 5 h'lives, but if the plants are tiiiH-. new foliage may appear till- entire top is killed, new suckers will sprinir up and bear fruit the following year. A stalk, or trunk, bears but once ; but the new sprouts roots of the same pla iana, and south westward t will endure a slight fmst or 6 degrees will kill tin nearly full grown at tin-. 188. Tip of fli the fruit-bearing. A strong sprout should bear when 12-18 months old (from 2-3 years in hothouses). The plantation will, therefore, continue to bear for many years. A bearing stalk, as grown in southern California, is shown in Fig. 187. The peculiar flower-bearing of the Banana is shown in Fig. 188, which illustrates the tip of a flower-cluster. This cluster may be likened to a gintit elongating bud, â with large, tightly overhipi'itiL' '"' "v :i<'t«. Three of these bracts are shown in ./...- m inu'esof the flowering. As they i. ., i i ! - i In-low them expand. The briu^i i i ' i . ! -i^ soon shed their envelopes, Imi ili- ^-nIi- , /-, ji-r-i^t fur a time. The ovaries soon swell into Biuiau:i,s, <-. The bracts are royal purple and showy. e. N. Reasonek. BANCROFT, GEOKGE. The famous American his- torian (1800-1891) deserves remembrance among horti- culturists for his splendid collection of roses at his sum- mer home in Newport, R. I., an account of which may be found in the American Garden, 1891. For a portrait and sketch, see Appletou's Annual Cyclopedia tor 1890. In Mr. Bancroft's garden, Ge
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