. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist, 489 Caladiums. Magnificent fine-foliage plants of the easiest cultivation. They grow in sum- mer and rest in winter, but with tact and forethought we can have them in good condition most any season of the }-ear we wish. They are indigenous to tropical South America, but we have also some very fine garden-raised sorts. For many years past caladiums have held a promi- nent place in our hot-houses, and such grand sorts as Chantini, Belleymei, Beethoven, Wightii, Meyerbeer and Bara- quiui w
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist, 489 Caladiums. Magnificent fine-foliage plants of the easiest cultivation. They grow in sum- mer and rest in winter, but with tact and forethought we can have them in good condition most any season of the }-ear we wish. They are indigenous to tropical South America, but we have also some very fine garden-raised sorts. For many years past caladiums have held a promi- nent place in our hot-houses, and such grand sorts as Chantini, Belleymei, Beethoven, Wightii, Meyerbeer and Bara- quiui were the pride of our boyhood. Some of these are still unsurpassed in beauty, and indispensable. But further discoveries in the tropics have added brilliance in greater variety, and the hy- bridizer's skill has given us golden groundwork. Henry Waterer, of Phila- delphia, has been very successful in in- troducing from Brazil some of the finest kinds yet distributed. Caladiums are especially suited for summer work, when they furnish a more gorgeous display of colored foliage than the crotons, dracseuas or other popular plants. As pot plants for conservator\ decoration, exhibition specimens, or as- sociated with Rex begonias, ferns, palms and the like, planted in groups in a well- sheltered shady spot in the garden, they are effective and appropriate. Although they have not the persistence of a rubber plant, the lasting qualities of an anthu- rium, or the elegance of a palm, they are nevertheless useful in the decorations of parlors, halls, shady verandas and the like, where they last in good condition one or several weeks, according to place and usage, The dwarf sorts and small plants of the larger-growing kinds are often admired as table plants or set in vases throughout the house. They are also used in window boxes that are shaded from sunshine. Caladiums are tuberous-rooted and like a good long rest in winter. Like glox- inias and tuberous-rooted begonias, they are accommodati
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