. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. OF FAVORITE ^^1 ^i have many deep angles, with curious swellings with each set of spines; the Epiphyllums have flat leaves without spines, producing flowers at their margins; Melocactus is the genus familiarly called Turk's Cap; and the Mamillarias are distinguished by their numerous tubercles or small, rounded projections. All the Cactaceae will grow in any soil where there is no stagnant moisture nor actual frost, but for the best results they should have a soil composed of loam, leaf-mold and sand, with
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. OF FAVORITE ^^1 ^i have many deep angles, with curious swellings with each set of spines; the Epiphyllums have flat leaves without spines, producing flowers at their margins; Melocactus is the genus familiarly called Turk's Cap; and the Mamillarias are distinguished by their numerous tubercles or small, rounded projections. All the Cactaceae will grow in any soil where there is no stagnant moisture nor actual frost, but for the best results they should have a soil composed of loam, leaf-mold and sand, with abundant drainage. A group of any of these plants forms a very attractive object in a window. They are very free from insects, causing little or no anxiety in that resjject, though some beetles will feed upon the young tips. Like all succulents, they need comparatively little water; if shriveled, however, the roots and enveloping earth should be soaked in a pail of water for two or three hours. While growing, they need water about three times a week, and every day if in very small pots. Slips may be taken from the parent plant, and inserted about an inch deep in comparatively dry sand. Some genera, as the Echinocactus, Melocactus and Mamillaria, are also propa- gated from the tubercles or ofl^shoots, and from seeds. The Staphelias are Cactus-like plants that require the same treatment. Young plants are potted about once a year; large ones, when in good sized pots, only once in three or four years. These plants are all fond of heat and a dry atmosphere. ^^t-^^Si—i,.;-.—^^IjS NOWN to florists and many amateur culturists as a suborder of \ I \iJ^ '^^ '^''"- handsome-leaved Arum family of plants, the Caladium is J;y I Pv?'^"^ Itself subdivided into almost innumerable species and varieties. Of thc-t perhaps the most conspicuous are the C. esculentum and the C. odoiatum, both of which are cultivated mainly for the size and beauty ot the leaves. These often measure, unde
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