. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. 42 B'AMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. than in the other families belonging to the same order, either epiphytes, that is, grow- ing attached to other plants, or terrestrial; the examples just cited, of the long moss and the pineapple, illustrate both classes, In this connection the distinction between an epiphyte and a parasite should be care- fully noted. An epiphyte at- taches itself to another plant, usually a tree or shrub, but de- rives no nourishment from the tissues of its host. Such // ^\ A! plants can be s u c c e s s f u 1 ly grown

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. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. 42 B'AMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. than in the other families belonging to the same order, either epiphytes, that is, grow- ing attached to other plants, or terrestrial; the examples just cited, of the long moss and the pineapple, illustrate both classes, In this connection the distinction between an epiphyte and a parasite should be care- fully noted. An epiphyte at- taches itself to another plant, usually a tree or shrub, but de- rives no nourishment from the tissues of its host. Such // ^\ A! plants can be s u c c e s s f u 1 ly grown in gi-eenhouses upon pieces of wood, as is the case They are .^^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pollard, Charles Louis, 1872-. Washington, D. C. , The Plant World Co

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