. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. "A M I M U L U S. LL the species of numulus, or monkey Hovver, as it is verv often eiilled, of -w'liieli there are ahout twenty known, are natives of tiie New World, and for the most part oi its western coasts, tlieir ranye beinfj;- fn.)m Columhia in tile north, to C'hih, sontli of tile ei[iuitor. They are all niois- ture-lovino- plants, and therefore in i-ulti\'atin^' theni tliat must he eonsidered. They are, how- ever, so aeeommodatintJ- that almost any kind of soil will suit them, if supplemented hy the water-pot ;
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. "A M I M U L U S. LL the species of numulus, or monkey Hovver, as it is verv often eiilled, of -w'liieli there are ahout twenty known, are natives of tiie New World, and for the most part oi its western coasts, tlieir ranye beinfj;- fn.)m Columhia in tile north, to C'hih, sontli of tile ei[iuitor. They are all niois- ture-lovino- plants, and therefore in i-ulti\'atin^' theni tliat must he eonsidered. They are, how- ever, so aeeommodatintJ- that almost any kind of soil will suit them, if supplemented hy the water-pot ; but they like g' living, nevertheless, and line specimens cannot be grown loamy soil. The plant before us may be treated as a hardy perennial, and left out to take care of itself in the open ; or it may be treated as an animal, and will flower the same season if the seed is sown in March. But lietter still is to treat it as a greenhouse plant, raising a fresh every year "witlioiit the )f rich. 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 Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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