. Vick's floral guide. elleLucrative, Seckel and Sheldon for latervarieties, will be found satisfactory. 20 VICKS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. SCREW PINES. As a foliage plant for warm greenhousesthe Screw Pine, Pandanus, in its severalforms, occupies a conspicuous of the finest of all is the varie-gated variety, of which an engraving ishere shown. The form of the plant, aswill be seen, is extremely graceful, andthe white margins bring out the greencentral portions of the leaves in strongrelief. It is a plant of easy culture aslong as it has the necessary heat—seventy EUROPEAN NOTES. If an A
. Vick's floral guide. elleLucrative, Seckel and Sheldon for latervarieties, will be found satisfactory. 20 VICKS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. SCREW PINES. As a foliage plant for warm greenhousesthe Screw Pine, Pandanus, in its severalforms, occupies a conspicuous of the finest of all is the varie-gated variety, of which an engraving ishere shown. The form of the plant, aswill be seen, is extremely graceful, andthe white margins bring out the greencentral portions of the leaves in strongrelief. It is a plant of easy culture aslong as it has the necessary heat—seventy EUROPEAN NOTES. If an American wishes to plunge atonce into the midst of an undreamed ofworld, let him take a steamer directly toAntwerp. The sail of sixty miles up theRiver Scheldt will form a fitting introduc-tion to the novelties, centuries old, await-ing him. The first glimpse of the dikeson each bank recalls our childhoodsstories of the sturdy Hollanders whohave wrested their homes from the sea,and we feel that what was once a myth to. PANDANUS JAVANICUS VAKIEGATUS. to eighty degrees. Good turfy loam,with a sixth part of sand added, is aproper soil, and in it a handsome speci-men plant can be raised in about a small plant in a medium-sized pot,shifted at mid-winter or early spring intoa larger size, will commence to growquickly, and attention being given to re-potting when needed, it will developrapidly. When shifting the plant from asmaller to a larger sized pot, it is well toset the plant a little deeper each time, inorder to keep the foliage close to thesoil. A moderate amount of water onlyis needed, and the plant should have fullbenefit of the light. A New7 Night-blooming Gereus.—Anew seedling variety of Cereus, namedVulcan, has originated in Germany, fromC. grandiflora. The flowers are darkercolored and larger than the last—ofteneighteen inches in diameter. our imagination has now become areality. Yet it was difficult to realize thatthe close-shaven green mound runningunbrokenl
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