. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. 187. A bearmg so much more cheaply in Central America and the WestIndies. Small Banana plantations are common in south-ern Florida, however, and even as far north as Jackson-ville. They are also grown in extreme southern Louis- iana, and southwestward to the Pacific coast. The plantswill endure a slight frost without inj
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. 187. A bearmg so much more cheaply in Central America and the WestIndies. Small Banana plantations are common in south-ern Florida, however, and even as far north as Jackson-ville. They are also grown in extreme southern Louis- iana, and southwestward to the Pacific coast. The plantswill endure a slight frost without injury. A frost of 5or 6 degrees will kill the leaves, but if the plants arenearly full grown at the time, new foliage may appearand fruit may form. If the entire top is killed, newsuckers will spring up and bear fruit the following stalk, or trunk, bears but once ; but the new sproutswhich arise from the roots of the same plant continue. the fruit-bearing. A strong sprout should bear when12-18 months old (from 2-3 years in hothouses). Theplantation will, therefore, continue to bear for manyyears. A bearing stalk, as grown in southern California,is shown in Fig. 187. The peculiar flower-bearing of the Banana is shown inFig. 188, which illustrates the tip of a cluster may be likened to a giant elongating bud,with large, tightly overlapping scales or bracts. Threeof these bracts are shown at a a a, in different stages ofthe flowering. As they rise or open, the flowers belowthem expand. The bracts soon fall. The flowers soonshed their envelopes, but the styles, 6, persist for atune The ovaries soon swell into Bananas, c. The bractsue royal purple and showy. BANCROFT, GEOKGE. t nan (1800-1891) deserv.(ulturiitsforhis home in Newpurt. Kbe found in the Annniransketch. 5. N. The famous American his-?s rfmr-mbrauce among •?llrctinii of roses at his sum- an ,?
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