. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SPA RAG US pliuiiosus ?^^ iKuius, the most popular / » I jrreen now used by florists in (Iccoratiiii,' and dosign- injj, was orii,'inally found in Houth Africa. It is easy 1o iniajiinc tliis l)eautil'ul, t'crn-liko i)lant twining its fluffy vinos among tlic l)ranchcs of the trees whicli _row in tliat warm, humid climate. II I ems that originally there was a dwarf orm, wliich lias since been lost track • f, besides our ])reseiit vining variety, svhich often sends its shoots to a height ? f twenty feet. As a commercial gicen, it is undouht- ?lly more
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SPA RAG US pliuiiosus ?^^ iKuius, the most popular / » I jrreen now used by florists in (Iccoratiiii,' and dosign- injj, was orii,'inally found in Houth Africa. It is easy 1o iniajiinc tliis l)eautil'ul, t'crn-liko i)lant twining its fluffy vinos among tlic l)ranchcs of the trees whicli _row in tliat warm, humid climate. II I ems that originally there was a dwarf orm, wliich lias since been lost track • f, besides our ])reseiit vining variety, svhich often sends its shoots to a height ? f twenty feet. As a commercial gicen, it is undouht- ?lly more extensively used in the art of li'corating an-d designing and in the ar- ;:ingement of loose flow(>rs than any 'I her. Its flufliness, combined with its ili'cp, rich color, only enhances the ' rauty of the flowers with which it is .issociated. Why the Crop Is Profitable. As grown in the lath houses of Florida • iiid California, iK^wcver, it lacks that 'ineness and good culcir wliicli are so ? :isily distinguishalile in stock grown in .1 greenhouse, where temperature and noistun' can be controlled at all times. \ it hough it is sometimes grown i" ?Mings, the great demand is for cut prays from eight to thirty six inches "Ug, for which a good can be "und at all times. After about ten years of ex]ierimeiita iin, during which our beds have grown i extent from 100 square feet to over ne-third of an acre, we have jirovcd 'iiat Aspar.'igus plumosus can be both • iccessfully ami profitably grown under -lass. Although the ])eriod between ?' cii sowing and the cutting of m:iture I'lays seems a long time, yet the pro- ductiveness of tht> beds, wliiili. with ii'per care, will last in good jiroduc- '"n for from fi\e to ten years, jiays the . ower for his patience. When roses, nnis or carnations are remly to cut, ' '-y must be sold or lost. If the market ' dull wlien ;i cro]> of As])aragns pin- ""SII-; is ready, the grower may hold it ?&q
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