. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. iii CULTURE OF FAVORITE PLANTS. growth is readily appropriated by this thirsty plant, whach a so revels m a ^arm atmos- phere. It is usually propagated by florists from sections of the root, as a ready descr bed under Bouvardia and elsewhere. It may, however, be rooted from small offshoo s that grow on the side of the stem; and a
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. iii CULTURE OF FAVORITE PLANTS. growth is readily appropriated by this thirsty plant, whach a so revels m a ^arm atmos- phere. It is usually propagated by florists from sections of the root, as a ready descr bed under Bouvardia and elsewhere. It may, however, be rooted from small offshoo s that grow on the side of the stem; and also from seeds, but this last method is rarely BELONGING to the class of plants known as Houseleeks, which are often carefully grown on the roofs of cottages and stables by many of the peasantry of "Europe, under a superstitious belief that they afford protection from lightning and other calamities, the Echeverias are a very ornamental, thick, flesh-leaved tribe of culti- vated plants. They are in demand for ornamental plants in houses, 'on rockwork and on high, sandy ground; as also sometimes for low edgings of beds and walks. Some of them look not unlike old, rusty iron; others have bluish-green leaves; and one variety, called the E. rotundifolia, or round-leaved, makes an elegant vase plant to surmount a pillar or parlor-stand. Being of the . very easiest culture, almost anyone can cultivate them in nearly every condition of soil or climate; but an excess of water in cold weather will prove fatal. Some of the species flourish through the winter, sending out spike-like racemes, two or three feet in length, of a very waxy, flesh-colored appearance, which remain a long time on the stems. Other low-growing species have bright yellow flowers, after the manner of the Mossy Sedum or Wall-Pepper. They luxuriate in a loose, sandy soil, containing some leaf-mold, and though not dependent on a rigid regularity in the water supply, they should not be entirely neglected d
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