. The book of water gardening; giving in full detail all the practical information necessary to the selection, grouping and successful cultivation of aquatic and other plants required in the making of a water garden and its surroundings, and covering all conditions from that of the amateur with a few plants in tubs to the large estate or park. Water gardens. THE BOOK Oh WATER GARDENING ceeds well in the border and frequently bears fruit. At the approach of frost the plant should be potted and brought into the greenhouse or dwelling. It makes a fine house plant for Winter decoration. Musa Enset
. The book of water gardening; giving in full detail all the practical information necessary to the selection, grouping and successful cultivation of aquatic and other plants required in the making of a water garden and its surroundings, and covering all conditions from that of the amateur with a few plants in tubs to the large estate or park. Water gardens. THE BOOK Oh WATER GARDENING ceeds well in the border and frequently bears fruit. At the approach of frost the plant should be potted and brought into the greenhouse or dwelling. It makes a fine house plant for Winter decoration. Musa Ensete, the Abyssinian banana, is one of the best tropical plants to use for this purpose. It is a noble subject, easily raised from seed, which should be sown in the greenhouse or hotbed. The young plants grow rapidly, and within three years will attain a height of ten feet, with leaves eight feet in length and two feet wide. Musa sapientum is another banana that is very interesting; it grows to a. FATSIA PAPYRIFERA-Aralia cordata Musa rubrum in the upper left height of twelve feet, the old plants flowering and bearing fruit which, however, owing to our short Summers, will not reach maturity in the Northern States. Musa Martini is similar to the preceding; the veins and stems are generally tinted red, while the leaves are thick and not easily broken by the wind. [I4i]. 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 Bisset, Peter, 1869-. New York : A. T. De La Mare printing and Pub. Co. , ltd.
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