. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. Seed s germinate quickly Those sown in Novem iber come up tiong 1 but the plantlets 111 difticulttohnndleand lull, t â <ff« hen very It 1 the safest wi\ U, 1 1 t tli 111 stay in the st-ed ln\es ripen there ind plant them farther apart next sea- son This IS what we
. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. Seed s germinate quickly Those sown in Novem iber come up tiong 1 but the plantlets 111 difticulttohnndleand lull, t â <ff« hen very It 1 the safest wi\ U, 1 1 t tli 111 stay in the st-ed ln\es ripen there ind plant them farther apart next sea- son This IS what we have been doing and we cannot complain of the results Tailby has sown seeds outdoors with very gratifying lesults. Al- most a year is gained in this way, as the roots (or bulbs) are considerably larger than box-grown seedlings. Older roots held over until settled weather, and, planted like potatoes, bloomed freely all summer, making fine roots; they were green when cut by frost in October, but hardly ripening seeds. To do this takes a longer sea- son, and the plants must be started indoors. T. D. Hatfield. The Bichardia in considering the Calla in California, it is necessary to treat it under two general heads: first, as an ornament; and second, as an article of commerce. The popular and growing demand for Calla bulbs (or tubers) speaks much for the plant as an ornamental. Many, indeed, are the uses to which it is put It is, perhaps, most commonly used as a belt along fences, and not infrequently as a hedgi liitwim two jnoperties, or nearly as often is 1 t a house in a long, narrow bed. Toi it IS much in demand for group- ing ind unsightly objects in damp pi I sometimes as a border around a tish I nines growingmbunchesormasses in tl I massed on a slope near water; mi\ 1 I 1' al vegetation; or as a border to troi 1 I \ I ry effective, indeed, is it in the lowi 1 t 1 It us aiound a large fountain with Myrioiihjlluin baii.,'ing down from the base of the
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