. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ^ NEGLECTED BEACT/EH. M ^i Sometimes a single plant will attract great attention on account of the dense masses of tiowers with which it is covered. The most common and perhaps the most desirable species are the A, multiflorus, just alluded to, generally abounding in white flowers; the A. grandiflorus, where the flowers are somewhat larger and usually purple, with a yellow eye; and the A. cyaneus, with lanceolate leaves and large blue flowers; this last is perhaps the handsomest of nil the Asters. It is clear that these pla
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ^ NEGLECTED BEACT/EH. M ^i Sometimes a single plant will attract great attention on account of the dense masses of tiowers with which it is covered. The most common and perhaps the most desirable species are the A, multiflorus, just alluded to, generally abounding in white flowers; the A. grandiflorus, where the flowers are somewhat larger and usually purple, with a yellow eye; and the A. cyaneus, with lanceolate leaves and large blue flowers; this last is perhaps the handsomest of nil the Asters. It is clear that these plants may be easily cultivated here in their native habitat, when ^o many h:nc been (.â ulti\ atcd in Europe as exotics. They will grow in any soil, providing it is artificially di- nalurally kcjrt nioi-t. Some species grow too large for indoor culture, but the smallest plants of the .\. multirtoja would certainly prove very delightful house plants, as their mild fragrance, abund:uit bloom and comparative indiliVrence to attention could not fail to give satisfaction. The wild plants here selected will constitute a nice collection in themselves, and have been chosen because of their general excellence, and also they will supply a continuous bloom, in about the order in which they ha\e been named, from early spring until early frost. But time antl space would fail us to enumerate half the beautiful wild plants that adorn our woods, prairies, movmtain slopes and shaded \ alle\ s, and the little that has been said is rather by way of suggestion than elaborate ^ ' j^ OR house decoration nothing is finer than ;i gootl climher, anil the Ws^A. ""'"^^'' o'^ varieties that can be grown around a window frame or I^TTi ' doorway, over a mantelpiece, or to entwine a picture, is so great that it is difficult to make a choice. And even in our northern latitudes anybody who is rich enough to afford a fire during the night may I fy indulge in a choice climbing
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