. American homes and gardens . Salvia Horminum Rubmm. Southern Europe A Flower which Advertises Itself By Its VariegatecTFoliage Bougainvillea Glabra Pieris Japonica. The Terminal Shoots of this PlantAre Bright Scarlet when the FloweringSeason Is On 32 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS January, 1907 at times the upper leaves are partly green and partly genus of South American plants—Bougainvillea—has found it desirable to adopt a special mode of advertisingits flowers, although these are provided with a proper corolla,and are almost as attractive as some of the smaller speciesof Primula f
. American homes and gardens . Salvia Horminum Rubmm. Southern Europe A Flower which Advertises Itself By Its VariegatecTFoliage Bougainvillea Glabra Pieris Japonica. The Terminal Shoots of this PlantAre Bright Scarlet when the FloweringSeason Is On 32 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS January, 1907 at times the upper leaves are partly green and partly genus of South American plants—Bougainvillea—has found it desirable to adopt a special mode of advertisingits flowers, although these are provided with a proper corolla,and are almost as attractive as some of the smaller speciesof Primula for instance. But they are a dull yellow colorand would be likely to appear insignificant among the leavesof the plant itself were they not surrounded by three largebracts colored in a very striking shade of lilac. Bougain-. Aechmea of Brazil. The Leaflets Surrounding the Flower Are Bright Pink, Although the Actual Flowers Are Not in the Least Attractive villeas are climbing plants, and as the flowers and their showyappendages are produced in great masses, the presence of thefloral organs is announced in a most striking fashion to allpassers by. Indeed a Bougainvillea in full bloom would beseen from a great distance off, and one could conceive theinsects being attracted from all parts. Of course in composite flowers, the most showy portionsof the blooms really serve no other purpose than to advertisethe real essential organs. Daisies, Chrysanthemums, andAsters are typical of this special formation, when in theirsingle state. If we take a specimen of any of these flowerswe shall find that the outside circle of colored rays is com-posed of nothing more than petal-like processes. They areperfectly sterile; in fact their sole office in life is to lookattractive. The central mass of yellow material is com-pose
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