Archive image from page 107 of The culture of pot-plants in. The culture of pot-plants in rooms, greenhouses, & frames cultureofpotplan00davi Year: greenhouses ( 96 THE CULTURE OF POT-PLANTS Achimenes.—Charming little bulbous plants with funnel- shaped flowers of almost every colour. They should be grown in a greenhouse until they flower, when they can be brought into a room. They can be raised from seed sown in heat early in spring; or, if the tiny catkin-like tubers Fig. 39 -Cactus in Hanging Basket, the pot embedded in moss. are obtained, they should be planted with the thicker ends upw
Archive image from page 107 of The culture of pot-plants in. The culture of pot-plants in rooms, greenhouses, & frames cultureofpotplan00davi Year: greenhouses ( 96 THE CULTURE OF POT-PLANTS Achimenes.—Charming little bulbous plants with funnel- shaped flowers of almost every colour. They should be grown in a greenhouse until they flower, when they can be brought into a room. They can be raised from seed sown in heat early in spring; or, if the tiny catkin-like tubers Fig. 39 -Cactus in Hanging Basket, the pot embedded in moss. are obtained, they should be planted with the thicker ends upwards, about 2 in. apart, in light, rich, well-drained soil, which should be kept only slightly moist until growth commences. If this is done at intervals, from the beginning of March to the end of May, it will provide a long succession of flowers, which will last longer if they are not exposed to strong sunshine. When the flowers wither, the plants should
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