. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. Specimen grown i evoluta. I partial shade. strains produce the largest blooms, but at the expense of quantity. For the average cultivator it is better to try a good strain that is not gigantic. There is a recent depar
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. Specimen grown i evoluta. I partial shade. strains produce the largest blooms, but at the expense of quantity. For the average cultivator it is better to try a good strain that is not gigantic. There is a recent departure in the form of crested flowers. Cyclamens come true to color from seeds, and one can now buy named varieties that will reproduce themselves almost to a certainty. Of recent years have had much trouble with a tiny insect or mite that attacks the plants and renders them useless for bloom. Its work is done mostly. 634. Leaf of Cycas revol after the plants are taken iuto the greenhouse and when about to mature into blooming specimens. If the first flowers come deformed, oi abnormally streaked with colo: that are darker in shade, it is sure indication that the pest is present. No other treatment can be recommended but to destroy the infected plants and keep the stock clean, for the pest has not yet been studied carefully. Cult, by E. O. OUPET. Cyclamens should be removed to the greenhouse about the end of September, or bi' any .laiiger of frost. In the bouM- tliey si 1,1 always have the lightest beiK'h, li is inipessible to grow them iu a warm, . house. Aliout 50° at night is the ideal temperature when in flower. The soil best suited to them is a fresh, tufty loam, with a fourth or fifth of well rotted horse- manure, to which add some clean sand if the soil is heavy. At all times, the pots should be well drained. Greenfly is sure to attack the plants at all of" their growth. In the frames the plants can be plunged in tobacco stems, and in th
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