. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1004 The American Florist. Mar. 24, for instance, blooms freely in almost any light window and will stand more cold than imagined. Abutilon Savitzi will bear many degrees of frost and not lose a leaf. Bougainvillea Sanderiana, cut back late in the year, kept rather dry in a cold cellar, can be flowered easily in a bay window. Many of the begonias, espe- cially B. semperflorens gracilis, bloom in 2-inch pots and, so to speak, forever afterwards, providing they are re-potted when needed. What is more beautiful than
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1004 The American Florist. Mar. 24, for instance, blooms freely in almost any light window and will stand more cold than imagined. Abutilon Savitzi will bear many degrees of frost and not lose a leaf. Bougainvillea Sanderiana, cut back late in the year, kept rather dry in a cold cellar, can be flowered easily in a bay window. Many of the begonias, espe- cially B. semperflorens gracilis, bloom in 2-inch pots and, so to speak, forever afterwards, providing they are re-potted when needed. What is more beautiful than Asparagus Sprengerii, especially the new compact sort. Ardisia crenulata always attracts attention when in berry, and the otaheite orange when in fruit. The latter will soon be entirely super- seded by the dwarf oval Japanese kumquat, which bears innumerable little golden oranges that can be eaten right off the plant. It grows and fruits well in the house and is nearly hardy. Nothing will probably ever equal the Boston fern and the other members of the nephrolepis family, but some of the Australian tree ferns, especially Alsophila Australis, make very fine specimens indoors in a very short time. This vari- ety might well be called the water fern; it just revels in it and preserves its foli- age for a long while. The lace fern, Polystichum proliferum, has been taken hold of lately, and I know it to be one of the best room ferns that can be had. Japan- ese fern balls made up of roots of Davallia bullata are an "old novelty" revived and really do very well in living rooms. They would last longer if made up of peat and moss instead of pure sphagnum. Aspidis- tras have long been grown. I know of a fine plant of Sanse viera Zeylanica that has been grown for years, winter and sum- mer in a south window. Its peculiar thick leaves, variegated green and gray, always attract attention. Among other plants that the florists do not grow we find the techmeas and bromelias, and yet t
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