. 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. Gardening. 610, Common Currant—Ribes rubrum, in bloom (X K), points are taken from B. M. 4435, where it is said that these plants are of ornamental appearance, even when not in flower. In spring the tubers should be deprived of last year's mold and repotted in a fresh mixture of light loam, leaf-mold and turfy peat, the p
. 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. Gardening. 610, Common Currant—Ribes rubrum, in bloom (X K), points are taken from B. M. 4435, where it is said that these plants are of ornamental appearance, even when not in flower. In spring the tubers should be deprived of last year's mold and repotted in a fresh mixture of light loam, leaf-mold and turfy peat, the pots being well drained, and placed in a warm pit or frame in bottom heat. Water should be given sparingly until after the plant has made some growth. The young roots are soft and succulent, and are likely to rot if the soil remains wet for a long time. After flowering, the leaves soon show signs of decay, and water should be gradually with- drawn. During the resting period the soil should not be allowed to get dust-dry, or the tubers are likely to shrivel. The plants are propagated by dividing the tubers in spring. The flowers of Curcuma are large and gaping, hooded above, and with a 3-toothed lower lip. In the throat are seen 2 teeth, which are the tips of the anthers. Curcumas are essen- tially tropical plants, and the great difficulty is said to be to maintain sufficient heat while al- lowing them enough air. cord^ta, Wall. Lvs. 1 ft. long, sheathing, ovate-cordate, acumi- nate, the same color on both sides, *• > obliquely penninerved : bracts in (fy' a cylindical spike, the upper »^ part forming a sterile portion ' called a coma, which is a rich violet, with a large blood-colored spot: fls. yellow, with a pink hood. Burma. B. M. is now referred to C. petiolata, Roxb., but B. M. 5821 seems at least horticulturally distinct, with its rose-pink bracts. C. alMflbra, Thwaites, differs from the others here ^escribed in having its spikes sunk below the lvs., ins
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