. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 682 The American Florist. Mar. I A highly ornamental new mnsa is M. aurantiaca, distingTiished by its brilliant orange bracts anr) flowers. It belongs to the non-edible section, and is closely allied to M. coccinea. The leaves are bright green, 2V4 to 3 feet long; spike dense, un- der one toot long, bracts and calyx bright yellow. It is a native of Upper Assam, and has been flowered for the first time in cultivation at Hanover. A comparatively new palm, very dis- tinct and ornamental, is Phopoloblaste beiandra. Wh
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 682 The American Florist. Mar. I A highly ornamental new mnsa is M. aurantiaca, distingTiished by its brilliant orange bracts anr) flowers. It belongs to the non-edible section, and is closely allied to M. coccinea. The leaves are bright green, 2V4 to 3 feet long; spike dense, un- der one toot long, bracts and calyx bright yellow. It is a native of Upper Assam, and has been flowered for the first time in cultivation at Hanover. A comparatively new palm, very dis- tinct and ornamental, is Phopoloblaste beiandra. When young it is as graceful and serviceable as Cocos WeddtUiana, and should be valuable for decorative purposes. Seasonable Hints. The show pelargoniums that you have been keeping cool and rather dry for the past two or three months will now begin to feel the increased rays of the sun, and show signs of making a more active growth. Now is the time to shift them from a 4-inch pot, in which they have been wintered and be given a 5-or 6 inch, according to the size of the plant. If any of them have made a growth sufficient to give a good strong cutting without rob- bing the plant too much you can increase your stock, and the cuttings taken off will make good plants, either for market or your own supply of that variety. Re- member pelargoniums want a good firm soil. When in their flowering pots they should at least be given a crock and piece of green moss, for drainage. They must at all times be in a house where constant fumigating is going on, for no plant is a greater favorite with green fly than these. Don't throw away your pan or flat of canna seed because only a few have come and you think the rest of the seed is use- less. Pot off'all those a few inches high, but keep the seed pan warm and moist and they will continue to come up for months. You should endeavor to put in the cut- ting bed just now as large a batch of coleaa and achyranthuscuttings as possi- ble, for from these c
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