. 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. nus are of the first importance,P. Veitchii and P. utilis, the former variegated, thelatter not. (See Figs. 16.^0-32.) Yonng plants of these areamongst the most popular of all foliage plants for homedecoration. They are especially suited for fern pansand table decoration. They are g
. 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. nus are of the first importance,P. Veitchii and P. utilis, the former variegated, thelatter not. (See Figs. 16.^0-32.) Yonng plants of these areamongst the most popular of all foliage plants for homedecoration. They are especially suited for fern pansand table decoration. They are gro\vn to a very largeextent by wholesale florists and palm specialists. Everyconservatory has them, and occasionally P. utilis i3 1200 PANDANUS grown to a consiJerable age and height for the sake ofa perfect specimen of the spiral habit of growth on alarge scale. See Pig. 1631. In the tropics P. utilis isas valuable to the natives as many palms. The fruitsare edible, and the roots furnish fiber for ropes, bas-kets, mats and hats, as do also the leaves, which areused in making paper and nets. In Mauritius the leavesof P. nilnrafissimus are used to make the bags in whichcoffee, sugar and grain are exported. Screw Pines are widely distributed in the tropics, butthey are most plentiful in the Malay 1630. Pandanus Veitchii. There are more than 50 species. Trees or shrubs, rarelystemless or prostrate herbs: trunk slender or robust:Ivs. very long or moderately so. There is only oneother genus in the order,— Preycinetia. This has nu-merous ovules in the locules, while those of Pandanusare solitary in the carpels. Also Freycinetias are usu-ally scandent. The botany of Pandanus is almost hopeless. Panda-nus presents an acute example of the stock difficultieswith foliage plants: flowers and fruits rarely producedin cultivation ; no monograph ; original descriptionsscattered through many rare and costly books, andoften faulty; geographical distribution too wide everto permi
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