. 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. PROTEA shows for many successive seasons, is as certain as that tliey were once the glories of the old flue-heated houses that our forefathers called stoves, in which orchids quickly perished, and n" o.,^ p,-^fono thi-^^i-o ; Over 40 c lore i 11 it s of 11 teas ha^t been publishe
. 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. PROTEA shows for many successive seasons, is as certain as that tliey were once the glories of the old flue-heated houses that our forefathers called stoves, in which orchids quickly perished, and n" o.,^ p,-^fono thi-^^i-o ; Over 40 c lore i 11 it s of 11 teas ha^t been published, of which ' i ai pe irc 1 m Ai Irews Bot Rep. between 1797 and Ibll The iiitirest in proteiceous plints is growing in southern California. Hrotea Is htm. a r i it ti n for being diflicult to culti ate h a\ fr m the C q c bi t Hooker's statement seen s to i 1 at that the r o ilture is not so nuK-h difficult a i 1 I n kr ^lass tht\ are said to require a cooll i l 1 1 airj and s ini \ "The one great danger t It t i 1 rotca Is s i\ guard against this it is f in 1 to U a {.o 1 l^lan, in the case of delicate sj tci s t place the pot in which the l lai t is gro ing inside a larger one till 11, up tl space between with sil- is 1 11 It ter is always kept moi t '\I t I species need staking, ; s tl e I t quick to break off at lie b t i | ported. The family ProteaceaD tonti i s 14 j, i era, of which 10 are t; [ ical of soutl in Africa and 4 of Austn In Accor linf, to Hentham and Hooker, the f uuilj is as dib tinct as possible and has nc\tr I een con fused by any one with anjthinfe else The most popular member of tl e family f,ii i r | 1 t c n imerous fane ts ^, ^. ntit\ Proteas streaming or ot asily procure 1 and activelj f SICCUS wlich jellj in a glas 1 e horticultural of clear C III 1 J coale 1 1 ) au 1 P «a a thm 1 J) of w t Lraphed m tht orbi 1 It rd atc( ints are stret 1 8 !4 and 4 41' wl ith may â n M The 1 kinl ofmctioi It f 11 \tr\ joung ing otlls ccmpktth fill like thm
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