Archive image from page 127 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 704 GTNERIUM The growing of Pampas plumes for profit in Califor- nia has been carried on for over 25 years. Pampas Grass was introduced into the United States about 1848.
Archive image from page 127 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 704 GTNERIUM The growing of Pampas plumes for profit in Califor- nia has been carried on for over 25 years. Pampas Grass was introduced into the United States about 1848. In the northern states it is frequently planted on the lawn in summer, and upon the approach of cold weather transferred in a tub to a cellar for winter protection. In California, a hill will sometimes attain a height of 20 ft., a diameter as great, and a weight of 2,000 pounds. Such plants would be quite inconvenient for our north- ern friends to handle in the cellar. Plants are easily produced from seed, but as the sex and variety are very uncertain, stock is usually increased by dividing the female plants, the plumes of which are much more beautiful than those of the male. The grow- ing of Pampas (Trass on a commercial scale dates from 1874, when the difference in sex was discovered. In 1872 the writer sowed seed which in two years gave several hundred plume-bearing plants. Even then the variations in color and fineness were very marlied. In 1874, it was found that by pulling the immature plumes from the sheaths and exposing them to the hot sun the male plumes would hang heavily lilse oats, while the female plumes would become fluffy, and light and airy. In November, 1874, samples of the female plumes were sent to Peter Henderson & Co., New York. Three hundred were ordered at once, and the following day instructions were received to double the order and send by express. This was the first lot of good plumes ever sent east from California, and was the beginning of the presen
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