. 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. 620 PURCE^A PUEZE except that the Purcrseas are given more heat and water. F. tjigaiitea has a very pretty variegated form, which makes a useful pot-plant. As a rule, Furorasas bear fruit not more than once, and then die without producing suckers. However, they produce while in flower an immense number of bulbe
. 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. 620 PURCE^A PUEZE except that the Purcrseas are given more heat and water. F. tjigaiitea has a very pretty variegated form, which makes a useful pot-plant. As a rule, Furorasas bear fruit not more than once, and then die without producing suckers. However, they produce while in flower an immense number of bulbels, which may be used for propagation. It is impossible to say at what size or age the plants will bloom. Grown in pots, they may take a century. On the other hand, plants from bulbels have been known to flower at 3 years. ilJii. ; ^'Wi 885. Funkia ovata. (See page 619.) A. Texture of Ivs. firm : spines usually present, deltoid: no mimite teeth on margin. {Furcrcea proper.) B. Trunh 3-^ ft. long : spines absent. gigantea, Vent. Lvs. 4-6 ft. long, 4-6 in. broad at middle, 2J^-3 in. above base, usually without marginal spines, rarely with a few near the base: peduncle 20-40 ft. long: odor of fls. strong. Trop. Amer. Naturalized in Mauritius, Madagascar, ludia. III. 23:227. 1857,, 207. Var. varieg^ta, Hort., has variegated Ivs. BB. Trunk none or short: S2>ines present. c. Length of lvs. 12 ft. or more. altissima, Todaro. A recent and little known species named at Palermo, Italy. Pranceschi writes that it has hardly any trunk : lvs. bright green, with very few spines, 12 ft, long or more, erect, not drooping. It is tenderer than the other kinds. CC. Length of los. 5-6 ft. 61egans, Todaro. Lvs. 4-5 in. broad at middle, 3 in. above base, rough on the back; prickles large; pedun- cle 20-25 ft. long. Mex. ccc. Length of lvs. 2-3 ft. D. Prickles usually large-sized, E. Panicle reaching 10-12 ft.; branches slightly compound. CubSnsia, Haw. Lvs. 3-4 in. broad
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