. 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. 198. Typical Snap, or String Beans than the narrower - leaved or simply cu- rious kinds, as Codimuin intermptum and G. vohitum, which belong to fan- ciers' collections. For carpeting the ground in a croton bed, two variegated trailers can be used with good effect, the wandering .iew or tradescantia and Op lisme
. 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. 198. Typical Snap, or String Beans than the narrower - leaved or simply cu- rious kinds, as Codimuin intermptum and G. vohitum, which belong to fan- ciers' collections. For carpeting the ground in a croton bed, two variegated trailers can be used with good effect, the wandering .iew or tradescantia and Op lismenus Burmanni, which is famil iar to gardeners as Panicum variega turn. The large leaves of bananas give a very rich tropical effect, especially if they can be so sheltered that the wind will not split them. One of the very best plants for encircling a public fountain is the huge-leaved elephant (XK). () ear caladium. For interesting points concerning its culture, see C'olocasia Among the first half-dozen favorites for subtropical bed ding is the castor-oil plant, or ricinus. Its marvellous growth from seed in a single season makes it one of the very best of all plants for rapidly filling up large areas â temporarily. Grasses furnish an exception to the general rule that bedding plants are tender. There are many kinds of bamboos that are perfectly hardy in the,north ern states, and these are bound to increase in popularity A favorite combination of grasses for bedding is JLruiulo Donax, the giant reed, surrounded by eulalias Grasses and their kind are particularly effective m aquatic groups. No well kept establishment is complete without a pond or body of water in which aquatic plants are naturalized. For a more extended account of this attractive subject, see the article Aquatics. There is a large class of tender materialâas palms, screw-pines, the coarser ferns, dractenas, araucariasâa class of foli- age plants which really does better outdoors during summer in a s
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